The Solution to Pandemic Learning Loss Is Less Schooling, Not More
By Kerry McDonald The problem with proposed “learning loss” remedies is that they view more schooling as the pathway toward more learning, rather than challenging…
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Gallup Poll Reveals Americans’ Plummeting Confidence in Public Schools
By Kerry McDonald Americans have soured on public schools. That’s the takeaway from Gallup polling results released earlier this month showing that Americans’ confidence in…
In a World Full of Robots, Humans Wanted
By Kerry McDonald The K-12 district schools I went to while growing up in a Boston suburb look nearly the same today as they did…
Entrepreneurial Teachers Create New Education Options For Rural Families
By Kerry McDonald On a quiet street in the tiny town of Abbyville, Kansas, population 83, lies Re*Wild Family Academy. Founded earlier this year by…
More Than One Million Students Left District Schools. How Do We Know They’re Learning?
By Kerry McDonald The education disruption caused by mass school closures and prolonged remote instruction beginning three years ago this month led many families to…
Why National Guard Troops Are Now Driving Public School Buses in This State
By Kerry McDonald As the new academic year begins, a school bus driver shortage has impacted students and families all across the country. According to…
Constitutional Attorney Issues “Opt Out” Letter to Preserve Rights at Home During “Virtual Learning”
By The Rutherford Institute COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — (TRI) The Rutherford Institute has issued a precautionary “opt out” letter as a means by which families…
Virtual School Dangers: The Hazards of a Police State Education During COVID-19
By John W. Whitehead “There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on…
With Remote Learning, Schools Are Watching and Reporting Parents at Alarming Rates
By Kerry McDonald As remote learning creates more distance between school districts and students, school and state officials are clinging to control however they can….
“Schools Steal This Joy From Children”: Homeschool & Outdoor Programs See Huge Surge Amid COVID-19
By Tyler Durden School districts and counties across the US, including counties in COVID-resurgent Texas this week, have mandated that all public and private schools…
Texas Homeschool Families Take Back Their Public Park and Defy Orders to Leave as Police Back Down
Comments by Brian Shilhavy Editor, Health Impact News Daniel McAdams writes about how his family and a group of about 35 people who are all…
Harvard Kennedy School To Host Conference Addressing The Campaign Against Homeschooling Rights
By Kerry McDonald The outcry over a Harvard Law School professor’s call for a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling has been swift and steady. From education…
30% Of Americans Think The Dollar Is Backed By Gold (& Other Absurdities This Week)
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world…
The Artists Who Are Challenging The Education Status Quo
By Kerry McDonald On a recent weekday morning, the first floor of Tiffany Pierce’s home in Queens, New York, was abuzz with activity. Six children,…