Public education is supposed to be the great equalizer — the system that gives every kid, no matter their ZIP code, a real shot at success. But that’s not how it’s playing out. Across the country, millions of students are…
In 2023, the Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program shocked the state with devastating statistics about Baltimore public schools. Thirteen high schools — about 40 percent of the entire district — showed zero students meeting state math proficiency standards. Additionally, only 7…
By now, it’s become clear that President Trump intends to make school choice the law of the land. He has done all that he could to signal his support for school choice, signing executive orders and pushing the Congress to…
If there was one federal agency that I could dispose of, what would it be? Without ado: The Department of Education (DOE) as evidence for its abolition is overwhelming. The 2024 “Nation’s Report Card” — the National Assessment of Educational…
Ever since June of 2022, when Arizona became the first state to legalize universal school choice, the adoption of this K–12th grade education reform has accelerated well beyond even its boosters’ wildest dreams. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, North Carolina,…
Life is an exercise in tradeoffs, and school choice — while desirable — is no exception. From Florida to Ohio, voucher programs are finally becoming widely available to American schoolchildren and their families. While novel to some states and municipalities,…
The Thales Way By Robert L. Luddy (Thales Press, 152 pages, $24) Would you be interested in a book on reforming education by a man who created flourishing grade, middle, and high school charter schools, all with waiting lists today,…
Your kids won’t be imbued with decent values from our era’s public schools. They won’t be taught to respect authority or to love their country and flag. They will learn about condoms and LGBTQIA+, but there are no guarantees that…
Advocacy groups are threatening litigation after an Oklahoma school board approved the initial application for the nation’s first public religious charter school. On Monday, the Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Board announced that it approved St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual…
