Education
Property tax reform won’t reduce student achievement
Kansas Representative Shannon Francis (R-Liberal) told KSNT-TV that he thinks higher property taxes may be bringing people to Kansas. He said higher property taxes have led to investment in schools, and that, as a result, “Kansas schools are a lot…
Minneapolis Public Schools’ experimental anti-vaping…
In the fall of 2023, Minneapolis Public Schools gained the funds to install special smoke detectors…
Cutting a day risks student achievement
Shrinking the school week may sound like a clever way to save money, ease burnout, or boost…
Houston Supt. Mike Miles on Urban School District…
The Learning Curve Mike Miles Helen Baxendale: Hello, and welcome to another episode of The Learning…
Taxpayers pay $23.6M for Chicago Public Schools…
Chicago Public Schools employees spent $23.6 million in tax dollars on lavish vacations at…
Mississippi Voters Demand Universal School Choice – New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support
Big news on School Choice this week! A fresh poll shows massive support in Mississippi to have families, not government, control their child’s education. Mississippi voters say they’ll reward lawmakers who make it happen. The brand-new statewide…
Are Minnesota’s charter school leaders paid…
A recent KSTP 5 report found that the superintendents of the state’s 30 largest public school…
We’re Destroying Meritocracy
A report released earlier this month by the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) gives some…
Another ‘knucklehead’ moment? Walz stumbles on pre-K…
While in Texas recently Gov. Tim Walz talked up Minnesota’s education system, making a series of…
The tactics that can reduce chronic absenteeism
Chronic absenteeism, when a student is absent for 10 percent or more of the academic year, has…
TRENDING
