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?
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…
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…
When school districts say they are not teaching critical race theory in elementary schools, they might technically be right. It probably will not appear on a curriculum outline anywhere. But ideas and concepts from CRT are being shared with students on a regular basis. For example, the California Teacher’s Association’s stance on social justice shows…
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…
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…