Opinion
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Gold Hill School: A Symbol of Freedom in Colorado
Opinion -When schools, such as the Gold Hill school, deliver quality education at a reasonable cost, citizens support them. -
Classroom Warfare
Opinion -While additional counselors who can reason with youthful offenders may help in some cases, it is not a fix that will always work. -
The School Funding Fraud
Opinion -We are led to believe that the cheapskate American taxpayers are not forking over enough cash to the government school monopoly. -
School Choice Keeps Spreading
Opinion -What’s good for children and their families is problematic for the teachers’ unions and their fellow travelers. -
‘A Nation At Risk’ Sounded Alarms About Public Education Over 40 Years Ago, but We Keep Hitting the Snooze Button
Opinion -The report famously asserted, “If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might have viewed it as an act of war.” -
Happy National School Choice Week
Opinion -For most Americans, school choice is a commonsense policy that places parents, not education bureaucrats, in charge of their children’s education. This is the crux of the matter. -
Inflated Grades, Increasing Graduation Rates, And Deflated Test Scores
Opinion -Those who are obsessed with equity are doing great damage to American education. -
Smartphones, Dumb Kids
Opinion -The omnipresence of cellphones – especially in schools – is wreaking havoc on young people. -
DEI Resistance Is Advancing
Opinion -While the “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” plague is still with us, pushback is mounting. -
School Choice Is Under Siege in Chicago
Opinion -CPS’ new five-year plan is designed to demolish school choice by basically forcing all low-income Chicago families to attend the school CPS wants them to attend. This is all about power. -
Teacher Union Power Is Still In Full Bloom
Opinion -While a fifth of all teachers have left their union, more than two-thirds are still full dues payers. -
Charter Schools Rise To The Challenge
Opinion -Parents need a choice if their child’s school is failing, and a charter school may very well provide that escape valve. -
The Union Monopoly Is In Trouble In Florida
Opinion -A new law in the Sunshine State makes public employee unions competitive. -
California Drowning
Opinion -Inept and radical leadership has taken the formerly Golden State to a new low. -
Randi Weingarten’s Not-So-Dandy Year
Opinion -The union boss has been having an awful 2023. -
Illinois Lawmakers Just Axed State’s Sole School Choice Program
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -The solution to a deteriorating public education system, which has operated as a near-monopoly for decades in Illinois, is more, not less, competition. -
Schools For Hamas-cide
Opinion -The slaughter in Gaza has exposed the presence of Jew hatred in many of our schools. -
Illinois School Report Card Confirms the Urgent Need for Universal School Choice
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Illinois spent $39.1 billion on public education last year, of which 99.8 percent was allocated to public schools and 0.2 percent was left for all school choice programs combined. -
If Public Education Were a Business, It Would Be Bankrupt
Opinion -There has been, for some time now, optimism about a post-Covid recovery for American public school students, but sadly, there is no good news to be had. -
The Average Cost of Public School Education Is 58 Percent More Than Private School
Opinion -Legacy Climate Change Weekly -Compared to private schools, public schools are costly and ineffective. An array of facts indicate that this situation—which poses a dire threat to the entire nation—can be improved by competition from school choice. -
America’s Grasp of Civics Is Embarrassing, and the Country Is at Risk Because of It
Opinion -Today, civic education is more important than ever because of the impact social media has on us. -
How Public Schools Cement Power
Opinion -School choice is no longer a fringe idea of traditional-leaning parents. Parents of all walks of life have come to learn the government can no longer be trusted to teach their children. School choice reforms are sweeping the nation, but don’t expect the government schools to bow out quietly. Many are stealthily cementing their power. -
Voting For Parental Freedom
Opinion -Candidates for public office must make school choice a campaign priority. -
The Year in Teacher Union Double Dealing
Opinion -The unions and their leaders are more agenda-driven, anti-parent, and hypocritical than ever.