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Can Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos Really End Common Core?
On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump made big promises about getting rid of Common Core. “We’re going to end Common Core, we’re going to have… Read More
EducationCommentary
Setting the Record Straight on Detroit Charter Schools
The nomination of school choice supporter Betsy DeVos for the post of education secretary has reignited a lively debate over the impact of school choice… Read More
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Meet Betsy DeVos, Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, a relatively unknown figure on the national scene, to head the U.S. Department of Education. “Betsy… Read More
EducationCommentary
New Study Challenges Conventional Wisdom on College Degrees
Conventional wisdom says that students need a four-year degree to make it in today’s economy. But do the numbers back that up? According to a… Read More
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How Infantilized Campuses Threaten Our Nation’s Future
What are we to make of higher education when students and institutions respond to the recent presidential election with cry-ins, canceled exams, therapy dogs, Play-Doh,… Read More
EducationCommentary
I Voted for Trump. Here’s the Diversity I Want to See at My Alma Mater.
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published as a letter to the editor at The Cornell Daily Sun. You can discern a lot about a… Read More
EducationCommentary
3 Ways the Trump Administration Can Improve Education
As the post-election dust settles, the incoming Trump administration now has the chance to consider some immediate policy goals for the new year. As a… Read More
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California Voters to Decide Whether Schools May Teach Students in Spanish
Voters in California will weigh in Tuesday on a decades-old debate about bilingual education in the state’s public school system. The outcome ultimately could determine… Read More
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John Oliver Wonders How to Improve ‘Segregated’ Public Schools. Never Mentions Vouchers.
John Oliver, a comedian and political pundit, blasted what he called “racial segregation” in modern public schools. However, several school choice advocates took issue with… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Astonishing Ignorance of Young Adults
Do you wonder why Sen. Bernie Sanders and his ideas are so popular among American college students? The answer is that they, like so many… Read More
EducationCommentary
Student Loan Forgiveness Won’t Solve the $1.3 Trillion Problem
With outstanding student loan debt now exceeding $1.3 trillion, it is no wonder that the sticker price of college tuition has gotten a lot of… Read More
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Rising Graduation Rates Not Good Enough When Academic Achievement Isn’t Improving
Earlier this week, the White House announced with great fanfare that graduation rates across the nation have hit a record high of 83.2 percent. The… Read More
Education Commentary
How Education Savings Accounts Changed the Life of This Child With Down Syndrome
Giving parents control over their child’s education through personalized education savings accounts has transformed the lives of numerous underserved students. The story of Faith Kleffel… Read More
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Millennial Cluelessness About Communism’s Massacres Demonstrates the Need for School Choice
American education is failing thousands of students every year. But this crisis is not just about poor scores in math and reading. It is a… Read More
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Former Black Lives Matter Leader Says Movement Is ‘on the Wrong Side of History’
An active community member and a cultural liaison in his hometown of St. Paul, Minnesota, it was only natural for Rashad Turner to take on… Read More
EducationNews
Backlash Ensues After NAACP Ratifies Charter School Ban
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) ratified its stance against charter schools on Saturday, passing a resolution that calls for a… Read More
EducationCommentary
This Lawsuit Isn’t Answer for Detroit Students Wanting a Decent Education
Detroit school students, represented by the Los Angeles-based public interest firm Public Counsel, filed suit last month against the state of Michigan, claiming a legal… Read More
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Why This Black Lives Matter Supporter Still Wants Charter Schools
Twenty minutes outside the U.S. Capitol, 10-year-old Aniyah Maddox gets ready for school in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the District of Columbia. She… Read More
Education Commentary
How Native American Schools Can Be Revitalized
“When you have a 50 percent graduation rate, you need to think outside the box,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared about his proposal to rehabilitate… Read More
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Obama Administration Promotes Student Aid as College Costs Remain High
President Barack Obama greatly increased financial assistance for college students since 2008, but the cost of higher education and student debt still climbs and graduation… Read More
EducationCommentary
I’m a Black Woman Whose Relatives Fought for Civil Rights. I’m Disappointed in NAACP’s War on School Choice.
Thanks to a lawsuit, over 92,000 kids, many of them children of color, from low-income families are at risk to lose their privately funded scholarships… Read More
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Black Education Leaders Fight NAACP on Charter Schools
A group of 160 black education and community leaders from across the country are pushing back against an attempt by the National Association for the… Read More
EducationCommentary
Segregated Housing Is Not What Black College Students Need
Last year’s college news was about demands for safe spaces, trigger warnings, and bans on insensitivity. This year’s college news is about black student demands… Read More
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What Obama’s Education Secretary Got Wrong About Homeschoolers
Homeschooling has been growing in popularity in recent years, and now accounts for about 3.4 percent of the school-age population. That’s more than double the… Read More
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Colleges’ War on Free Speech Continues
The University of Chicago’s president, Robert J. Zimmer, wrote a Wall Street Journal article, titled “Free Speech Is the Basis of a True Education.” In… Read More
EducationCommentary
How to Talk School Choice and Win
“Choice” always seems to be a winning argument for the left, except when it comes to education. Liberals repeatedly cry foul as soon as someone… Read More
EducationCommentary
The Dumbing Down of College Curriculums
Let’s concede at the outset that many students find their college years enlightening and enriching. But something is rotten in the state of academia, and… Read More
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A College Strikes Back Against Safe Spaces
If you want to be unquestionably affirmed and unchallenged in all your beliefs and views, don’t go to the University of Chicago. In a letter… Read More
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DC School’s ‘Green Academy’ Selling False Hope With Renewable Energy Training
Children are filtering back to school in the nation’s capital, but one school is getting students off on the wrong foot by promoting careers propped… Read More
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From a Course on Miley Cyrus to ‘Identity-Based Housing,’ Examples of Lunacy on College Campuses
As the fall semester begins, parents, students, taxpayers, and donors should be made aware of official college practices that should disgust us all. Hampshire College… Read More
