Kansas Legislators Take on the Teachers Unions
Union contracts often pick winners and losers in the workplace. However, teachers unions may soon lose the power to pick losers—at least in Kansas. Legislators… Read More
School Choice Blooming this Spring
School choice is making headlines in multiple states this spring. Several have approved or are considering proposals to expand educational opportunity for families. Texas is… Read More
Morning Bell: Revealing What States Are Hiding
How much are we spending on education? Actually, far more than we know—because as it turns out, states are hiding some of the teachers’ benefits…. Read More
Indiana Among States Acting to Oppose Common Core Standards
States are reconsidering their support for the Common Core standards. In recent weeks, legislators in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, and South Dakota have attempted to pedal… Read More
Morning Bell: Where Could We POSSIBLY Cut the Federal Budget?
If you had to cut your family’s budget, where would you cut? Would you immediately start starving your children and stop wearing shoes? Of course… Read More
Large Supply of Elementary Teachers Waiting to Be “Underpaid”
The supply of elementary school teachers greatly exceeds the demand for them among public-school districts, according to data collected by Education Week. This fact has… Read More
Top 10 Heritage Images of 2012
Instagram sold for $1 billion in April, remarkable news for a company that wasn’t even around two years earlier. Meanwhile, sites like Pinterest and Tumblr blossomed…. Read More
Responses to Union Suggestion of a Teacher “Bar Exam”
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), proposed a “bar exam” for public-school teachers in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week…. Read More
National Education Standards Trade Literature for Reading Government Documents
No more King Arthur stories, kids—you’re going to start reading some information-packed government documents instead! Adding to a number of problems with the Obama Administration-backed… Read More
Michigan Schools to Close as Teachers Leave to Protest Right-to-Work
Two Michigan school districts will close Tuesday after hosts of teachers called out sick, apparently to join protests against efforts to pass right-to-work legislation in the… Read More
