Education

If you’re lucky enough to live without want, it’s a natural impulse to be altruistic to others. UNICEF reports that in 2011, 6.9 million children under five died from preventable,…

Everyone wants what’s best for children with disabilities. So it is not surprising when private schools—and hence school choice programs—are criticized because they do not have to accept all children…

Legions of people have had their lives changed, indelibly and profoundly, by a single book. Tonika Cheek Clayton had hers shaped by a book she couldn’t lay her hands on.…

The statements in the April 9 letter from Lawrence German need to be addressed. Much has changed regarding charter schools and education reform since his term on the Albuquerque Public…

President Trump signed an executive order to double the amount of funding for apprenticeship programs, up to nearly $200 million. The goal is, in Trump’s words, “training people to have…

Wendy Robinson wants to make one thing very clear. As the long-serving superintendent of Fort Wayne public schools, Indiana’s largest district, she is not afraid of competition from private schools.…

President Trump is asking Congress for a number of changes to the federal student loan program. Currently, eligible student borrowers can take advantage of “income-driven repayment” (IDR) options to repay…

News flash: In the era of Trump, institutions—and especially those that are perceived as liberal—are unpopular, and opinions divide sharply along party lines, according to a new poll from the Pew…

Dr. Marshall Duke and Dr. Robyn Fivush had a hypothesis: that children who know more about their families are more resilient and do better navigating challenges compared to children who…

When the governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola started the education reform, many were of the opinion that it was a white elephant project billed to go the way of…

Last week, the Cato Institute hosted a policy forum on teaching controversial subjects such as sex and religion in k-12 educational institutions. All of the panel members pointed out that schools needed…

A persistent complaint among charter schools, charter operators and their advocates is that their schools often get the short end of the financial stick from states. Charter schools and their…