From kindergarten to college, no one hates tests more than the students forced to take them, with the possible exception of the schools forced to administer them.
College Prep
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND?
Despite the harsh criticism this election season has spawned of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB), progress is being made, according to its proponents.
A New Prescription for Public Schools
Our public school system, regardless of increasing budgets, continues to go down the tubes.
ACLU & NCC Civil Liberties Failure
Although the religious freedom of students and teachers in public schools is under attack nationwide, the victims of the onslaught receive scant support, if not outright opposition, from two groups that should be natural allies in defense of the constitutional right to freedom of religion.
Public School Predators
One of every ten public school students may experience some form of sexual abuse from public school employees, a U. S. Department of Education (DOE) study shows.
Sex Miseducation?
Sex education materials up for review this fall by the Montgomery County Public School Board of Education are riddled with inaccuracies, charges Henrietta Brown. A former member of the county’s Citizens Advisory Committee on Family Life and Human Development
A Primer in Education Waste
Although federal spending on education has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years, standardized test scores have stagnated or even declined, notes a Cato Institute scholar.
Beyond the Pledge, Beyond the Pale
Religious freedom in America’s schools is under attack—and courtrooms frequently provide the battleground.
Choosing Vouchers—or Regulation?
Private schools abroad that accept government subsidies usually end up losing much of their autonomy and distinctiveness, an economic researcher warns.
Barely Civic
Although civic education is as important today as ever, the median number of high school civics courses has declined by two-thirds over the past 30 years, one scholar reports.