Analysis and Commentary

School Choice Is the Answer to Underperforming Schools

Derrick Max | January 24, 2024 (Richmond Times-Dispatch) — As a founder and former principal of Cornerstone Schools of Washington, D.C., one of many innovative private and charter schools serving low-income, academically challenged students in D.C.’s poorest neighborhoods, I am saddened that so few options like Cornerstone exist in Richmond and other underserved communities throughout the

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Public Education’s Alarming New 4th ‘R’: Reversal of Learning

Pictured: American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (Credit: US Department of Education) Vince Bielski | January 23, 2024 (RealClearInvestigations) — Call it the big reset – downward – in public education. The alarming plunge in academic performance during the pandemic was met with a significant drop in grading and graduation standards to ease the

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