Competition among schools and education models leads to real improvement in education. By allowing students to move to different schools, whether traditional public schools, private schools, or charter schools, provides greater incentive for schools to serve the individual needs of students and to operate efficiently.
Without a Shared Canon, We will Have No Republic
The new literature list currently being developed by the State Board of Education has the potential to reverse the crisis in higher literacy in Texas while teaching students a love of the history and culture that created our great nation. Opponents to the current plan, however, who mostly come from current educators and academia, reject...