April Carney is less than two months into her new role as board member for the Duval County Public Schools system in northeast Florida. Carney assumed her seat on Nov. 21. On Dec. 6, she found herself on the losing…

Do parents have the right to know what their children are being taught in public school? Parents say yes; teachers say no. Of course, it’s not quite that simple. The description of the latter party can be tweaked to “teachers…

U.S. taxpayers, especially those with school-age children, have every reason to think, “We’ve been robbed.” According to Melanie Hanson at the Education Data Initiative, federal, state, and local governments provided an average of $15,120 in funding for every student in kindergarten…

On Nov. 7, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul tweeted a snapshot of herself smiling alongside American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten. It was a curious choice for a photo op given that there is no person in America…

Those who believe there’s hope for reforming the current union-controlled public school system ought to pay close attention to the response by United Teachers Los Angeles to a seemingly unobjectionable recent teaching proposal. The district is offering “Accelerated Days” in October…

White teachers in the Minneapolis Public School District will be fired before minority teachers, according to the stipulations of a recently negotiated union agreement. Alpha News reported that a deal between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and Minneapolis Public Schools…

Despite attempts from liberal media outlets to downplay it, abuse of students by teachers in public schools remains a pressing problem. Vox referred to the furor over “grooming” as a “moral panic.” NPR, funded with your tax dollars, described the…

Do kids in America’s classrooms belong to the teachers? President Joe Biden seems to think so. In remarks to teachers this week at a White House event honoring national and state teachers of the year, Biden told educators that their…