Parents answering the call to keep schools open
Some public schools are struggling to keep enough staff on hand to remain open — a side effect of the omicron variant. But there are a few places where parents…
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…
San Francisco school board recalls symptom of larger need for education choice
Parent frustration with public school leadership and policies has become a force to reckon with at the ballot box. That frustration helped propel the GOP to a win in Virginia’s…
Rather than calling in the FBI, try school choice
The Justice Department’s decision to step in and offer various stakeholders “dedicated lines of communication for threat reporting, assessment and response by law enforcement” in the wake of atrocious adult…
Proposed California ballot measure could set up a battle between teachers unions and education reformers
A proposed ballot initiative in California could set up a big fight between the state’s powerful teachers unions and education reformers. According to the Wall Street Journal, the proposed measure…
Teacher unions balk at vaccine requirements
Teacher unions spent the bulk of the pandemic arguing their members should not be in classrooms teaching kids in person so long as there was no vaccine available to fight…
Parents Fighting the Education Status Quo
Lots of ink and even more chatter is being focused on the mini-rebellion of individual investors against hedge funds. Some hail the fight as the little guy finally holding the…
