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Public Schools Are in a Downward Spiral

Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Larry Sand

Low birth rates, chronic absenteeism, parental choice, homeschooling, and microschooling are driving rapid student losses in public schools.

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Public Schools Are in a Downward Spiral

Low birth rates, chronic absenteeism, parental choice, homeschooling, and microschooling are driving rapid student losses in public schools.

Tuesday, June 09, 2026

Creating Meaningful Classroom Reform

Employing a value-added approach for teachers, pay-for-performance, and classroom cameras would lead to better-educated, less disruptive students.

Wednesday, May 20, 2026

The Lost Angeles Unified School District

Public employee unions in L.A. hold children hostage, and the school district is complicit.

Friday, May 01, 2026

Parents Reclaim Authority

The Supreme Court has delivered a blunt and overdue message to the public education system: parents are not optional participants in their children’s lives, and any institution that treats them as such is on constitutionally thin ice.

Friday, April 24, 2026

San Francisco Restores 8th Grade Algebra

School District admits failure of removing Algebra in the name of "Equity" San Francisco is reversing course on one of its most controversial education policies, restoring eighth-grade Algebra I after years of declining outcomes and mounting public frustration.

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Groom and Doom

May Day promises to see the U.S. and its classrooms saturated with leftist propaganda.

Monday, April 20, 2026

Students as Political Pawns

Across the nation, students are leaving school in protests against ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement).

Friday, March 27, 2026

The Los Angeles Teachers’ Union Is Close To Striking, Again

On January 31, 94% of United Teachers Los Angeles members overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike after months of stalled contract talks between the union and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Friday, February 06, 2026

Opting Out of LGBT Kindergarten Lessons

A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted a preliminary injunction in favor of a Christian father who sued Lexington Public Schools, seeking to exempt his kindergarten-aged child from lessons and materials he says conflict with his religious beliefs regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.

Tuesday, January 13, 2026

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