EducationCommentary
Common Core’s national standards are an effort to define what every child in the nation should learn to be considered “college and career ready.” But… Read More
EducationCommentary
In his seminal work, “Free to Choose,” Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman outlined his case for universal school choice, advocating for robust voucher systems for elementary… Read More
EducationAnalysis
The federal government has been trying to improve educational outcomes for 50 years, but according to a recent study, we have little to show for… Read More
Education News
On Friday, the U. S. Department of Education sent a letter to Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz, threatening to revoke the state’s waiver… Read More
School choice is blossoming in the Sunflower State this spring. Last week, Governor Sam Brownback (R) signed into law Kansas’ first school choice scholarship program—making… Read More
EducationAnalysis
Common Core is on the ropes. More and more states are pulling back from the national standards as the 2014–15 school year implementation deadline looms… Read More
EducationAnalysis
Common Core proponents are doing their best to boost public perceptions of new national standards and tests as the fall implementation deadline looms. Last week,… Read More
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) hasn’t succeeded in stopping Louisiana’s statewide voucher program, so now it’s trying to bury it in paperwork. Last August,… Read More
The Arizona Supreme Court has declared Arizona’s education saving accounts (ESA) constitutional. This decision ends the fight over ESA constitutionality and has affirmed Arizona parents’… Read More
The Indiana Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that will remove the state from the Common Core national standards. The bill, which was already passed… Read More
To Lynn McMurray, her children’s Education Savings Accounts mean freedom to build an educational regimen adapted to each of her three children’s individual needs. Lynn… Read More
“School choice wasn’t the difference between two schools; it was the difference between two different paths of life,” said Friendship Collegiate Academy senior Daniel Spruill… Read More
Last week, Kansas decided to drop the Common Core–aligned Smarter Balanced tests in favor of having the University of Kansas craft the assessments that Kansas… Read More
“You think the Obamacare implementation is bad? The implementation of the Common Core is far worse,” said American Federation for Teachers president Randi Weingarten at… Read More
Federal laws and regulations such as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) levy a mighty bureaucratic compliance burden on state departments of education. A recent report… Read More
This week, the Massachusetts Board of Education voted to slow the transition to Common Core. The board decided to delay implementation for two years while… Read More
One hundred and thirty-two Catholic professors have sent a letter to each Roman Catholic bishop in the country pleading for them to reject the Common… Read More
The Obama Administration is pushing new No Child Left Behind (NCLB) “flexibility” waiver extensions on states. While the Administration couches the waivers as “relief” from… Read More
Families throughout Arizona breathed a sigh of relief last week when a three-judge panel of the Arizona Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling… Read More
Proponents of the Common Core national standards push, including the U.S. Department of Education, have long argued that Common Core is a state-led initiative. Why,… Read More
Days after commemorating Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the Obama Administration filed suit against the Louisiana Scholarship Program, which has provided… Read More
As the summer comes to an end and children put on their backpacks and lace up their sneakers for the new school year, let’s look… Read More
A bundle of federal incentives encouraged 45 states to adopt Common Core national standards and tests. But a new poll shows that most Americans have… Read More
Why did North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest just receive 40,000 sheets of paper in the mail? In July, Forest sent the state’s Department of… Read More
Now entering its 10th year, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), which provides vouchers to students from low-income families to attend a private school of… Read More
Last Friday, the President signed into law the student loan “compromise,” promising it would help rein in college costs. The bill pegs interest rates on… Read More
Indiana Governor Mike Pence (R) announced that the Hoosier State will be withdrawing itself as a member of the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness… Read More
North Carolina is on a roll. Last week, Governor Pat McCrory (R) signed a budget passed by the state legislature chock-full of education reforms, including… Read More
On the late, great, Nobel Prize–winning economist Milton Friedman’s 101st birthday, it is fitting to remember his legacy of school choice and continue the fight… Read More
Georgia is withdrawing from the Common Core national assessments, and neighboring Florida could soon follow suit. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal (R), along with Superintendent John… Read More
