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March 11, 2024
Why Educators Often Have It Wrong About Right-Leaning Parents
…percent or more of the nation can wind up feeling maligned or misunderstood. Over the years, educators have talked a lot about code-switching as a way to advance understanding and…
March 6, 2024
College or Trade School? How About Both?
…the false dichotomies that riddle discussions about post-secondary education. The most important thing to remember about the benefits and costs of college education is that national wealth is directly related to levels of…
March 6, 2024
It’s Time to Scrap the Federal Student Loan Program
…is making the problem worse. In lieu of a student lending program, he’s busy establishing a massive government subsidy to the affluent, the nation’s college-goers, and the higher education cartel….
March 5, 2024
A Conservative Vision for Education Reform
…nominally nonpartisan organizations such as the National Academy of Education and the American Educational Research Association, the politics of the teacher unions, and even the legacy media coverage of our education debates….
February 29, 2024
Parents’ Rights, Yes. But Parent Responsibilities, Too
Americans disagree with one another about all manner of important topics when it comes to schools and schooling. That’s inevitable in a nation of more than 300 million people. And…
February 23, 2024
Study What You Love or Study What Will Make You Money?
…Dreambound asked a thousand American adults about their education and career satisfaction, and while the sample isn’t statistically representative of the nation as a whole, the results are broadly suggestive….
February 22, 2024
Chronic Absenteeism Could Be the Biggest Problem Facing Schools Right Now
Chronic absenteeism has become a grim reality across the nation. Nationwide, chronic absenteeism nearly doubled from 15 percent in 2018 to 26 percent in 2023. How bad are these numbers,…
February 15, 2024
Conservatives Must Seize the Opportunity to Lead on Education. Here’s How…
…social, political, and civic institutions.” Tack on prolonged school closures, campus craziness, and declining test scores, and it’s no great surprise that public confidence in the nation’s schools and colleges…
February 14, 2024
Four States That Are Leading the Charge for Conservative Education
It’s looking like this year’s election will feature a Trump-Biden rematch — a pairing that’s especially frustrating for education, where the nation is wrestling with a raft of real problems: dismal student…
February 9, 2024
The Upside of the College Enrollment Downswing
…of them. But one thing most people agree is that this is a big problem, for higher education and for our nation. Fortunately, most people are wrong on this one….