In 2011, I went to New York to cover Occupy Wall Street. Among the protesters I met was a young man in his thirties who told me, with considerable frustration…
The pervasive homegrown progressive forces, which emphasize politics, sex, and race—all from a radical perspective—have become entrenched in our education…
Americans’ dissatisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. has dropped to 32 percent, a new low in Gallup’s 27-year trend and down 11 percentage…
When teachers assess students, they must accurately report what students learn. Yet too often, this doesn’t happen. Grading for Equity, written by Joe Feldman…
The public exposure, resignation, and subsequent death of the British fabulist Jason Arday have reignited the longstanding (if not eternal) debate about the…
For years, parents were told the future of education was digital. Out went textbooks. In came tablets. Out went handwriting. In came keyboards.
She’s at it again. Randi Weingarten is good at everything but doing her actual job, and America’s teachers are terrific followers of their leader. Our kids can’…
Students head back to classrooms this month. Many arrive already convinced their future is hopeless. In a Lancet Planetary Health study of 10,000…
The recently released EdChoice “Schooling in America” survey finds that 56 percent of parents believe K-12 education is on the wrong track. Indeed…
The taxpayer-funded University of Michigan’s College of Literature, Science, and the Arts has announced a pilot program starting next fall to conceal…