From the School Reform News, published by the Heartland Institute: The survey, titled “Ten-Year Trends in Public Opinion from the EdNext Poll,” conducted by Education Next, a journal published by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program…
Topic: School Reform News
Arkansas Launches First-Ever School Voucher Program
Our friend Cheryl Chumley noted how the state of Arkansas started a school voucher program specifically for special-needs children: Arkansas recently launched the Succeed Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities (SSPSD), a school voucher program…
School Choice Extension Bill Blocked by California Democratic Assemblywoman
California lawmakers are looking at whether to extend the school choice program an additional five years, but one lawmaker is taking a stand against it: California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) has halted extension of…
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…
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…
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…
D.C. Homeschooling Rises by a Third in Two Years
Home-based education is a rising trend in D.C. education.
California Public Employees Unions are Banding Together against Charter Schools
So these public sector employee unions are against improving children’s education with innovation of charter schools? Great *sarcasm*.
Common Core Computer Crack-Up
What do Common Core and Obamacare have in common, other than the enthusiasm they engender in the White House and widespread disappointment they generate outside of it? Both programs have fatal computer glitches. “New Hampshire-based…
Common Core’s Slow Collapse
As a public service, we try to track the progress, or lack thereof, of the latest top-down education reform concocted by elites and insiders—Common Core. We are aided immeasurably by the Heartland Institute which publishes…
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America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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