Opinion
Local reporting on teacher’s whistleblowing reveals bias(The Sentinel) – The Kansas City Star exaggerated repeatedly in a story about a protest at Shawnee Mission North over comments a teacher made in an op-ed forThe… Read More
Government, Opinion
Bi-partisan self-interest in politics destroys education opportunities(The Sentinel) – The struggle to get kids a decent education validates Thomas Sowell’s premise on the priorities of most politicians – their first priority is to get elected,… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Reflector gaslights readers on school funding, makes false accusations of legislators(The Sentinel) – A recent story about school funding in the Kansas Reflector reminded me of a quote by Winston Churchill – a lie gets halfway around the… Read More
Opinion
Standardized testing must be ditched in favor of ‘performance-based assessment,’ says NEA. Not so fastStandardized testing is failing students and should be dumped, the National Education Association argues.“Most of us know that standardized tests are inaccurate, inequitable, and often ineffective at gauging what… Read More
Government, Opinion
Pennsylvania risks being left behind in education reform as governor breaks campaign promiseThe unexpected benefit of the COVID pandemic could be that the logjam preventing K-12 education reform may finally have been broken – at least outside of Pennsylvania. While Pennsylvania… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Chicago public education can’t get much worseAs Chicago voters prepare to elect either Brandon Johnson or Paul Vallas as the city’s next mayor, the stakes for students are, ironically, low.That's because Chicago’s K-12 education… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Chicago Teachers Union gets unashamedly power hungry in mayoral electionThe Chicago Teachers Union has abandoned its façade of helping teachers and is now all-in on political advocacy and endorsements.The union pledged$2 million in union dues paid… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court rules for deaf student in education-law case(SCOTUSblog) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a deaf student’s lawsuit against a Michigan school district that failed to provide him with a qualified sign-language interpreter.In a… Read More
Opinion
Virginia progressives push teachers’ union clout in district mired in controversyThe embattled Fairfax County School Board ensured more controversy this week when it voted to allow unions to bargain for teachers in Northern Virginia.The vote comes two years… Read More
Opinion
KC Star in government public relations mode on Kansas education(The Sentinel) – If there was an award for journalistic malpractice, the Kansas City Star would be a leading contender.The most recent example of the Star’s ‘government good… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Missouri Senate Bill 49 is an essential step to protect Missouri children from ‘sex transition’ treatmentsThis coming week the Missouri Senate will again see floor debate on Senate Bill 49, legislation designed to protect children from dangerous cross-sex hormones and experimental surgeries. Read More
Government, Opinion
The conservative education revolution that David Brooks is missingA bottom-up revolution is suddenly changing education and our country forever – this time for the better.It’s too bad that some are missing out on the story.In… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
South Dakota database reveals the bad apples among teachersA database of teacher’s license application denials, suspensions and revocations in South Dakota reveals surprising details parents and school administrators need to know.The database, run by the… Read More
Culture, Opinion
J.K. Rowling and the radical, anti-feminist gender ideologyPeople are angry at a woman for defending a renowned female author’s view on women because her opinions are allegedly harmful to men who want to be women.The… Read More
Culture, Opinion
When did prayer become acceptable to the NFL? When a crisis happened on live television(Religion Unplugged) – Super Bowls create media storms, but many journalists and sports executives thought what happened in 1988 was totally out of bounds. The establishment was shocked… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Hellish Grammy show proves Hollywood doesn’t respect religious beliefsThe internet was ablaze Sunday night after a satanic Grammy performance which conservative critics decried as sickening.The performance in question was Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ “Unholy,”… Read More
Government, Opinion
Op-Ed: Iowa education reforms point to what’s next(The Center Square) – This week, the Iowa legislature passed the Students First Act, which creates a universal Education Savings Account (ESA) program. The Students First Act will allow… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Op-Ed: Liberal religious leaders are shooting themselves in the foot by suing over Missouri’s abortion banA small group of liberal religious leaders is suing the state of Missouri over its abortion ban, ironically claiming access to abortion is part of their religion.Although… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Enrollment declines increase pressure on ‘woke’ higher ed(The Center Square) – Higher education is confronting a problem: its customer base is shrinking. High birth rates in the 1990s and early 2000s created large incoming classes. After… Read More
Opinion
Teaching proper grammar and math is racist, say these teachersA California teacher refuses to teach proper grammar because she claims it upholds white supremacy.“Public education is an institution that upholds lots of problematic systems in our society… Read More