Education & Parenting
Education & Parenting
Glenn Reynolds: Home Schooling Will Increasingly Threaten Government Education
Ross England January 11, 2013
In a USA Today op-ed Tuesday, Glenn Reynolds, author of the popular blog Instapundit, reported that government schools are seeing ever higher competition from private and online schools and homeschooling. He writes: Americans across the country—but especially in large, urban school systems—are voting with their feet and abandoning traditional public…
Education & Parenting
Instapundit Promotes Brad Thompson’s Article on Abolishing “Public” Education
Craig Biddle December 27, 2012
Hats off to Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit for linking to C. Bradley Thompson’s latest TOS article, “The New Abolitionism: Why Education Emancipation is the Moral Imperative of our Time.” Thompson’s article vitally important, and Reynolds’s link is a major promotion. Thank you, Instapundit! Related: The New Abolitionism: Why Education Emancipation…
Education & Parenting, Reviews
Review: The One World Schoolhouse, by Salman Khan
Daniel Wahl November 20, 2012
Daniel Wahl reviews The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined, by Salman Khan.
Education & Parenting
Interviews with Innovators in Private Education
TOS Admin November 20, 2012
Interviews with five rising innovators in the field of private education, discussing their organizations, missions, philosophies, and offerings.
Education & Parenting
The New Abolitionism: Why Education Emancipation is the Moral Imperative of Our Time
C. Bradley Thompson November 20, 2012
Tackles the problem that is the so-called public schools, showing that they are fundamentally corrupt and unfixable, and must be abolished.
Education & Parenting, Philosophy
Separation of State from Religion—and Education—are Corollary Principles of the Right
Michael A. LaFerrara September 11, 2012
Slate’s Amanda Marcotte argues that a new Florida law attempts “to get around the spirit” of the 1962 Supreme Court decision Engel v. Vitale—a decision that banned government-sponsored prayer in public schools on the grounds that it violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Florida law “allows students…
Education & Parenting
Parent Trigger Laws Indicate Growing Strength of the Parental School Choice Movement
Michael A. LaFerrara August 17, 2012
There is a growing effort on the part of parents of children in government-run schools to broaden the options open to them for improving their children’s education. This movement, known as the parental school choice movement, has been underway for decades. But a new effort within the movement has recently…
Education & Parenting
Education Tax Credits Are Not Government Subsidies
Michael A. LaFerrara July 7, 2012
In criticizing his state’s proposed tax credit-based school voucher program, called the “Opportunity Scholarship Act,” former New Jersey governor James J. Florio writes: “You don’t have to be an economist to understand that [education] tax credits are tax expenditures and, thus, revenues lost to be made up by someone else.”…
Education & Parenting
Scrap New Teacher Tenure Policy; Erect Wall Between Government and Education
Michael A. LaFerrara June 22, 2012
Like many states, New Jersey has been grappling with the issue of teacher tenure in its government schools. Now, a major tenure reform bill sponsored by State Sen. Teresa Ruiz (D) is gaining steam in the state legislature. It would restructure tenure around a “teacher effectiveness and evaluation” procedure focussed…
Education & Parenting
Government’s Proper Role Regarding Tuition Rates for “Illegal” Immigrants
Ari Armstrong June 20, 2012
Why is government involved in setting college tuition rates? The Denver Post reports: Colorado Attorney General John Suthers on Tuesday said state-supported institutions of higher education do not have the authority to create discounted tuition categories for illegal-immigrant students without legislative approval. The opinion came in response to a query…