Perspectives Brookings Experts Wonder Why Early Childhood Ed Isn’t Working Spencer Irvine December 2, 2016 Ron Haskins of the Brookings Institution wondered why “children who participated in Tennessee’s statewide pre-K program had worse attitudes toward…
Faculty Lounge Rethinking Schools Sends Out Email Survey on Post-Trump America Spencer Irvine November 29, 2016 From an email by Rethinking Schools: Dear friends, In Rethinking Schools’ fall editorial, we wrote about how students had been…
Perspectives Meet Betsy DeVos, the New Education Secretary Deborah Lambert President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, a relatively unknown figure on the national scene, to head the…
Faculty Lounge Texas State Board of Education Rejects Mexican-American Textbook Over ‘Undocumented Immigrant’ Term Spencer Irvine November 18, 2016 NBC News claimed that the phrase and term “undocumented immigrant” is racist, which is a reason why the Texas State…
Faculty Lounge NAACP Denies Children Their Education Civil Rights Spencer Irvine November 3, 2016 A great take from Star Parker: It’s a rare day when the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal, The…
Faculty Lounge One-Third of Recent High School Graduates Need Remediation Courses Spencer Irvine October 26, 2016 From the John Locke Foundation: Last year, 34 percent of 2015 high school graduates enrolled in one or more developmental…
Faculty Lounge Does the NAACP Want to Keep Minority Children Trapped in Poverty? Spencer Irvine October 20, 2016 An insightful piece from the Wall Street Journal: The NAACP’s statement Saturday shows how out of touch its well-to-do board…
Faculty Lounge Poll finds 85% of Black Voters think North Carolina should Expand School Choice Spencer Irvine 85% of black voters in North Carolina want more school choice, poll finds.
Faculty Lounge Homeschooling Cooperatives Jump 50% in Oklahoma Spencer Irvine October 19, 2016 Huge news for homeschooling in Oklahoma: Enrollment in the Luther Academic Barn (LAB), a homeschool cooperative located in central Oklahoma,…
Faculty Lounge Los Angeles Unified School District Looking at Making School Choice Easier Spencer Irvine Great news for the much-beleaguered LA Unified School District, their students and parents: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent…
Faculty Lounge Amid Teacher Shortage, Utah has Relaxed Rules on Teacher Certification Spencer Irvine Big news for Utah education: Utah’s State Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a new alternative pathway for public…
Faculty Lounge Why did Refugees Sue Pennsylvania School District over School Placement? Spencer Irvine October 18, 2016 An interesting piece by our friend Cheryl Chumley on refugees suing a Pennsylvania school district: The American Civil Liberties Union…
