The Heritage Foundation shares this article with us (although the original was published in The New York Post). Teachers’ Unions Bent the Education Dept. to Their Will—Shut It Down To Throttle Their Power | The Heritage Foundation Key Takeaways No matter how many staffers are hired, achievement gaps remain. Test scores in math and reading today are at or near historic lows. Closing the Education Department will help to end federal grant awards for union-favored projects such as “diversity, equity, and inclusion” teacher training. It’s time to focus our education efforts on what will truly help America’s kids—not on what will line union leaders’ … [Read more...]
Public school monopoly harms children?
Public schools were formed why? To improve the education of children? To improve society? To create better workers? We came across an interesting article at The Heritage Foundation titled "Universal School Choice Is Needed—Your Address Shouldn’t Limit Your Child’s Future". The author is Lindsey M. Burke, Ph.D.@lindseymburke The article supports our contention that school choice is important to improving the quality of education. Parental choice needs to be part of the equation. Competition is good. Currently, in Washington State, schools consume an estimated 53% of the entire state budget and rising. In 2020 many tax payers are seeing significant increases of which 75% or more is … [Read more...]
Common Core and the Centralization of American Education
By Lindsey Burke, Neal McCluskey, Theodor Rebarber, Stanley Kurtz, William A. Estrada and Williamson M. Evers Heritage.org .... Stop a federal bureaucrat, a schoolteacher, and a parent on the street and you will likely hear three different observations about what education can, and should, do. Considering these differing perspectives provides insight into why opposition to Common Core has been strongest among parents. National standards may provide useful information to state and federal policymakers, but have driven curriculum and pedagogy in a way that dissatisfies parents. Each of the essays contained in this short compendium delivers a different perspective on the shortcomings of … [Read more...]