By Kyle Olson (Feb 04, 2011)
It looks like the leaders of the Tennessee Education Association are in for some sleepless nights.
But education reformers, taxpayers, parents and many dedicated teachers are celebrating the news that two Tennessee lawmakers have filed the... more
By Kyle Olson (Feb 03, 2011)
One of the most disturbing results of an adult-focused public education system is the constant focus on money. There is an insatiable thirst on the part of Big Labor to constantly increase spending on public education, because the teachers’ unions... more
By Wendell Cox (Feb 03, 2011)
Much has been said and written lately about “for-profit higher education” – in large part because the U.S. Department of Education is expected to soon publish so-called “Gainful Employment” rules that would place de facto mandates on who these... more
By Howard Rich (Feb 03, 2011)
In his State of the Union address last week, U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged that America’s “free enterprise system is what drives innovation.” He also said that if America is to “win the future,” then it must first “win the race to educate... more
By Kyle Olson (Feb 02, 2011)
The next time you hear of a school district that cannot afford new textbooks for its students, or is forced to lay off teachers due to budget constraints, remember the following story.
A former public school superintendent in Wayne Township,... more
By Kyle Olson (Feb 01, 2011)
The high school graduate who cannot read his diploma is a favorite cliché among education reformers.
But like all clichés, it holds a lot of truth. Difficult as it may be to believe, there are high school graduates who are barely able to read... more
By Mike Adams (Jan 31, 2011)
William Irvine is a professor of philosophy at Wright State University. He is one of the most courageous and honest professors in the country. Recently, he wrote a column concerning Wright State’s decision to invite the Reverend Jeremiah Wright to... more
By Gary Beckner (Jan 29, 2011)
A new spate of documentaries and media coverage have all centered on the role teachers unions play in blocking necessary change and innovation in public schools. At this point in the national discourse, a majority of Americans are convinced that our... more
By David Spady (Jan 28, 2011)
40-year-old Kelly Williams-Bolar lives in a housing project in Akron, Ohio. The local public school that her children were trapped in is one of the worst performing schools in the state. GreatSchools, the country’s leading source of information on... more
By Romina Boccia (Jan 25, 2011)
The budget crisis confronting states is severe and will persist even as the economy rebounds. Most states have substantial shortfalls projected not just this year, but into the future, unless governors and legislators make fundamental changes to... more
By Kyle Olson (Jan 15, 2011)
The folks who brought us the “Defend Public Education” actions last March in California, Wisconsin, New York and Michigan are planning a new round this year and will be drawing on the “energy” created by the violent, destructive riots in... more
By Kyle Olson (Jan 03, 2011)
As "Waiting for 'Superman'" so eloquently points out, the industrial assembly-line model of America's public schools, created decades ago, isn't working. In fact, it's setting us further and further behind our global competitors.
Today,... more
By Townhall.com Staff (Oct 27, 2010)
The Boxer for Senate campaign in California is brazenly recruiting public school students through the teachers’ union.
This comes on the heels of educators in Ohio using students as Democrat voting guinea pigs — and a long history of the Left... more
By David Horowitz (Oct 22, 2010)
I spoke last night a Brandeis University, as usual under the auspices of College Republicans and with no institutional or faculty sponsorship. As fate would have it, there were two other events with speakers that evening, one an anti-Israel activist... more
By Paul Greenberg (Oct 21, 2010)
Dear Close Reader,
It was wholly a pleasure to learn that something I wrote got you to thinking about a great teacher you once had. What I'd written was: "We can still remember the piercing, unblinking blue eyes of a professor of biology who... more
By Rebecca Hagelin (Oct 19, 2010)
Two veteran public school teachers “lost it” last week over student misbehavior. A Tennessee algebra teacher tried vainly to quiet his class as students talked, laughed, walked around, and mocked him. Finally, he said, “You want... more
By Suzanne Fields (Oct 15, 2010)
Education, like politics, is local. You want it close to home, the better to monitor it. That's how it should be. What and how to teach the kids, like politics, is subject to the changes of clout, even when it hurts the kids. That's not how it... more
By Ken Blackwell (Oct 13, 2010)
It is disheartening to hear recent questions from the education establishment elite about whether federal student aid is ending up in the coffers of the “right” schools. To question where Pell Grant and Stafford Loan recipients choose to go to... more
By Debra J. Saunders (Oct 12, 2010)
Even though America is fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, members of President Obama's Cabinet are three times more likely to have attended law school than boot camp.
Only two -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Veterans... more
By Ed Feulner (Oct 05, 2010)
Here’s a pop quiz for you college students out there.
When handling controversial issues, whether modern-day or historical, do your professors present both sides? Do they solicit alternate viewpoints, or at least create an atmosphere in which... more
By Paul Greenberg (Oct 04, 2010)
The words are those of the late John A. Pidgeon, the legendary headmaster of the Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pa. At the time, he was reflecting on his 45 years at the school, but what he said could apply to so many other things:
"I could not... more
By Meredith Turney (Oct 01, 2010)
There are very few political issues that can unite conservatives and liberals. The political polarization has reached such an intractable state that it seems the two sides will never agree on solutions for society’s pressing problems. But... more
By Howard Rich (Sep 30, 2010)
There may be no such thing as a silver bullet in public policy, but universal parental choice is the closest thing we have to one — assuming our politicians summon the courage to run with it. And based on the current trajectory of academic... more
By Cal Thomas (Sep 30, 2010)
"Waiting for Superman" is the new film by documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of "An Inconvenient Truth," and it should be mandatory viewing for every member of Congress.
As a synopsis on the Fandango movie site says, this film... more
By Cal Thomas (Sep 30, 2010)
"Waiting for Superman" is the new film by documentary filmmaker Davis Guggenheim, director of "An Inconvenient Truth," and it should be mandatory viewing for every member of Congress.
As a synopsis on the Fandango movie site says, this film... more