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April 11, 2024
The Right Has an Opportunity to Rethink Education in America
…the SAT should matter for college admissions. Meanwhile, California’s Democratic officials recently approved new math standards that would end advanced math in elementary and middle school and Oregon’s have abolished the requirement that high school…
April 8, 2024
We Still Don’t Know How Much Taxpayers Lost Due to Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Fraud
…something else very strange about OMB’s math: it appears to be missing billions of dollars in additional federal benefits paid, in many cases improperly, to PUA recipients. The OMB report…
April 3, 2024
School Absenteeism Has Become A Big Problem. But We Can Do Something About It.
…Nat Malkus, who’s tracked the numbers on chronic absenteeism in his widely-referenced Return to Learn Tracker, has reported the situation is even worse in the nation’s poorest and low-achieving communities. In Los Angeles,…
March 7, 2024
Growing Congressional Dysfunction Will Worsen Our Fiscal Problems
…this frustration is not to pretend that deficits don’t matter or ignore the challenge they pose — it’s for Washington to finally take deficits seriously and act to rein them in. Absent progress on bringing government spending…
March 1, 2024
How the Children’s Bureau Lost Its Way
…about infant mortality and children’s health. But it took longer for these matters to become the concern of the federal government. According to one article in the Encyclopedia of Chicago:…
February 22, 2024
Chronic Absenteeism Could Be the Biggest Problem Facing Schools Right Now
…really, and how can schools respond? My friend and colleague Nat Malkus has the most recent available numbers in his Return to Learn Tracker. In addition, he’s out with an…
February 15, 2024
Conservatives Must Seize the Opportunity to Lead on Education. Here’s How…
…tab. Progressive states working to eliminate advanced math based on misguided notions of “equity.” Survey findings showing that, when asked about the purpose of civics education, more K–12 teachers mention environmental activism than “knowledge of…
February 14, 2024
Four States That Are Leading the Charge for Conservative Education
…in high-poverty school districts), granting 12 weeks of paid maternity leave to teachers, and earmarking funds for literacy coaches. In Louisiana, meanwhile, state superintendent Cade Brumley shepherded through his bipartisan…
February 9, 2024
Resolving to Learn Lessons from Record Pandemic Fraud
…fraud detection and prevention. States operating this state/federal system should also meet elevated expectations. This includes matching claimants against databases of those who should not be eligible—such as prisoners, deceased…
February 7, 2024
The Past and Future of Education Reform
…agenda. Thus, conservatives cheered when Texas governor George W. Bush stepped up on K–12 schooling, urging schools to ensure that every child could read and do math at grade level…