K-12 education

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American Center for Transforming Education
December 13, 2024
Education

A Winning Strategy

American Center for Transforming Education
December 13, 2024
Education
Discovery Institute’s American Center for Transforming Education has been on the front lines advancing education freedom with a winning strategy and is looked to as a national thought leader on K-12 education policy. Read More ›
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Walter Myers III
December 11, 2024
Education

Blacks Need High Quality Education, Not a DEI Agenda

Walter Myers III
December 11, 2024
Education
In K-12 education, equity is leading to a dumbing down of academic standards for black students. For example, the Los Angeles Unified School District has implemented new equity-based grading policies, rewarding A, B, and C grades not based on subject mastery, but good behavior in the classroom. Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools has done similarly, resulting in a decrease in D and F grades for black students that led to a 4 percent graduation rate increase. Read More ›
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Donald Nielsen
December 6, 2024
Education

Time to Pull the Plug on the Department of Education

Donald Nielsen
December 6, 2024
Education
Whether ecstatic or demoralized about the recent election, Americans should all welcome a fresh review of how the federal government carries out its work. For too long, the massive federal bureaucracy has been allowed to grow while becoming less and less efficient in how it spends tax dollars. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham and Peter Biles
September 6, 2024
Education

Smartphones Are Killing Kids’ Ability to Concentrate

Keri D. Ingraham and Peter Biles
September 6, 2024
Education
With K-12 schools back in session across the nation, millions of students are adjusting to a new learning environment — a cellphone-free classroom or, in some cases, a phone-free school day. Lawmakers in several states are pushing for such restrictions. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham
July 24, 2024
Education

Families With Schoolchildren Should Flee California

Keri D. Ingraham
July 24, 2024
Education
Last week, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 1955, which blocks schools from requiring faculty and staff to notify parents and legal guardians when their minor child attempts to change his or her "gender identity" from that of their born biological sex. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham
June 5, 2024
Education

Greg Abbott Went to War for School Choice — He Appears to Have Won

Keri D. Ingraham
June 5, 2024
Education
Texas voters made their voices heard at the ballot box last week by ousting from the state House of Representatives Republicans who had voted with Democrats to block school choice for families in the Lone Star State. The Texas House is now positioned to successfully pass a sweeping school-choice bill on behalf of Texas families in the 2025 legislative session. Read More ›
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Keri D. Ingraham
May 10, 2024
Education

Protests Will Cost Universities in the Long Term

Keri D. Ingraham
May 10, 2024
Education
The campuses of many of America’s once distinguished institutions of higher education have been dominating the news in the past few weeks as pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, and antisemitic protesters scream, chant, incite violence, refuse to vacate their tent cities, and make demands of school administrations. This damaging higher education exposure comes on the heels of the K-12 education “great parent awakening." Read More ›