A recent conference on Global Education may have claimed nonpartisanship, but the rhetoric was one-sided.
College Prep
Aloha Teacher Unions?
In Hawaii, teachers’ unions are up against an unlikely opponent: car salesmen.
Taking School Choice on the Road
The NCE is setting out to inform North Carolinians of the constitutionality and the merits of school choice.
Horowitz’ Sleeping Giant
It is not only college students who are subjected to irrelevant political material in class, but K-12 students are also under fire.
Fair Public Schools?
When groups like FairTest wage war against standardized testing, their motivations deserve scrutiny.
School to Makework
Of all the attempts to reform education, the so-called school-to-work program, in many ways, looked like the most promising.
Educational Epiphany of Bill Gates
Educational experimenters rejoiced when multibillionaire Bill Gates’ foundation bankrolled some of their favorite education schemes, but these private sector philanthropists quickly learned what public officials are loathe to admit: social planning will not yield literacy.
Kindergarten Censorship
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide soon whether to hear a case involving a school district’s censorship of a kindergartner’s art poster that contained a picture of Jesus.
Science Left Behind
Clearly, No Child Left Behind has caused schools to redouble their efforts to teach reading and math but at what cost?
Preschool Campaign Gets Ethics Issue
State-funded preschool in California is on the ballot for June, partly because of Hollywood director Rob Reiner’s unethical behavior.