The Pioneer Institute conducted a case study on Phoenix Academies, a successful charter school network in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Their focus is not on separating at-risk youth and children into grade levels, but tailoring…
Topic: education
Why did the Department of Education Give ITT Tech the Death Penalty?
George Leef at the Pope Center said the following about the Department of Education’s overreach in their sanctions of ITT Tech, a longtime vocational school: On September 6, ITT announced that it was closing its…
The Wells Fargo Scandal Sounds a Lot like the Atlanta Teacher-Test Scores Scandal
A good read on the similarities between the two scandals: This all sounds a lot like the Atlanta public schools test-cheating scandal of 2013. The superintendent relied on cash incentives for raising test scores and…
Hillary Clinton’s College Plan Makes the Wrong Assumptions
George Leef at Forbes makes the case of why the Clinton campaign is misunderstanding the issues with higher education at colleges: The key objective of Clinton’s plan is to get more Americans into college, especially…
Why was a Teen Sent to Court over a 65-Cent Milk Carton?
Teenager Ryan Turk is going to go to court over a carton of milk in Prince William County, Virginia: The teenager says he had forgotten to grab the drink the first time through the line…
First-Year Teacher Upsets Many during First Amendment Lesson where He Stomped on the American Flag
The teacher in question, Lee Francis, has been placed on administrative leave after a student took a photo of him during his lesson and it went viral (i.e. many people saw it and it gained…
Donald Trump Talks about Homeschooling and School Choice in Recent Summit Remarks
At the Values Voters Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action arm, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke about school choice and homeschooling and how they work together. His remarks are at the seventeen-minute…
Rebranding Common Core
The unpopularity of the Common Core educational standards is not causing it’s proponents to rethink it but to rebrand it. “In 2010, every state but Alaska, Nebraska, Texas, and Virginia adopted Common Core State Standards,…
Minnesota Special Education Teacher Blasted by Black Lives Matter Activists Pushed into Retirement
It’s really sad what happened to Mr. Olson. But, we reported it on it earlier this year and it seemed unlikely that he would ever teach again, let alone at the school he was teaching…
ITT Tech could Close after Federal Investigation
From Inside Higher Ed on the potential collapse of ITT Tech, a for-profit academic institution: Last week, after years of investigations, the U.S. Department of Education banned ITT Tech from enrolling new students who receive federal funding while…