Education

Will Coronavirus Mean the End of Private Schools?0
- Education
- August 12, 2020
As the coronavirus crisis continues, question marks swirl around the school year that is about to begin. Few schools will be returning to fulltime, in-classroom instruction straight away. Thus, parents are considering alternatives. Homeschooling is an attractive option. Some families are even teaming up to establish home-based microschools or “pandemic pods.” But where does that leave traditional private schools?
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Abolishing History From the Classroom Is What Got Us Into This Mess 0
- Education
- August 6, 2020
History’s time in the classroom has come and gone. At least, that seems to be the view of an Illinois state representative. According to NBC, Rep. La Shawn Ford of Chicago claims that the citizens of Illinois have been subjected to “miseducation” in their history curriculum, and as such, he demands “immediate action by removing current history books
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Parents and Teachers Starting ‘Learning Pods’ Are Done Waiting for Permission 0
- Education
- August 4, 2020
The widespread “pandemic pods” that are emerging as back-to-school alternatives this fall are models of parental ingenuity, educator adaptability, and entrepreneurial agility. These learning pods, or in-home microschools, involve small groups of families coming together to take turns facilitating a curriculum for their children in their homes, or pooling resources to hire a teacher or
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Three Ways to Promote Social Skills in Homebound Kids 0
- Education
- August 3, 2020
With the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic getting worse in most of the country, a growing number of school districts from San Francisco to Atlanta have determined that a return to daily in-person instruction isn’t yet safe or viable. They aim to to stick with remote learning as the school year gets underway. Based on
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NYT Claims Public Schools Have Less Money Than Private Ones 0
- Education
- July 31, 2020
According to the New York Times, one of the main reasons why public K–12 schools are reopening more slowly from Covid-19 lockdowns than private schools is because public schools generally have less money. Times reporter Claire Cain Miller makes this claim three times in a single article, but her assertion is the polar opposite of reality and has been
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Reagan’s Farewell Warning Was Ignored (And Now We Are Paying the Price)0
- Education
- July 30, 2020
In his 1989 farewell address, President Reagan asked the rhetorical question, “Are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world?” He followed up with the answer: Our spirit is back, but we haven’t reinstitutionalized it. We’ve got to do a better job
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