Back to School: The Rise of Customized Education
Customized learning has led the education news cycle over the past few weeks as back to school season gets in full swing. And for good… Read More
Race to the Top for School Districts: More Federal Education Intervention
The Obama Administration’s new Race to the Top District (RTT-D) competition, a competitive grant program on top of the more than 100 programs the Department… Read More
1,788 Students Receive D.C. Opportunity Scholarships
More school children in Washington, D.C., will benefit from school choice this fall, thanks to the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (DCOSP). Nearly 1,800 low-income students… Read More
Back to School: Education Reform in North Carolina
North Carolina families will see some changes as they go back to school this fall thanks to education reforms put into place earlier this year…. Read More
NJ’s Christie Signs Teacher Tenure Reform into Law
Legislators in New Jersey recently dealt a heavy blow to the oldest teacher tenure law in the nation. State Senator Teresa Ruiz (D–Essex) spent two… Read More
Department of Education Knows Best: Washington’s Idea of Flexibility in Education
Don’t worry. The Department of Education says we can trust that the Obama Administration’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver plan is the best solution… Read More
Utah Takes First Step in Regaining Control of Education
When the fight for control over what is taught in American schools is won, Utah will be remembered for having fired the shot heard ’round… Read More
Indiana Superintendent: Obama Administration Nationalized Common Core Standards
At a Tea Party gathering last month, Indiana Schools Superintendent Tony Bennett expressed his concern with the growing federal overreach of Common Core education standards…. Read More
Morning Bell: Friedman’s Legacy of Fighting for School Choice for All
On the late Milton Friedman’s 100th birthday today, his words are truer than ever: “There is no respect in which inhabitants of a low-income neighborhood… Read More
Remembering Milton Friedman’s School Choice Legacy
Let us imagine we have the power to rebuild our education system from the ground up—an appropriate mental exercise as we remember the late Nobel… Read More
Louisiana Teachers Union Threatens to Sue Voucher Schools
The left’s tactic of intimidation is at work again, this time in Louisiana. The Louisiana Association of Educators is threatening litigation against private parochial schools… Read More
D.C. Public Schools Spend Almost $30,000 Per Student
You would think $30,000 a year would get you a decent education. For just a few thousand more, you could cover the cost of Harvard’s… Read More
Application of Title IX Guidance to Math and Science Education
Last week, Heritage published a blog post entitled “Obama Administration Broadens Gender Quotas in Higher Ed,” detailing the Administration’s expansion of Title IX enforcement to… Read More
Obama Proposes Federal Paychecks for Local Teachers
This week, President Obama proposed a new $1 billion federal program that would establish a “Master Teacher Corps” in 100 locations across the country. This… Read More
Obama Administration Broadens Gender Quotas in Higher Ed
Last week, the Obama Administration issued new regulations broadening Title IX of the Higher Education Act—the part of law barring sex-based discrimination in education programs… Read More
Idaho Education Reforms: No Small Potatoes (VIDEO)
Tom Luna, Idaho’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, has implemented some transformational reforms in the state—to far less fanfare than those implemented in Wisconsin under Governor… Read More
An Anti-Bullying Agenda for Congress
No one believes children should be bullied in school, no matter what the genesis of the bullying. But to think that somehow Congress could stop… Read More
Are Public School Teachers Underpaid? (VIDEO)
Last year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stated that America’s public school teachers are “desperately underpaid” and called for a doubling of teachers’ wages…. Read More
District Court Limits “Gainful Employment” College Regulations
In a ruling last week, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia largely sided with the Association of Private Colleges and Universities, which… Read More
NYT Notes Obama’s Election-Year “Maneuvering Around Congress”
The Obama Administration’s overreach into education has become so pronounced that even The New York Times can’t ignore it. The Administration, mistaking bipartisan discontent with… Read More
Pennsylvania Approves Private School Tax Credit Program
Public school students in poor performing Pennsylvania schools will now be eligible to receive scholarships to attend a private school of their choice. Late Saturday… Read More
Morning Bell: Governor Walker Breaks New Ground in Higher Ed
Governor Scott Walker (R-WI), already well known for his efforts to curb union power, has now set out to tackle an equally big task: busting… Read More
New Hampshire’s Groundbreaking School Choice Expansion
Just when school choice proponents thought they’d hit a wall in the Granite State, the New Hampshire legislature united across party lines for a solid… Read More
Lack of Confidence in Public Schools at an All-Time High
Gallup has just released its annual “Confidence in American Institutions” poll, which the company has conducted since 1973. This year’s results revealed that just 29… Read More
Morning Bell: School Choice in D.C. Saved…For Now
President Obama has begun “evolving” his positions on various policy issues as polls show him neck and neck with Mitt Romney. His latest about-face restores a… Read More
Chicago Teachers Union Demands 30 Percent Pay Raise
It takes a lot of nerve to ask for a 30 percent pay raise. You’d better be sure you had a banner year. Yet in… Read More
Education Unions Losing Ground
“Teachers unions have a popularity problem,” according to a recent Harvard study. Harvard professor Paul Peterson writes that while approval ratings for education unions remained… Read More
More States Receive Strings-Attached NCLB Waivers
Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced that eight more states will receive waivers to opt out of the onerous provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)…. Read More
Don’t Strengthen NCLB—Allow States to Escape It
Mitt Romney’s education agenda, released last week, has been receiving accolades for its bold vision to expand school choice dramatically (although as we noted earlier,… Read More
Romney’s Education Agenda: With a Few Edits, It Could Be Great
Mitt Romney yesterday released his plan to reform America’s ailing education system. It goes big on school choice and parental empowerment and calls for increased… Read More
