Morning Bell: Celebrating School Choice Week
What singular cause could bring together the likes of Democratic campaign strategist James Carville, Republican Governor Bobby Jindal (LA), actor Sacha Baron Cohen, and 2,000… Read More
Governors Call for Teacher Tenure Reform, School Choice
As the new year unfolds, governors are beginning to outline their education plans for 2012. Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) called for changes to teacher… Read More
Three New Year’s “Edu-lutions” for Policymakers
Like the rest of us, state and local policymakers across the country probably made New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, exercise more, and finish those… Read More
A Decade After No Child Left Behind, Time for a Right Turn in Education
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) turned 10 yesterday, and the anniversary is a good time to assess the toll of federal education intervention and to… Read More
A Public School Leader’s Lesson in Creating a Culture of Excellence
We’re all used to hearing about the public school that is underperforming. But there are, without question, pockets of excellence throughout the country. Prince Georges… Read More
More Pay for Public-School Teachers Won’t Increase Quality
In yesterday’s “Room for Debate” feature, The New York Times asks whether public-school teacher compensation should be increased. The answer we give, based on our… Read More
Morning Bell: Top 10 Education Stories of 2011
There was no lack of education news in 2011. From an explosion in school choice options to the Obama Administration’s executive overreach, the top stories… Read More
The NYT Online Learning Smear Campaign
Last week The New York Times published what can only be described as a “hit piece” against online learning and leading virtual education provider K12… Read More
Teachers Lose Under National Standards Proposal
There are numerous misconceptions about the impact that national education standards and tests would have on education. But a new misconception has surfaced: that centralized… Read More
Group Pushes Back on National Standards Education Overreach
American taxpayers, businesses, and families are outraged by the nationalization of health care through Obamacare. They’re upset by the federal overreach, the loss of health… Read More
The Lady Gaga-fication of Higher Ed
Guess how many top-tier universities offer a course on Lady Gaga? Four! The University of Virginia, the University of South Carolina, Wake Forest University, and… Read More
Education News
After the Super Committee: ‘Massive’ Education Cuts? Think Again
The “super committee’s” failure to reach an agreement to reduce federal spending is supposed to trigger automatic spending cuts—some of which could decrease funding for… Read More
School Choice Could Become a Reality for Tennessee School Children
A most remarkable “year of school choice” may be edging to a close, but the momentum for school choice is far from over. On the… Read More
The Nation’s Report Card: Congress Fails Test on Helping Students Learn
Earlier this month, the National Center for Education Statistics released another round of results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as… Read More
New York Students Riot Against Proposed $300 Tuition Hike
Students at the City University of New York rioted yesterday in protest of the school’s planned tuition hike. The proposed change: an extra $300 per… Read More
Pennsylvania Working to Expand School Choice Options for Families
Last month, the Pennsylvania State Senate passed a landmark bill to allow children in the bottom 5 percent of schools to receive scholarships to attend… Read More
Even in Liberal California, School Choice Gets Thumbs Up
A new poll shows that in one of the most liberal of states–California–charter schools are impressing voters by a wide margin, particularly among Latino parents. The Los… Read More
Without Fanfare of Ohio or Wisconsin, Idaho Enacts Sweeping Reforms
Voters head the polls in Ohio today to decide the fate of collective bargaining reforms for government workers. It’s a high-profile referendum on a controversial… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Student Loan Gift to Occupy Wall Street
In the 2008 election, Senator Barack Obama reached out to young Americans with a fresh message that appealed to their dissatisfaction with the nation’s political… Read More
Morning Bell: The Truth About Public School Teacher Pay
Last winter, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) traveled his state, holding a series of townhalls in which he touted a significant but politically unpopular… Read More
Poor Student Achievement Shows Centralized Education Policy Has Failed
Tomorrow, the highly anticipated math and reading scores of our nation’s 4th and 8th graders will be released as part of the 2011 National Assessment… Read More
Washington’s Halloween Tricks for Education
Just in time for Halloween, big government education advocates are rolling out frightening new education policies. On the K-12 front, Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and… Read More
Education Union Lobbyists Game the System in Illinois
No such thing as a free lunch? Not if you’re a union lobbyist in Illinois. As the Chicago Tribune reported: Two lobbyists with no prior… Read More
Pushing Basket-Weaving College Loan Debt onto Working-Class Taxpayers
President Obama’s “blame conservatives” rhetoric was on full display yesterday as he described his plan to provide relief to students overburdened by loan debt that… Read More
Senate Committee on Track to Make No Child Left Behind Even Worse
If you think No Child Left Behind (NCLB) isn’t working, what Senators Tom Harkin (D–IA) and Mike Enzi (R–WY) have in mind for the nation’s… Read More
Obama’s Upcoming Student Loan Announcement
On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to make an announcement regarding student loan debt. He is expected to propose relief for students struggling to make… Read More
Morning Bell: Biden and Reid’s “Jobs Bill” Farce
If you listen to Vice President Joe Biden, the most effective way to prevent rape and murder is more federal stimulus spending. In the Vice… Read More
Online Chat on No Child Left Behind
One of the main focuses of the Senate this week has been the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known in this iteration as… Read More
Morning Bell: The Backdoor Attempt to Rewrite No Child Left Behind
Remember when then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said of Obamacare that Congress will “have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in… Read More
No Child Left Behind: 100 ESEA Amendments and a Plea for Transparency
At the Heritage Blogger’s Briefing today, Senator Rand Paul urged Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin to delay the mark-up of his… Read More
