Tuesday, October 29, 2013
'Military bases open their doors to homeschoolers'
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"A growing number of military parents want to end the age-old tradition of switching schools for their kids," the Associated Press...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Digital-learning roundup
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"State legislatures scramble to boost, or in some cases block, online learning," Michael B. Horn writes .
U.S. adults have poor literacy, numeracy skills
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"A particularly alarming report on working-age adults was published earlier this month by the Organization for Economic Cooperation a...
Monday, October 21, 2013
Common Core distracting attention from serious school reform
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"Discussions of the Common Core standards are actually sucking all of the air out of the room," writes Hoover Institution fellow...
Thefts and assaults against teachers 'not uncommon' in OKC
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The Oklahoman has the story . Horace Mann, bless his heart, just didn't see this coming .
Friday, October 18, 2013
Notre Dame law professor says Common Core more important than Obamacare
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"Look at today's newspapers and you will see that Americans are poised to fundamentally reform two huge sectors of our lives,"...
Barresi sees growing interest in vouchers
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At around the 9:00 mark.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Some reforms make us feel good -- even if they don't work
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Poor, starving children in Africa are not actually helped by our finishing all of the food on our plates, Jay Greene reminds us. Likewise...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
School-spending transparency needed
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"Do you know how much it costs to educate a student in Oklahoma?" asks Jason Bedrick of the Cato Instute. "It's likely mo...
From 'school choice' to 'educational choice'
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Stories from some of the first families to enter Arizona's innovative Education Savings Account program illustrate "how life-cha...
Fleeing Common Core
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... into the more rigorous territory of classical education .
Monday, October 14, 2013
A Christian education is a 'public' education
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"Based on the evidence," writes James K.A. Smith, "we keep pointing out that a Christian education is a 'public' edu...
No grandiose ideas, please, we're monopolists
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The state's largest newspaper has an excellent editorial taking some local superintendents to task for their opposition to common-sense ...
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