Educated People Must Question the Value of School
By Joshua Spell: Academic merits indicate a level of performance within the classroom, but they don’t necessarily indicate value beyond the classroom.
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Yikes: This Breathtaking Percentage of Americans Can’t Name Any of the Three Branches of Government
By Guy Benson: I’ve long been convinced that an under-explored element of our deteriorating national discourse and paralyzing partisan tribalism is a creeping public ignorance about fundamental civics. How can we keep this republic…
Read MoreLatest educrat idiocy: Chants of ‘USA, USA!’ are ‘intolerant’
By Thomas Lifson: I am so old that I remember when public schools taught love of country. But that was before the left took over schools of education.
Read MorePublic Schools Are Breeding Grounds for Corruption and Violence
By Teresa Mull: Some public school teachers are turning to violence to silence people with whom they disagree.
Read MoreWhy Self-Esteem Is Self-Defeating
A video from Prager University: Is having high self-esteem key to happiness? That’s what children are told. But is it true? Or can that advice be doing more harm than good.
Read MoreThe Teacher-Shortage Myth
By Larry Sand: There is no dearth of teachers; in fact, we may have too many.
Read MoreBetsy Devos: Let’s ‘Rethink School’
By Teresa Mull: DeVos has done the unthinkable: She’s proposed the educational elite consider an alternative to our tired, old, broken-down, one-size-fits-none education system:
Read MoreIn Response To Attacks, New Florida Law Aims To Protect Religious Expression In Public Schools
By Ashley Bateman: The state’s landmark legislation aims to protect religious expression, even as we see a national decrease in religious freedoms in public education.
Read MoreSolitary Confinement is Appallingly Common In Public Schools
By Kerry McDonald: Locking children in dark closets or physically restraining them can cause serious trauma.
Read MoreHere’s The Skinny On Kids’ Rights Inside Public Schools Teaching Transgenderism
By Margot Cleveland: Public schools are sitting ducks for teaching transgender dogma. What rights, if any, do parents and their children retain to reject this?
Read MoreHow to Fulfill the Promise of Online Education
By Jane S. Shaw: The promise is lower costs and greater access — but traditional colleges are slow to act boldly.
Read MoreIf Teachers Unions Are So Great, Why Aren’t Our Schools?
By Teresa Mull: At least on Labor Day the damage they can do is limited.
Read MoreFederal Student Loans Are Not the Answer. Let the Perkins Loan Program Expire.
By Mary Clare Amselem: Today, the federal government now originates or distributes more than 90 percent of all student loans, significantly crowding out the private market.
Read MoreCompulsory Schooling Is Incompatible with Freedom
By Kerry McDonald: America’s Founding Father knew that forcible education was incompatible with freedom.
Read MoreWhy So Many Military Families Find Homeschooling A Good Fit
By Ashley Bateman: Across the nation and even across highly ‘military’ populated states, military children face variable academic requirements, systems, and learning styles.
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