Opinion
Calls to abolish U.S. Department of Education not as radical as youâd thinkFormer President Donald Trump has promised to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education if re-elected. âWeâre also moving the Department of Education back to the states,â Trump… Read More
Public Education
Ohio offers bonus to military, veterans to work in schools(The Center Square) â Service members, veterans and their spouses can receive a taxpayer-funded bonus to work in Ohio schools for at least a year. The state recently announced the Military… Read More
Public Education
GOP education platform promises more state-led K-12 options for parents, childrenThe Republican National Convention gets underway Monday, and the GOP has a fresh, simplified K-12 education platform aimed at giving more control to states and parents. Read More
Culture
10 ways to combat the summer slide in your kidsâ educationAs summer vacation continues, parents can feel pressure to occupy children with as many activities as possible â the more learning involved, the better! How can families navigate the tension… Read More
Public Education
School choice advocates offer caution about ‘woke’ charters(The Daily Signal) â While often outperforming their public school counterparts, some charter schools are beholden to the same woke ideologies driving parents away from traditional neighborhood schools. âSchool choice… Read More
Public Education
Clashing goals of teachers, administrators causing exodus, former educator warnsMany teachers are leaving their profession not because of low salaries or barriers to hiring, but due to increasingly diverging missions between administrators and educators, argues a former public-school teacher. Read More
Government
New pre-K-8 education instructional materials available for public review in Texas(The Center Square) â New Pre-K to 8th grade instructional materials are available for public review after a new law went into effect directing the Texas Education Agency to purchase… Read More
Public Education
Tuesday primary to narrow Nebraska Board of Education candidates in District 2. Who are they?In two of the four Nebraska Board of Education primaries May 14, three candidates are vying for the top-two spots in Districts 2 and 4 for the ballot in Novemberâs… Read More
Public Education
‘Funding is not a silver bulletâ: Alaskans want education reforms, not just more spendingAmid a contentious debate about education funding, polling reveals Alaskans care more about reforms than mere dollar increases. A March survey finds broad dissatisfaction with the… Read More
Culture
Poll: Voters want schools to focus on basics instead of critical race theory(The Center Square) â The vast majority of people think schools should focus on traditional subjects like math, reading and science, and a majority also say critical race theory should… Read More
Public Education
Study: Illinoisâ spending per student is one of highest in the country(The Center Square) â A new study shows that Illinois continues to pump money into education without seeing tangible results. The Reason Foundation found that Illinoisâ inflation-adjusted education revenue grew… Read More
Culture
âBring back world-class educationâ: Trump promises major education reform if re-electedAt the National Religious Broadcastersâ 2024 Christian Media Convention, former President Donald Trump promised to make major reforms to American education if re-elected. â[A] top priority will be to take… Read More
Public Education
Half of parents want to customize their childâs K-12 education, report showsNearly half of Americaâs parents want to customize their childâs education. The new Choose to Learn 2024 report surveyed âopen-minded parentsâ to find out what sort… Read More
Public Education
Gov. Sanders vows to fulfill âpromiseâ for deaf, blind students in Arkansas with push for new facilitiesArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders vowed to deliver a âquality educationâ for deaf and blind students in the state in an announcement at the state capitol Wednesday. â…[T]wo schools were built as… Read More
Public Education
Report: 30 years after landmark court ruling to increase funding, Kentuckyâs public schools are worse than everPublic school activists often blame underfunded schools for poor test scores, but a new report from Kentucky says just the opposite. The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions tracked school… Read More
Public Education
Oklahomaâs new education secretary is a school choice championOklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has appointed Nellie Tayloe Sanders, an advocate for special education and school choice, to serve as the stateâs new Secretary of Education. Though not herself an… Read More
Public Education
New York educators bemoan âbudget cutsâ despite a billion-dollar increaseNew York educators are up in arms about Gov. Kathy Hochulâs proposed budget for 2025, even though it includes a billion-dollar increase for public education. Hochulâs proposed $233 billion budget… Read More
Culture
This national school choice week, letâs celebrate return to founding principles(The Daily Signal) â The school choice policies sweeping the nation may be among the most innovativeâand promisingâenacted in recent memory. Yet they also embody a return to principles first enshrined in… Read More
Government
Civics reform introduced in Wisconsin, but state education department, Democrats, refuse to get on boardWisconsinâs top educrats and Democrats are opposed to requiring patriotic civics classes in the stateâs public schools. Assembly Bill 898 would require the Wisconsin Department of… Read More
Public Education
Louisianaâs new Republican governor vetoes ed boardâs attempt to lower high school graduation requirementsJust days after his inauguration, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order, vetoing an attempt to circumvent high school academic standards. The order addresses the… Read More