


Challenging the Educational Establishment

What Do We Want With Mathematics Curriculum?

In Education, Will the Real Critical Race Theory Please Stand Up?

Whose Children Are They?

Critical Race Theory: Intriguing, But Wrong for K-12 Education

Word to the ‘Wise’: Progressives Forget that Parents are in Charge of Kids’ Education

Orange County Seeks to Slip Critical Race Theory into Ethnic Studies Curriculum

Equity Concerns for Education Access During COVID-19 Closures
Clearly, closing school doors can bring both positive and negative results. The obvious positive: closing may slow the peak of the spreading virus. However, the CDC reports that 19-year-olds and younger appear to have milder COVID-19 illness, with almost no hospitalizations or deaths reported to date in the United States in this age group. However, the fear is that they can still carry and spread the virus. On the flip side, for a large number of children, the best place for them to be is actually in school. Many parents remain working, and some children may lack access to educational materials or even meals at home. And what is to limit children from contacting others when they’re away from school? Read More ›

Idaho is Right to Abandon the Common Core
Idaho has recognized that Common Core has not improved schools. Wayne Hoffman, executive director of the Idaho Freedom Foundation recently stated, “The days of Common Core in our public schools appear to finally be numbered.” This comes after a joint letter from the House and Senate education committees to the Governor and the two education agencies in the state, in which legislators are urging for new standards. Standards will not improve schools any more than a budget will improve a business. Neither will change how the organization performs. But they can be tools to assess effectiveness. ACTE Program Chair Don Nielsen argues, “Unfortunately, many believe our schools will improve with more rigorous standards and that was one of the drivers Read More ›