Editorials: Education

Stop the War Against Standardized Tests

Herbert J. Walberg
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August 01, 2011
President Obama and the leaders of the teachers unions disagree with the view of citizens that schools, educators, and students should be held accountable for their performance on standardized test

Despite Hype, Most Schoolkids Won’t Get Innovative Technology Soon

Joy Pullmann
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July 29, 2011
Everyone is talking about fancy new education apps, possibilities for “flipping” classrooms using innovative, video-based operators

Atlanta Cheating Scandal More Reason to Keep Testing

Joy Pullmann
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July 28, 2011
The interwebs are ablaze with criticism of the "pressure to meet targets" on state standardized tests that allegedly led teachers and administrators in 80 percent of Atlanta Public Schools investig

The Coming Fall of the Teachers Unions

Bruno Behrend
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July 28, 2011
Review of Special Interest: Teachers Unions and American Public Schools, by Terry Moe, Brookings Institution Press (2011). $34.95, 513 pages, ISBN: 0815721293. 

Bachmann’s voucher idea benefits foster kids

Bob Holland
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June 22, 2011
Mysteries provide good reading, but they’re best in left out of columns about serious issues like foster care. It is totally mystifying how Family Forum columnist Andrea Poe could conclude that the proposal of Rep. Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, to offer private-school vouchers to foster children would bring “instability” to these children’s lives.

'Learning Challenge' is Just More Federal Waste in the Making

Joy Pullmann
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June 21, 2011
Though the U.S. Department of Education rolled out its "Early Learning Challenge" on May 25, it's not too early to predict failure -- likely little or no boost for tots working on their ABCs, and surely a waste of $500 million extracted from taxpayers. The program, part of the next phase of President Barack Obama's Race to the Top plan, works like its progenitor: To win some of this kickback of federal taxpayer money, states promise great deeds from early education and childcare programs (pre-K to third grade).

Equal Access under the Law: Education and Civil Rights

Joy Pullmann
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June 07, 2011
Americans claim civil rights flippantly. But the basic principle of equal protection or access under the law is not complicated.

School Gains Seen With ‘Parent Trigger' Options

Marc Oestreich
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January 07, 2011

Back Education Standards that Work

Robert G. Holland
Robert Holland
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November 15, 2010

Teachers Unions Should Not be Ignored

Robert G. Holland
Robert Holland
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October 29, 2010