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?
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?
Finding the perfect school for your special needs child can be extra challenging. But your child should never have to settle for less in their education. This video by School Choice Week details 10 questions to ask to help you find the right fit for your family.
What part have teachers’ unions playing in pandemic-related school closings? That’s what Steven Malanga recently examined in his piece for City Journal. His findings are interesting, showing a direct correlation between strong union areas and strict COVID regulations and school closings. Will politicians take notice of the effect unions are having and open up more…
The American Rescue Plan (or the COVID stimulus package) awarded over $1 billion to Nevada education. Do you know the DOE’s plan on how they’re going to use the money? Thankfully the plan for the state DOE and individual school districts You can view the state’s plan for using the money here. Individual school districts’s…
Is Clark County School District’s new grading policy really helping students? It certainly doesn’t seem like it! When students returned to in person learning in the fall of 2021, the district had implemented a new grading policy that gives every student a minimum of a 50, as well as prohibiting teachers from penalizing students for…
What are kids actually learning in school? One California teacher couldn’t understand why the majority of her students were failing their ethics class. When she decided to dig deeper into what she was being taught, she was shocked by what she found. When she discovered Critical Race Theory throughout the course curriculum, Kali knew she…
As Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald points out, our current school model was established at the beginning of the Industrial Age. It was created to prepare students to spend their lives working in a factory. But in today’s Imagination Age, this model is actually hurting the students it is supposed to be teaching. Students who…