College Prep

Left overlooked in the debate over illegal immigration is the degree to which it makes an already dysfunctional public school system even more chaotic.

Homeschooling moms out perform public school teachers, yet receive no pay at all.

The State Board of Education needs more diverse viewpoints, if North Carolina expects public schools to improve.

Pumping up attendance in advanced courses and doling out high marks can’t buy kids a passing grade on a standardized test.

After much controversy, Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed legislation, the “Parent Choice in Education Program” (PCEP) that now provides every family in the state the right to choose their child’s school.

Factors other than bricks and mortar contribute to educational success.

California State Senator Sheila Kuehl has introduced legislation that will ban textbooks and teachers from any instruction that “reflects adversely” upon homosexuality, transgenders, bisexuals or those with perceived gender issues.

One of the latest developments in public education is that schools believe they are the de facto parents of the children who attend them.

The not so shocking news…. not one U.S. state currently has anything resembling a free education marketplace.

Just how much is a teacher worth?

One reason to keep an eye on what is in textbooks used by students in California’s public schools is that what is passed on by the state’s education authorities to a large degree determines what can go in courses in the rest of the country. That could also be a cause of alarm.

Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate last Wednesday that would require high schools to report the number of male and female students participating in high school athletics and the money spent on each team.