In the years following extended school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, evidence has only grown that American schoolchildren have suffered tremendous learning losses from months spent in online learning. Test scores—and school attendance rates—are still far below pre-pandemic levels. Over…
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The paradoxical freedom of tradwife TikTok
A willowy blonde labors in a rustic bedroom. Her hair is gathered in a single braid that drapes over one shoulder, long enough that the end of it grazes, paintbrush-like, over the swell of her distended belly. She paces to…
Read MoreAnti-woke classroom rules threaten Florida’s school choice achievements
Any discussion of Florida’s education system is incomplete without mentioning this: Nearly 50 percent of the state’s K-12 students attend a school other than the one in their neighborhood or geographically closest to them. That’s about 1.6 million students, according…
Read MoreCourt To Decide If MD County Can Let Kids Vote For School Board
Oral arguments began in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday in a case determining whether a Maryland county can authorize children attending public schools to vote for school board. Filed by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) in…
Read MoreWaPo Smears Homeschooling Movement With Abuse Story
The Washington Post this past weekend published the latest installment in its series smear campaign against the booming homeschooling movement, this one provocatively titled “What home schooling hides: A boy tortured and starved by his stepmom.” It is, admittedly, a…
Read MoreTexas Gov. Greg Abbott targets school choice opponents in GOP ranks
In political shorthand, school choice is treated as a conservative and Republican issue. But denying people the ability to make choices of any sort is a control issue. While the GOP generally favors freedom in the area of education, some…
Read MoreTeachers union head mystified by increase in homeschooling
“What’s behind the increase in homeschooling” Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, tweeted, linked to an Axios article showing how homeschooling has become the fastest-growing form of education in America since 2020, while public schools have hemorrhaged…
Read MoreMaher: Public Schools ‘Are All Diploma Mills’ and Should Be More Like Catholic Schools
During his closing monologue on Friday’s edition of his HBO show “Real Time,” comedian Bill Maher stated that public schools are “diploma mills that allow students to graduate without demanding the kids know basic” knowledge and Catholic schools are outperforming…
Read MoreBentkey Is A Weird Name For Kids’ Streaming, But It’s Adorable
My family is not the perfect focus group for a children’s streaming service because my six children watch a maximum of two hours per week (except if they are miserably ill). Ages 3 to 13, our children are nearly screen-free…
Read MoreBlack moms in Texas want vouchers for microschools
Who benefits from choice in education? The answer, of course, is everybody—at least, everybody can benefit if they’re allowed to choose schooling options that work best for them and their children. That opportunity is perfectly captured by a recent article…
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