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Discussions of school reform often result is shouting matches and excercises in passing the buck rather than honest discussion and creative ideas about how to fix public education, but a group of educators that spoke at AEI recently have a problem with that approach.

English professors like to talk about current events and war for oil theories about Iraq, but rarely do they get their facts straight first. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.

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?

Until Hurricane Katrina came and temporarily knocked Natalee Holloway, Cindy Sheehan and Judge John Roberts off the radar, one of the big shockers was that Timken High School in Canton, Ohio had a wee bit of a problem. Out of 490 female students, 65 are pregnant.

Although in long shot it may look like a replay of the film Animal House, Colgate University’s war on fraternities, in close-up, is much more than just life imitating art.

This week, North Carolina schools presented citizens with a good news/bad news proposition. As forecasted in last week’s journal entry, Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results for North Carolina schools were released Monday. Not surprisingly, this year’s results show a higher percentage of schools not meeting more stringent federal accountability standards.

Next Monday (July 18th), local school systems in North Carolina will release their preliminary Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) results for 2004-2005.

A student discovers an anti-Israel bias in her high school history book.

What else needs to be done to measure the success of North Carolina education?

In the next couple weeks many students will attend their graduations with proud parents and family members. They are likely to hear a liberal speaker.

It’s that time again when state legislatures around the country are doing the budget dance.

There is little doubt that Title IX has led to the explosive growth of women’s sports programs, but at what cost?