Perfection and Total Certainty is the Enemy of Great
My travels often include some robust discussion of school system reform. Many of the conversations include an objection to transformative change based on some aspect of the current system that they...
View ArticleNew Mexico Reforms are Helping the State
In many states, there will be resistance to big — but important — educational system reforms. This is true in the state of New Mexico. Governor Susana Martinez has been hard at work with some...
View ArticleEvery Fifty Years
At the 4th Annual School Choice and Reform International Academic Conference, a speaker pointed out that every fifty years people with power succumb to pressure to extend to all privileges they have...
View ArticlePersonalized Learning Debate
A debate on the concept of personalized learning: Benjamin Riley founder of Deans for Impact, makes the case for an abundance of caution, while Alex Hernandez a partner at Charter School Growth Fund,...
View ArticleYoung Children Need More Play Time, Not Class Time
In American schools, young children are being pushed into more structured, teacher-directed class time. Play-based kindergartens and now even preschools, have been replaced largely by drilling and...
View ArticleStudents Could be Taught to Analyze Primary Sources
In the past year there has been quite a bit of controversy, especially in Texas, regarding history curriculum. When the Texas Board of Education voted in November of 2014 on textbooks in Social...
View ArticlePoor Economic Education Sustains the System Responsible for It
One of the biggest reasons it is difficult to make the case for market-based, transformational school system change is because success requires receptiveness to – a willingness to consider –...
View ArticlePoor Economic Education Sustains the System Responsible for It
One of the biggest reasons it is difficult to make the case for market-based, transformational school system change is because success requires receptiveness to – a willingness to consider –...
View ArticleHow to Reduce k-12 Education Costs
This post was authored by NCPA Research Associate Christian Yiu. The progression to a modern, technologically savvy educational system has provided promising results for decreasing costs within the...
View ArticleAlarming Truths Revealed by Presidential Campaigns
I could comment on all of the dumb things that are political imperatives, like fidelity to wealth-destroying entitlements. But this is an education blog, so I’ll focus on the public display of clear...
View ArticleSpecialization by District
Paul Kihn, a former school district official, understands schoolchildren and the limitations of schools and school districts, but not the limitations of the political process. He correctly argues that...
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