Logging on to the website of the National Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers union, the first flashing headline that …
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Education scholars Jay Greene and Frederick Hess wrote in these pages recently that the school-reform movement is losing its mojo, not …
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Last week’s column discussed the highly publicized university corruption scheme wherein wealthy parents bought admission at prestigious universities for their …
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College campuses should be places that promote and protect unpopular speech. The Baby Boom generation held demonstrations on campus, opposing …
Read More »Walter Williams: That College Cheating Scandal Isn’t the Only Academic Fraud Going On
Federal prosecutors have charged more than 50 people involved in cheating and bribery in order to get their children admitted …
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When the United Auto Workers walk off the job, no one pretends that they are acting in the interests of …
Read More »Parents Must Fight for the Right to Choose — In Education
President Donald Trump issued a proclamation declaring this week, Jan. 20-26, as National School Choice Week. The proclamation expresses concern …
Read More »Armed Teachers Would Make Schools As Safe As Armed Cops
The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission stirred up controversy last week when they erred on the side …
Read More »Black Parents Must Do Their Part to Help Narrow the Racial Achievement Gap
In reference to efforts to teach black children, the president of the St. Petersburg, Florida, chapter of the NAACP, Maria …
Read More »Obama’s Racial Preferences Made Schools Dangerous
There are some interviews a journalist never forgets. I remember the time a father in Harlem explained to me why …
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