Scores on PISA Are Leaning the Wrong Way
The latest results from an internationally administered achievement test are deeply troubling.
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Scores on PISA Are Leaning the Wrong Way
The latest results from an internationally administered achievement test are deeply troubling.
Study: Students Show Lower Literacy in Blue States With Strong Teachers’ Unions
Eight of the ten states where students had the worst literacy scores were liberal bastions with politically powerful teachers’ unions.
A Tale of Three Cities
The United Federation of Teachers remains highly influential, prioritizing political influence over student performance and teacher accountability.
It’s Time to Revoke the Activist Teachers’ Union’s Federal Charter
Teachers’ unions have abandoned their core mission to put political activism ahead of teachers, students, and academic achievement. Congress should revoke the…
Medieval, Autocratic, and Exploitative: The University Roots of America’s Democratic Socialism
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 Enemy Invasion of Our Schools
The pervasive homegrown progressive forces, which emphasize politics, sex, and race—all from a radical perspective—have become entrenched in our education…
Gallup Poll: Satisfaction With American K-12 Schools Hits New Low Point
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…
De-grading America’s Children
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…
Why Higher Education Is Likely Doomed
The public exposure, resignation, and subsequent death of the British fabulist Jason Arday have reignited the longstanding (if not eternal) debate about the…