For decades, the American education debate followed a rigid ideological binary: conservatives championed school choice, while progressives condemned it as a threat to public schools. But that divide is beginning to erode. Across the country, more Democratic leaders are supporting…
The Left’s vision of heaven is everyone else’s idea of hell. This is the conclusion that can be drawn from last weekend’s “Hands Off” rally and the Left’s hands-on approach in the locales they have governed over the last few…
While it is certainly good news that Congress is finally waking up to the dangers posed by the “Censorship Industrial Complex,” last week’s hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution didn’t sufficiently address one of its most insidious…
If an investment yields stagnant or negative returns despite increased funding, the rational thing to do is back off. This logic rarely applies in government, but we’re in a unique moment. The U.S. Department of Education — which has long…
DOGE has turned attention to the federal Department of Education (ED), cutting $101 million in DEI programs and terminating nearly $1 billion in contracts. While wasting taxpayer dollars, ED has been deployed in force against educational independence and parental choice. Consider,…
More than one million American K-12 students utilized private school choice last year, nearly double the number from just five years ago. This growth has been fueled by the rapid spread of school choice programs, such as education savings accounts…
When New York Gov. Kathy Hochul commissioned a report on the City University of New York’s rampant antisemitism, I was hopeful that, after my years of warnings about Jew-hatred on campus, its perpetrators were about to be held accountable. Imagine my disappointment…
When Josh Shapiro ran for governor of Pennsylvania against a weak Republican candidate in 2022, he postured as a moderate Democrat willing to embrace school choice and mollify critics of energy tax schemes. But because he is bought and paid…
