Paying more for public education to get less
A standard talking point of both teachers’ unions and public school bureaucrats is that education is woefully underfunded, and so more money is needed right away to avoid losing a…
Schools closures scrambled political lines
Even as some public schools continue to face a number of challenges keeping kids in class, and teachers on the job. But as the pandemic winds its way into another…
School board mayhem bolsters case for choice
2021 was a rough year for public schools – particularly at school board meetings, where images of angry parents, agitated interest groups, and edgy school board members filled the airwaves….
Public schools fret that kids are not coming back
Even as a handful of public school districts in the U.S. revert to online-only learning in the face of coronavirus spread, an even bigger worry looms over public schools: what…
The rise of microschools and educational entrepreneurship
We’ve written a great deal about how parents are seeking out, and embracing, alternatives to traditional public schools. But what about teachers? It seems they, too, are questioning the traditional…
Bloomberg gets behind charter schools
Education was a major issue in the recent Virginia gubernatorial election, as parents who were unhappy with their local schools got behind the Republican nominee and his promise to accelerate…
Court backs private schools’ rights to operate without undue state interference
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision recently that said California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order closing both public and private schools before the beginning of the 2020-2021 school…