Charter Schools

Record 2.7m kids in charter schools; nearly 1m on waiting lists

Paul Bedard · December 2, 2014 7:04 pm

Youngsters listen to speakers during a rally at Foley Square organized by Families for Excellent Schools (FES), Thursday Oct. 2, 201. in New York. Families for Excellent Schools, a grassroots movement of public school families, is calling "for bold, urgent change to ensure no child in New York City is forced to attend a failing school, according to a press release statement. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Backers of charter schools hold NYC rally

Karen Matthews · October 2, 2014 7:22 pm

Back to bad schools

Michael Q. McShane · September 8, 2014 9:00 am

It's back-to-school season across the country. But in an increasing number of districts, "back to school" doesn't mean back to learning. Under the reign of social justice indoctrinators, academics are secondary to political agitation. Activism trumps achievement. (iStock Photo)

Readin’, writin’ and social justice agitatin’

Michelle Malkin · August 8, 2014 2:13 pm

Deion Sanders: ‘It’s time’ for school choice, charter schools

Deion Sanders: ‘It’s time’ for school choice, charter schools

Paul Bedard · July 16, 2014 2:33 pm

Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan adopts school choice rhetoric

Beltway Confidential

Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan adopts school choice rhetoric

Joel Gehrke · May 16, 2014 4:00 am

This Nov. 4, 2008 file photo shows then-President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama acknowledging the crowd after he delivered his victory speech at his election night party at Grant Park in Chicago. The 2008 elections painted a dire picture for the future of the Republican Party, but demographic changes offer hope for the GOP. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Demographics may be destiny — but not one political direction

Michael Barone · May 11, 2014 4:00 am

Walton siblings, Jim, left, Alice, and Rob Walton, right, children of the late Wal-Mart Stores Inc. founder Sam Walton, appear on stage during the annual Wal-Mart shareholder's meeting in Fayetteville, Ark., June 5, 2009. (AP/April L. Brown)

Demonizing Walmart’s founding family over their support for educating the poor

Thomas Sowell · April 30, 2014 4:00 am

Attorney General Holder's threats of legal action against schools where minority students are disciplined more often than he wants are a much more sweeping and damaging blow to the education of poor and minority students across the country. (AP Photo)

Eric Holder’s crusade against schools that discipline minority students more

Thomas Sowell · April 29, 2014 4:00 am

Tulips bloom in front of the Capitol in Washington. Congress gets back to work Monday, April 28, after a two-week vacation, and it's looking like lawmakers will do what they do best: the bare minimum. Forget immigration, a tax overhaul, stiffer gun checks. They're all DOA. Raising the minimum wage or restoring lost unemployment benefits? Not going to happen. Forcing government approval of the Keystone XL pipeline? Veto bait. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

Lawmakers return to vote on business tax breaks, possible contempt charge against ex-IRS official

Susan Ferrechio · April 28, 2014 4:00 am

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoons: Bad apples

Washington Examiner · March 25, 2014 12:00 am

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a universal Pre-K event on March 4 in Albany, N.Y. (AP/Mike Groll)

Bizarre arguments and behavior on education, smoking and obesity

Walter Williams · March 24, 2014 12:00 am