Not everything to come out of the pandemic is bad. In fact, there’s been some really positive trends in the area of education.
Kerry McDonald, FEE Senior Education Fellow, outlined four positive education trends in 2021.
Not everything to come out of the pandemic is bad. In fact, there’s been some really positive trends in the area of education.
Kerry McDonald, FEE Senior Education Fellow, outlined four positive education trends in 2021.
Distance learning was an eye-opening experience for parents in Nevada and across the United States. They got an up close look at what was actually being taught (and not taught) to their children in their schools. This eye-opening experience was a propellent for many parents fighting for change to our education system. In her article…
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…
For the first time since 2019, there’s a conservative on the Houston school board. In fact, there’s now two conservatives on the nine-member board. Houston ISD is the largest school district in the state and one of the largest in the country. The election shows once again how frustrated voters are with mask mandates and…
Learning pods popped up across the United States during 2020 because they solved several pain points about distance learning, including childcare needs for working parents and social interaction needs for kids. Learning pods are small groups of students, many times six or less. They are run by either a parent or a hired teacher who…
The last two years have shown us just how powerful teachers unions can be in shaping our nation’s education system. But whose best interest do these unions really have at heart? 4,500 members of the Minneapolis Teachers Federation and Education Support Professionals are currently on strike to demand higher pay, better working conditions, and smaller…
Do you know what your child’s school is really teaching them? So many parents across the United States had their first glances inside their children’s education during the pandemic because of virtual schooling. But this should not be the case. Christopher F. Rufo, James R. Copland and John Ketcham argue that public school parents should have…