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The families of the 1,900 children participating in the D.C.Opportunity Scholarship program breathed a sigh of relief when theCongressional Appropriations Committee approved funding to providescholarships for another school year.

Studying George Washington will help Americans gain an understanding of the principles and ideals on which our nation was founded – and a deeper appreciation for why we celebrate Constitution Day.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress, which is also known as the Nation’s Report Card, recently released its first set of post-COVID test scores. The results weren’t pretty.

Colleges of education instill in aspiring teachers the values and capabilities they want them to exhibit in the classroom. But what if those values and pedagogical approaches don’t serve students well? What if colleges of education are training teachers to impart divisive content and in particular critical race theory? Colleges of education enjoy a long history of credentialing teachers in the United States. But today, many of those schools indoctrinate aspiring teachers in CRT, while doing li...

You’ve probably heard the claim: “Idaho is the worst in the nation for education.” But what if it’s really one of the best? It all depends on what you’re measuring. Earlier this year, the National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest teachers union, ranked Idaho last in the nation for per-pupil spending. Scholaroo ranked Idaho the 39th public school system in the nation for school quality.

The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare many of the dysfunctions infecting America’s overly bureaucratic and politicized public education system. Thankfully, it also revealed a cure: educational freedom with parents in charge.

School districts who resorted to remote learning the largest during the pandemic took learning loss hit, according to Thursday study by a Brown University economist.

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, reading scores saw the largest drop since the 1990s, and this marks the first drop in mathematics. The decline was seen across different student groups.

Negotiations for educators' contract

It’s becoming abundantly — and painfully — clear that Joe Biden and his benefactors in organized labor have wreaked enough havoc in 19 months to haunt this country for decades.