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What Would Really Happen If We End the US Department of Education?3
After the recent presidential election victory by Donald Trump, perennial calls to end the US Department of Education grew louder. With Republicans gaining control of the US Senate, and retaining control of the US House of Representatives as well, the prospect of eliminating the department became more plausible. But don’t hold your breath. When Trump
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How Regulations Destroy Education1
Amanda Lucas tried to do everything right. A teacher in both public charter and private schools for about 10 years, Lucas felt the tug toward entrepreneurship. She wanted to open her own school, one that would focus on individualized curriculum in an intentionally small learning environment for elementary and middle school-age students. All of them
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12-Year-Old Boy’s Ice Cream Stand Gets Shut Down, But His Entrepreneurial Spirit Persists0
Danny Doherty wanted to spend his summer vacation productively. For the past few summers, the now-twelve-year-old boy from the Boston suburb of Norwood, Massachusetts, had been asking to have a summer job to earn his own money. Youth employment regulations can make it difficult for young people to gain work experience even if they want to, so
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Chronic Absenteeism Is a Problem, But Most Proposed Solutions Miss the Point1
Two weeks ago, three unlikely bedfellows joined forces to announce their intention to cut K-12 chronic absenteeism in half by 2029. The right-leaning American Enterprise Institute, the left-leaning Education Trust, and the nonprofit organization Attendance Works revealed their plan in Washington, DC. The coalition hopes to combat chronic absenteeism, defined as students missing 10 percent or more
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