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Nearly half of all school principals are men, yet females make up 80% of the country's public school teachers. And "some educators say that boys, who tend to struggle in school more than girls, could use more male role models, or simply people who understand them, in the classroom," while others argue that "the notion … Continue reading Are public schools bastions of sexism?

This is how best to understand the ever-growing, and overpowering, federal “administrative state.” Over generations, when you don’t trust subsidiarity and civil society, and you do trust the federal government and technocrats, not only does the federal government grow, you have executive branch agencies dictating more and more rules. So we see hundreds of thousands … Continue reading Authority, Schools, and America’s System of Government – Education Next : Education Next

In his first speech to Congress, President Trump called education “the civil rights issue of our time.” The future of education is about to change, but we shouldn’t fear this change. Public school isn’t going anywhere. While the debate about the best educational system grows louder, we’ve lost sight of the real question amidst the … Continue reading Why Parents Should Embrace School Choice

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, the federal School Improvement Grants program is gone, but the goal of school improvement remains. States must now use seven percent of their Title I allocation for these efforts, but are no longer constrained by a prescribed menu of intervention options. https://edexcellence.net/publications/leveraging-essa-to-support-quality-school-growth?utm_source=Fordham+Updates&utm_campaign=0eaccba35b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_03_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d9e8246adf-0eaccba35b-71482937&mc_cid=0eaccba35b&mc_eid=8acba20261

The vast majority of parents believe their children are performing at or above grade level in both reading and math. According to nationally representative data from nonprofit parent advocacy organization Learning Heroes, across race, class, income and education levels, 90% of parents think their children are proficient in these two subjects. Source: http://www.educationdive.com/news/parent-focus-groups-reveal-disconnect-between-real-and-perceived-student-pe/439171/