Ignore the Teachers Unions and Open the Schools
“Keep the schools open,” said Anthony Fauci.
“Keep the schools open,” said Anthony Fauci.
Open the schools, accelerate vaccine distribution, and stop being so generous with other people’s money.
The Harvard economist explains how to expand opportunity for the young by deregulating housing, labor, and education.
The United States was virtually alone in keeping schools closed this fall. As a result, public education—and cities—may never look the same.
A year into the pandemic, politicians still have not digested the dangers of careless public health measures.
Even as the pandemic has exposed the desperate need for disruptions to the calcified public school system, Congress just voted to restrict some of the very creativity that's sorely needed.
District officials in San Diego evidently believe that the practice of grading students based on average scores is racist.
Pandemic chaos is driving families to flee government institutions in search of education that better suits their needs.
Many kids continue to be locked up at home rather than receiving a proper education.
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Kids need more space to explore weird pastimes and obsessions.
"Keeping kids out of the classroom will make recovering from the pandemic harder in the long term."
Legally, he might be able to do it. Fiscally, he shouldn’t.
The absurdities that result from overreliance on semi-arbitrary race-based categories
Yale University gets government handouts while paying little in property taxes.
Flexible education crafted to meet family needs is destined to prevail over failing government schools.
Families are leaving traditional schools in record numbers for pods, homeschooling, charters, and more.
The Reason Roundtable war-games the domestic policies of the likeliest next administration.
The growing movement to fund students rather than government monopolies
Lockdowns are forcing students, parents, educators, and even taxpayers to look for all sorts of alternatives to the status quo.
The University of Illinois' Jon Hale and Reason Foundation education analyst Corey DeAngelis go toe to toe
As K–12 education goes remote, groups of parents are hiring teachers to teach their kids in person. Is that wrong?
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He also refused to apologize.
An open letter from the university's President acknowledging pervasive racism at the school prompts an inquiry
University of Michigan-Dearborn offers one discussion space for students of color, and another for whites.
Kids are beside the point when government officials and union leaders keep them waiting on labor negotiations that serve everybody but students and their families.
Republicans have turned away from freedom in many ways during the Trump era, but at least they've embraced school choice at the national level.
The three-day retreat will help 44 top officials "come to grips with the critical questions of racism and inclusion."
Sen. Rand Paul wants to help families find a route around the public school monopoly.
DIY approaches to education—including homeschooling, learning pods, and microschools—are gaining popularity as public schools fold under pressure.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed similar guidance for students already in the country. It will still apply to new students.
The right also has an affinity for cancel culture.
With public schools largely out of commission, parents are putting together their own ad hoc schooling alternatives.
Independent education means a wide range of approaches as to what children are taught.
Worried about how the latest COVID-19 workaround might exacerbate inequality? Maybe open the damned elementary schools instead.
A new survey finds parents are substantially more satisfied with private and charter schools’ responses to the pandemic than they were with those of traditional public schools.
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The Department of Homeland Security announced in court that it would pull the contentious directive.
If you can’t count on schools to perform their core educational responsibilities, why wouldn’t you look elsewhere?
Distorted partisan descriptions of the Department of Education changes could be doing real damage.
We should fund students instead of systems.