Education

The 12 Reasons College Costs Keep Rising

By John Biver

Folks, it’s Econ 101…the following is from Richard Vedder: When asked the question, “Why do colleges keep raising tuition fees?” I give answers ranging from three words (“because they can”), to 85,000 (my book,…

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Terminate the Racket of College Loans

By John Biver

As usual, Phyllis Schlafly is exactly right: One of the ways to cut the big-spending binge engaged in by the federal government is to terminate the racket of college loans. It’s counterproductive, discriminatory and…

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Making Education History: Beyond the Status Quo

By John Biver

With more than 2 million K–12 students in the U.S. currently being educated at home, the popularity of homeschooling continues to rise. Since 1999, the number of homeschooled students has increased by a staggering 75%, mostly in response to increasing dissatisfaction and frustration with the public school system.

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Unions Versus the Poor

By John Biver

While there are a lot of distressing things in the news these days (as always), there are plenty of angles taken on those news items that make me have to laugh. This is one…

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Forget the Degree, Embrace the Savoir-Faire

By John Biver

A short but hugely important post at National Review by George Leef: Andrew Coulson of Cato Institute, writing on Cato’s blog, suggests that students forget about the traditional college degree. Instead, he suggests, they…

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The Coming K-12 Revolution

By John Biver

Stuart Butler is the director of the Center for Policy Innovation at the Heritage Foundation, and his latest article, posted at NationalAffairs.com, is titled “The Coming Higher-Ed Revolution.” I’d argue that many of Butler’s…

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The Day of Silencing

By John Biver

An excellent column from Michael Brown: On April 20th, in thousands of schools across America, your hard-earned tax dollars will help underwrite the homosexual indoctrination of your kids. Yes, April 20th will mark the…

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Textbooks Behaving Badly

By John Biver

Ed Kaitz focuses on college textbooks in a post yesterday at AmericanThinker.com, but it’s not any better at the K-12 level. And no, that fact doesn’t influence Republican Party support for the lavish funding…

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