When homeschooling rates soared during the 2020/2021 school year, no one was shocked. After all, homeschooling was just easier for so many parents than virtual schooling, right? But what educators never saw coming is how many of those parents would not send their kids back to schools when they reopened. As leading school choice advocate…
Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education legislation has been causing an uproar with the mainstream media. The “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as critics call it, prohibits public school teachers from teaching kindergarten to third graders about sexual orientation or gender identity. While the media is saying proponents of the bill are conspiracy theorist, Christopher Rufo…
Our current education system was created when life looked a lot different than it does now. Children were being prepared for a life of factory work, not a life of creativity and innovation. In his latest article for FEE, Paul Boyce points out the numerous ways that the education system is no longer serving our…
Are you considering homeschooling? FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald outlined 100 reasons to homeschool. Some of them just might surprise you.
When COVID-related school shutdowns brought education back into homes, many parents were shocked at what their kids were learning (and not learning). Many parents found microschools as an alternative. Microschools have been in existence for more than a decade, but the pandemic has caused a boom in enrollment. What makes microschools so special? FEE Senior…
Are public schools for preparing students for college or life? Apparently parents and educators have two very different viewpoints on the fundamental question about the very purpose of an education. Which side are you on?
The American Federation of Teachers’ New Hampshire chapter has filed a federal lawsuit in attempts of blocking the state’s Critical Race Theory ban in schools. The teacher’s union claims that the law violates First Amendment rights and will open teachers up to losing their licenses simply for teaching. The New Hampshire governor, however, strongly disagrees.
Oppose a bill to increase school spending and you are said to be robbing children of the resources they need to succeed in the classroom. But what if more money wasn’t actually the solution to America’s public education system? Recently Dan Mitchell created a graph on public school spending that tells an interesting story. While…
Last year Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Bartholet claimed that homeschooling should be banned because it’s a threat to our children’s wellbeing. But as homeschooling graduate Andrew Reder points out in his article in the Tampa Free Press, research by Bartholet’s own colleagues prove her wrong.
Distance learning, COVID protocols, staff shortages – all of these things have led to many teachers feeling burned out in the traditional school setting. But some teachers have found a change in setting to be exactly what they need to revive their love of teaching. Microschools are popping up across the country, and for good…
