Kids can’t read. I’m not kidding, the latest viral story from The New York Times proves this. The possible cause of the national literacy decline: Is it No Child Left Behind? How about increased classroom screen time? Maybe pandemic-era school closures? Ultimately, the article declined to say that there is a “single reason for the...
On Monday, the House Committee on Public Education held a public hearing to discuss the “State of Education” in Texas, with a particular emphasis on assessing academic outcomes, enrollment trends, and school budgets. Among the many revelations to come to light was that public school enrollment continues to struggle. According to Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath’s invited testimony, public school enrollment decreased in the...
College athletics is approaching a crossroads. After years of rapid, sweeping change in student-athlete compensation practices that have left a patchwork of state regulation in its wake, some in Congress now propose to reclassify collegiate student‑athletes across the country as employees of their universities. While we sympathize with the desire to provide certainty and uniformity to student-athletes and universities, and although we see the need for some revenue-sharing framework, workplace regulation...