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August 28, 2023
Where Does School Time Go?
…never enough time? It’s because too much time gets lost and wasted. In 2021, in a far-too-unusual study of schools in Providence, Rhode Island, researchers Matt Kraft and Manuel Monti-Nussbaum documented just…
August 24, 2023
The Hill that Public Education Dies on: Transgender Policies’ Utter Contempt for Parents
…believe it’s “inappropriate for teachers to discuss trans identity in elementary schools.” Other polls have found strong majorities of parents think transgender students should use bathrooms and locker rooms to match their…
August 14, 2023
The Narcissism of Small Diffidences
…for it, and keep earning it. Only then will you matter in this house, at this school, in this world.” Teaching kids that they matter is hard to do in…
July 15, 2023
Yonkers’ Only Charter School Illustrates Just How Broken the System Is
…69% of its sixth graders, for example, scored proficient in math, compared to 38% for New York State. In English Language Arts, 91% of CSEE students were proficient, compared to…
July 8, 2023
Why the End of Affirmative Action Is Good for Black Science Students
…time sitting in a college classroom. Math and science classes are tough. They use objective standards. And there is less grade inflation. It is simply harder to keep up if…
June 30, 2023
The U.S. Could Learn a Lot from This School in the U.K.
…spent educating their child. Parents can direct those funds to provide for their child’s education — anything from hiring tutors and purchasing curricular materials to simply using the money as…
June 28, 2023
Yes, College Is Still a Good Investment
…not, work experiences really matter—perhaps especially for those who don’t go on to college. This is a critical insight given the declining proportion of teenagers who hold jobs. Learning the habits and…
June 26, 2023
Why There Are So Few Black Kids at Stuyvesant: Private Schools and Charter Schools Pull Top Students Out of the System
…the same as in 2019; and the math disparities are even greater. Since New York’s overall scores were not significantly different than the national averages, there is no reason to believe that…
June 9, 2023
Schools Use Racist “Reparations Math” to Indoctrinate Black Students with Victimization
…level on the mathematics assessment. In states like Illinois, in 2022, only 8% of Illinois Black eighth graders were NAEP Proficient or above in math. That, despite the fact that in…
June 8, 2023
Oklahoma Has Approved the Nation’s First Religious Charter School. What’s That Mean?
…say to address their qualms? Nicole: As a matter of federal constitutional law, the question was settled over two decades ago. The federal establishment clause requires government neutrality toward religion. It…