College Prep

School bonds have become the sacred cows of referendums: Why would anyone vote to deny a child the right to attend a shiny new school?

At its best, the record on the 40-year-old federal Head Start program was mixed. Now, the middle-aged government program is becoming downright dangerous, according to Karen Effrem, a director of EdWatch.org.

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a Florida high school student who was forced to paint over religious words and symbols she had included on a school mural.

Some public officials forget that the wall of separation between church and state is meant to protect the former from the latter.

Even as federal judges seek to censor out of the education system the words “under God” and the Pledge of Allegiance with it, the Bible is actually making a comeback in public schools, aided by celebrities like Chuck Norris and the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Students at Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) ranked far below the state average on standardized tests. To close the gap, MPS implemented a phonics-based, teacher-directed, explicit approach to teaching called Direct Instruction (DI) in 35 elementary schools.

A group called the Center on Education Policy has actually issued an upbeat report about education in the United States. How? By downplaying test results.

Last
week, President Bush announced a massive

No one dared to defend the record during the Department of Education’s Dreaded Silver Anniversary.

A veteran teacher explains why she thinks that Shakespeare is “the world’s ultimate rapper.”

Why are we now spending over 500 billion dollars on education annually without much to show for it?

In recognition of Constitution Day on September 17, The Rutherford Institute is calling on all Americans to read the document that one historian described as “the owners’ manual to the greatest form of government the world has ever known.”