A long-standing problem in education is the academic achievement gap. Children of lower-income families typically lag far behind their counterparts from families with greater incomes. While that gap has many causes, a significant contributor is the lack of educational options available to low-income families whose children are often consigned to the worst public schools. In…
Libertarian economist and financial advisor, Peter Schiff, once again brought free market ideas to the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast. In this clip from earlier this week Schiff and Rogan discuss the student loan and education bubbles. “Average Americans had lots of money in the bank. They weren’t loaded up with debt. The didn’t have credit card…
Andrew Kerr on July 13, 2020 A major Los Angeles teachers union said a slew of left-wing policy proposals will need to be implemented to pay for the cost of safely reopening schools in the Fall. The United Teachers Los Angeles union called for the defunding of police, a moratorium on new charter schools, new…
While the commentariat focuses on flattened statues, defaced property and violent interactions among protestors and police, there has been relatively little attention given to the solutions that could address many of the problems—both perceived and real—threatening to drive Americans further apart. One of those problems is the failure of government-run schools to provide a quality…
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I have never been a huge proponent of government schools. However, as parents, we have to make decisions based on our situations. Due to various reasons, we sent our kids to public schools. The original plan was to move to homeschool education once they were older and a little more self-sufficient. But something frightening happened…
Many a decade has been spent in the wake of the executive changes of the second Roosevelt presidency, watching executive office hopefuls sell off the rights of their fellow Americans in the name of power in public office. This year is no different. As we see two powerhouses of state control exercise their arguments, a…
Mary Margaret Olohan – Families across the United States are refraining from their usual daily routines of school, sports, play dates, and extra-curricular activities. – Former”latch key” kids offer wisdom on how to entertain yourself during the coronavirus quarantine. – These Gen Xers suggest reading, playing board and card games, making movies, and more. As…
Homeschooling—a few weeks ago the domain of about 3% of the school-aged population—made headlines this month as COVID-19 rapidly closed schools across 46 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Indeed, the coronavirus has meant that “We’re All Homeschoolers Now.” While millions of children—and their parents—are experiencing homeschooling for the first time this month, policymakers at the local,…
Monday afternoon, President Trump and the Coronavirus Task Force announced new guidelines in an attempt to minimize the coronavirus spread. Among other things, he stated, “My administration is recommending that all Americans, including the young and healthy, work to engage in schooling from home when possible…” Today, President @realDonaldTrump and the Coronavirus Task Force are…