The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Youth Risk Behavior Survey shows that the mental health of all youth, but particularly teenage girls, did not fare well through COVID-19. The…
In his Jan. 27th column, “Vouchers steal public school funds,” former North Dakota Lt. Gov. Lloyd Omdahl wrote in opposition to school choice legislation introduced by Rep. Clair Cory, R-Grand…
There’s been no let-up in the enrollment decline affecting many college campuses over the last several years. Institutions waiting for the trend to turn around have held off making budget,…
Happy National School Choice Week (NSCW)! It’s that time of year again to celebrate effective K-12 education options available to children and families across the country — from traditional public…
When I was teaching, I was given an annual classroom budget of $200 for classroom supplies. Like many teachers then — and still today — I had to spend my…
The scandal has grown to 18 schools in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. The scandal involves National Merit “Commendations,” a lower-tier of recognition within the well-known National Merit Scholarship Program. Their website explains, The…
Teacher shortages are hardly new, but recently it has been described as a national problem. Is it? Given that there is no real national consensus on how to define a…
State bans on government-owned devices using the short-form video platform controlled by the Chinese Communist Party are gaining momentum, as my colleague Tom Steward has recently written about here and here. Given national…
Ask critics of school choice programs why they oppose the initiatives and they are quick to argue that expanding educational freedom will harm traditional school districts. But as I have written time and time again,…
Teachers’ unions may oppose standardized testing, but Republicans, Democrats, the general public, parents, and varying demographic groups all overwhelmingly support standardized math and reading testing, according to the 2022 Education Next survey. Conducted…
It was bound to happen given the steady decline in college enrollment nationwide. Fewer students equates to fewer dollars coming in the door, forcing administrators to face inevitable budget cuts…
Enrollment in Minnesota’s public school system has steadily declined over the last two years, with the state system losing thousands of students to other learning environments. But North Dakota’s numbers…
Nearly half of teachers feel their school is political, according to a recent EdChoice national poll collected by Morning Consult, “which is significantly greater than the one-third of school parents who say…
The number of district administrators in U.S. public schools has grown 87.6 percent between 2000 and 2019 compared to student growth at 7.6 percent and teacher growth at 8.7 percent.…
It’s no secret that student learning loss over these past couple of years has been significant. With the release of test scores on the 2022 reading and math National Association…
North Dakota fails to meet best policy practices for public school open enrollment options, according to a new Reason Foundation report by Jude Schwalbach that ranked all 50 states’ K-12 open enrollment…