Education

Stop Patronizing Parents’ School Choice Decisions, Please 0
- Education
- July 14, 2017
Whenever we engage in discussions around school choice (charter schools, vouchers, and so on), it’s important to remember the origins of the mass schooling apparatus. In the mid-19th century when the first compulsory schooling statutes took hold–mandating attendance under a legal threat of force–the bureaucrats most responsible for compelling school for the masses had no
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Wealthy Minnesota School District Treating Its Students Like Racists 0
- Education
- July 14, 2017
In May, I reported on the controversial social justice curriculum being taught to young students in Edina Public Schools—a wealthy suburban district in Minnesota considered to be among the state’s best. At Edina’s Highlands Elementary this past year, students—even kindergartners and first-graders—were made to participate in a number of projects designed to teach them about
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Studying Philosophy Doesn’t Necessarily Make One Smarter 1
- Education
- July 7, 2017
Does studying philosophy improve one’s thinking, and thus make one more employable? Some top and not-so-top philosophy departments, concerned by the threat of declining enrollment and funding cuts, would have you believe it does. But Neven Sesardic, who has taught philosophy at universities around the globe and can boast some impressive publications, says that there’s
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‘Summer Slide’ Solutions Focus on the Wrong Problem 1
- Education
- June 30, 2017
Now that schools are out across the country, headlines abound regarding the seemingly inevitable summer learning loss, or “summer slide.” The National Summer Learning Association, which promotes summer programming, particularly for underprivileged youth, reports that teachers spend much time re-teaching content in the fall that kids supposedly learned the prior spring. Summer learning loss is
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4 Political Causes America’s Largest Teachers’ Union is Pushing that Have Nothing to do with Education 0
- Education
- June 30, 2017
Every year the approach of July signals the annual National Education Association (NEA) conference. As the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the topics discussed and decisions made at this event likely have a greater bearing on what’s taught in schools than many realize. To get a flavor for the type of topics which have been on
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The 10 Highest Paid College Presidents 0
- Education
- June 29, 2017
Via the Chronicle of Higher Education: “The Chronicle‘s executive-compensation package includes the latest data on more than 1,200 chief executives at more than 600 private colleges from 2008-14 and nearly 250 public universities and systems from 2010-16. Hover over bars to show total compensation as well as pay components including base, bonus and retirement. Click
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