Education
Just 2-in-5 Chicago students read at grade level under lowered proficiency standards
Chicago Public Schools students struggle in reading and math as just 2-in-5 read at grade level and about 1-in-4 do math proficiently. And that’s after Illinois lowered proficiency standards to make the numbers look better. Annual test…
Half of Illinois students reading at grade level, fewer…
Newly released data from state assessments show just half of Illinois public school students…
From Milton Friedman to Modern School Choice with…
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert C. Enlow, president and CEO of EdChoice, about the expansion of…
a new source of swing voters?
It’s no secret that national politics, spilling like an endless tsunami through our screens, have…
Voluntary Open Enrollment Means No Open Enrollment
They say the best defense is offense. Perhaps the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary…
Harvard’s Leo Damrosch on Robert Louis Stevenson & Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Learning Curve Leo Damrosch 10292025 Albert Cheng: Hello everybody, and welcome to another episode, a Halloween special maybe episode of the Learning Curve podcast. I’m one of your hosts, Albert Cheng, and co-hosting with me this week is Helen…
School Hides Curriculum After Teacher’s Anti-Kirk…
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Rhode Islanders were understandably alarmed when a…
Signs of potential school closures for Minneapolis…
In an October 14 Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) school board meeting, the board voted to pass a…
A Mounds View vanishing
A disgraced former school board member is purged from memory, in classic Soviet-Union-style. A…
Taxes, SNAP, and Data Center Debates
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss local ballot measures in…
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