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  • School Choice Week: It’s Kind of a Big Deal Now

    School Choice Week: It’s Kind of a Big Deal Now0

    Next week – January 24-30 – marks the sixth annual National School Choice Week. Created to “raise awareness of quality K-12 education options for children and families in communities across the country,” the week features a whopping 16,140 events showcasing the importance of letting parents choose the education they believe best suits their child. In

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  • School Choice and Racism: A Myth Devoid of Context

    School Choice and Racism: A Myth Devoid of Context0

    There has been a lot of recent discussion on the racial impact of school choice. Critics have used research reports to corroborate their claims that school choice increases racial segregation. While these claims have a factual basis, they are in dire need of context. School choice can increase racial segregation, but not for reasons anyone

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  • School Cancels ‘A Christmas Carol’ After Triggered Parents Complain

    School Cancels ‘A Christmas Carol’ After Triggered Parents Complain0

    A friend of mine recently relayed the story of how his daughter came home from kindergarten saying “excuse you” to anyone who sneezed.  “I think you mean ‘God bless you,’” he gently prompted her. “No, my teacher says to say ‘excuse you’ when someone sneezes,” came her response. According to news out of Pennsylvania, sneezing

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  • School Bans Designer Coats in Order to ‘Poverty Proof’ Campus

    School Bans Designer Coats in Order to ‘Poverty Proof’ Campus0

    Winter is coming, and colder temperatures mean that our coats and scarves have been pulled from their summer resting places and put to good use once more. But if you’re a parent in the United Kingdom, you might want to think twice before you send your kids off to school in their favorite winter coats.

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  • School ‘Too Easy’ for a Surprising Number of Students, Study Finds (See Chart)

    School ‘Too Easy’ for a Surprising Number of Students, Study Finds (See Chart)0

    We talk a lot these days about how many students are doing poorly in school. For example, when it comes to 8th graders, the Nation’s Report Card tells us that: Only 1 in 3 are proficient in math 1 in 3 are proficient in reading 1 in 4 are proficient in civics 1 in 5

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  • Scholars Protest New AP U.S. History Standards

    Scholars Protest New AP U.S. History Standards0

    • June 12, 2015

    This week, an impressive list of scholars across the nation published a letter opposing the new framework for the College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) exam in U.S. History. You can read the full letter here. As you may know, millions of U.S. high school students take an AP U.S. History course and exam each year in

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