I’ve taken the liberty of dreaming up the court transcript ahead of time (using Q for the defense attorney’s questions and A for the plaintiff’s answers). Enjoy this…
I don't know about you, but I am growing convinced that President Barack Obama doesn't know what Race to the Top is, says education historian Diane Ravitch for…
It's not whether competition works or whether it doesn't work; the question is whether it can exist at all. Just like capitalism is predicated on the free flow…
If we are to realize President Obama’s goal of leading the world in the percentage of citizens who are college graduates, we will need to break down the…
Anytime you hear government officials mandating new behaviors to a broad swath of the population, that mandate is likely to run afoul of the First Amendment, says Sam…
Religious leaders in Philadelphia are frustrated with the battle over school choice, to the extent that Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden says fascist leaders Hitler and Mussolini "would love"…
A December 2011 article in the New York Times highlighted teachers in Washington, D.C. who were rewarded with large cash bonuses and significant pay raises, says Todd Pheifer…
A policy brief released last month concluded that contrary to popular perception, most U.S. public schools require at least as much or even more instructional time for students…
We recently asked a handful of education and ed-tech experts for their thoughts on what the future holds for 2012—and beyond. Here's what these experts had to say.
Defending public education in America is a daunting task. The fact that we have to defend public education in the first place is puzzling. Here we sit as…
With U.S. schools facing enormous pressure to improve, even as state and local budgets continue to evaporate, teacher compensation is the latest flashpoint in debates about education reform.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich's administration on Dec. 13 will release a report detailing teacher perceptions on performance based pay, says a columnist for Yahoo! News.
The American education system is broken. Politicians, educators and parents have debated how to reform public schools in the U.S. for the nearly 20 years, yet little to…
1. Children should have plenty of opportunities to play. 2. Even young children have too few such opportunities these days, particularly in school settings. These two propositions—both of…
The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute have released a new paper arguing that public school teachers are overpaid relative to the private-sector market. The paper is…