Category Archives: education
White House ignores evidence of how D.C. school vouchers work
Editorial Board Opinion With the House poised to vote Wednesday on legislation to reestablish a voucher program that allows low-income D.C. students to attend private schools, the Obama administration issued a strongly worded statement of opposition. The White House of … Continue reading
Thomas Sowell: The fallacy of ‘fairness’: Part 3
There is no question that the accident of birth is a huge factor in the fate of people. What is a very serious question is how much anyone can do about that without creating other, and often worse, problems. Continue reading
A Letter from a Child
The mindset that sees children in school as an opportunity for teachers to impose their own notions, instead of developing the child’s ability to think for himself or herself, is a dangerous distortion of education. Continue reading
Kevin Jennings — Unsafe for America's Schools
Few Obama administration appointments have been as startling as Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s appointment of Kevin Jennings Continue reading
When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings
Lost in all the denouncing and investigating was the fact that Bush’s speech itself, like Obama’s today, was entirely unremarkable. Continue reading
Not Worth the Paper . . .
The education department has taken other questionable steps to boost graduation rates. The practical effect of this change is to destroy the work ethic of those students who’ve figured out how to game the system. Continue reading


