White suburban women, who comprise roughly 20 percent of the electorate, have swung right. According to polls by the Wall Street Journal, there has been a 26-percentage-point shift toward the Republican Party among this demographic since August. Concerns about skyrocketing…
Private schools are currently experiencing a season of unanticipated growth. The turnaround follows decades of significant enrollment drops due to rising tuition prices and economic recession periods. The sharp enrollment increase is likely a result of the failure of traditional…
Few people have neutral feelings when it comes to mask mandates. As the coronavirus disrupts a third consecutive school year, emotions on the topic are running high for school leaders, teachers, parents, and even students. Those in favor of mask…
According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, more than 680 U.S. public and private colleges require students to get a coronavirus vaccine. This is a non-negotiable mandate for students to maintain enrollment status. The vaccination edicts come even as the…
K-12 public education nationwide is fixated on the term “equity.” It has been added to many public school mission statements and core values, but the positive-sounding term means something more — and something more destructive — than providing equal opportunity…
People can choose where to live, work, and shop for goods or services. But few Americans are afforded the opportunity to choose where their children attend school — a more important choice than almost all others. And efforts to expand…
Free, free, free, free — does this sound familiar? If so, you’ve seen the recent TurboTax commercials. Or perhaps you associate those words with President Joe Biden’s go-to political tactic. Who doesn’t like free? It’s hard to argue against free…
Our K-12 schools are organized more like a swim meet than a swim lesson. The emphasis is on student placement results rather than on ensuring all students learn. Students move on to the next lesson, concept, or skill regardless of…
A form of reverse racism is not only dominating the national conversation but also quickly becoming a bedrock of teacher training and student academics. Critical race theory and woke education are sweeping schools. White teachers and students are labeled as…
Six former U.S. education secretaries, who served under both Democratic and Republican presidents, are sounding the alarm about the grave danger our constitutional democracy faces. Years of political polarization have culminated in riots in our cities spanning months, along with…
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