We’ve made our stance clear on syphoning education funds from public schools and distributing them to private, parochial or charter schools or even individuals: You can’t expect the public education system to improve if it’s been drained of money and resources. However, when it comes ...
The hyper-conservative Legislature has resumed the attack it started last year on West Virginia’s public schools. Some attacks are more subtle than others, but most of them are aimed at allowing complaints or even lawsuits against public schools or their employees. There are, of course, ...
by Scott McIntosh The debate over school vouchers this legislative session in Idaho very well could be “the most important debate we have had since statehood,” predicts Rod Gramer, executive director of Idaho Business for Education. So what’s the experience been of other ...
Poetry, Robert Frost said, makes you remember — what you didn’t know you knew. Which, in many ways mirrors the findings of a study on life in America’s public schools released this week by two education professors from America’s Melting Pot of California. “Educating for a ...
As the old adage goes, actions speak louder than words. We believe that every child should have access to a free, quality education, and we have frequently used this space to champion public schools. Which is why we were disappointed to learn that Monongalia County Schools has done little ...
The West Virginia Supreme Court now has before it the question of whether the Hope Scholarship violates the state Constitution. The Legislature created the program to award state taxpayer dollars to students who choose to leave the public school system for private school. The money can ...