Perspectives Indiana considers bill that pays for arming teachers Spencer Irvine March 3, 2023 As schools have been sites of recent tragedies when it comes to gun violence, policymakers are wondering what could mitigate…
Perspectives Indiana House passes bill barring gender identity in K-3 classes Spencer Irvine March 1, 2023 The Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill that is aligned with Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, which law…
Perspectives LGBTQ activists show up in force on debate on gender identity in schools Spencer Irvine February 23, 2023 The Indiana state legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity. WDRB…
Perspectives The Left criticizes punishment for teachers who violate Florida’s parental rights law Spencer Irvine October 26, 2022 The Florida Department of Education placed the state’s teachers on notice: If teachers choose to violate the “Parental Rights in…
Perspectives Tennessee charter school severs ties with Hillsdale after controversy Spencer Irvine July 14, 2022 Teachers’ unions and entrenched education bureaucratic interests do not take criticism well, especially when conservative, free-market and school-choice supporters correctly…
Perspectives Tennessee teachers upset over conservative’s remarks about teachers Spencer Irvine July 6, 2022 It is no secret that left-wing teachers’ unions and activists harbor ill will toward conservative, free-market and pro-charter school figures….
Perspectives Trump Provides Teachable Moments for Liberals Malcolm A. Kline March 20, 2017 There’s a reason why nobody really noticed when major media outlets dropped their education beats: They weren’t doing much to…
Faculty Lounge ‘A Day Without a Woman’ Backfired, Didn’t It? Spencer Irvine March 9, 2017 An interesting column by Amanda Carpenter at Politico on the mixed messages from the ‘A Day Without a Woman’ strike protest…
Faculty Lounge Teacher Study Debunked: Researchers Omitted 2,000 Anti-White Hate Incidents after Trump’s Election Spencer Irvine December 9, 2016 We reported on this Rethinking Schools survey, which claimed there was a lot of negative feelings after the election of…
Faculty Lounge School Survey: 9 of 10 Educators Claim They’ve Seen a Negative Impact on Students’ Mood since Trump Won Spencer Irvine December 8, 2016 Rethinking Schools conducted an online survey, in conjunction with the Southern Poverty Law Center, on the post-Trump school climate. Here…
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…
Faculty Lounge Amid Teacher Shortage, Utah has Relaxed Rules on Teacher Certification Spencer Irvine October 19, 2016 Big news for Utah education: Utah’s State Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a new alternative pathway for public…