A couple of polite and nicely-dressed students were assaulted by Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC2) when they approached him with a video camera and respectfully asked him if he supports the Obama agenda. The Congressman pushed the camera away and grabbed one of the students but never answered their question. So do the students get an [...]
Lindsey Burke and Jennifer Marshall make the case against a common national curriculum, arguing that standardization is more likely to result in uniform mediocrity than in academic excellence. According to Burke and Marshall, having common standards not only won’t increase student learning, national standards will tend to lower standards and distract schools and communities from [...]
A couple of days ago, David Brooks made the argument for studying the humanities even in this economic climate, when having a practical skill—Brooks offers accounting as an example– seems most likely to get you a job. Studying the humanities improves your ability to read and write. No matter what you do in life, you [...]
Check out the latest video of New Jersey’s governor Christie on the state’s teachers’ union. His argument isn’t with teachers, it’s with the teachers’ union. The fight, according to Christie, is this: Who is going to run public education in New Jersey? The parents and the officials that they’ve elected? Or the “mindless, faceless” union [...]