The National School Boards Association (NSBA) came up with a list of the top ten things that make public schools exceptional in 2016. See if you can spot any of these in a government school…
Topic: public education
Local Funding = Local Schools
School boards have been vexing about their loss of authority over the schools they ostensibly govern. There is a solution to their problem, but it’s not necessarily one they want to hear. “The public must…
Should We Hold Off on Online and Blended Learning?
It is a good question to ask as some people are worried that this new trend may not lead to good educational outcomes. Photo by The Open University (OU)
Globally Warm Public Schools
Global warming alarmists who claim that the science is settled on climate change are partially right: Public schools have reached a verdict on it. “A nationwide survey of 1,500 U.S. middle and high school science…
More Pre-K Education Initiatives, ex-CEOs say
George Halvorson, former CEO of Kaiser Permanente, and John Pepper, formerly of Procter & Gamble, claim that pre-K education gains are essential to developing America’s future workforce. Halvorson avers that the “number one predictor for…
Maryland Schools Sued for Islam Indoctrination Assignment
From the Thomas More Law Center: “[We] filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of former Marine, John Kevin Wood, and his wife, Melissa, who refuse to allow their teenage daughter to be subjected to Islamic…
South Dakota Passes Education Tax Credit Program
It starts this year in South Dakota and will provide tax credits to insurance companies who donate to the appropriate institutions for scholarships.
Common Core: Show Me the Money
It turns out that Common Core’s creators might be demonstrating the same ethos Cuba Gooding’s character demonstrated in the film Jerry Maguire when he said, “Show me the money.” “An undercover journalist for a nonprofit…
New SAT Tests are Lame
A great op-ed by Kristen Blair in the Carolina Journal on the new SAT test and how it’s dumbed down. Photo by USDAgov
School Choice Round-Up
There is good news and bad from the states on school choice, as compiled by the Heartland Institute in its School Reform News. First, the bad news: “A Minnesota family choosing to educate their child…