Editorials In The News (Larry Sand)

Title: Uneducating America Source: City Journal Author: Larry Sand Date: May 18, 2023 URL: https://www.city-journal.org/article/uneducating-america “The latest NAEP scores show that the nation’s youth are painfully ignorant about U.S. history and civics. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also referred to as the Nation’s Report Card, is a test that measures the knowledge of American students in various areas. […]

Title: California, There We Went Source: City Journal Author: Larry Sand Date: April 7, 2022 URL: https://www.city-journal.org/california-public-schools-are-failing “The Golden State’s public schools are not doing their job, and parents are opting out. With California’s porous southern border, soaring taxes, and ongoing flow of overbearing and occasionally bizarre regulations (one law targets cow flatulence, for example), state residents could use a […]

Title: What Will It Take To Convince Democrats That School Choice Is A Worthy Endeavor? Source: Front Page Mag Author: Larry Sand Date: January 26, 2022 URL: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/01/what-will-it-take-convince-democrats-school-choice-larry-sand/ “Blue state resistance to parental choice – the battle is on. During the 2020–21 school year, approximately 608,000 students used a voucher, tax-credit scholarship, or education savings account (ESA) to educate their […]

Title: Chicago Teachers Strike Out Source: Front Page Mag Author: Larry Sand Date: January 12, 2022 URL: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2022/01/chicago-teachers-strike-out-larry-sand/ “If teachers won’t teach, they should be fired. In December, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona urged school leaders “not to retreat from in-person learning,” and said schools should not be considering remote options. Just last week, President Biden echoed the sentiment, stating that […]

Title: Happy Un-Woke Year! Source: Front Page Mag Author: Larry Sand Date: December 31, 2021 URL: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/12/thursday-happy-un-woke-year-larry-sand/ “Here’s hoping that 2022 will see a halt to the spread of Critical Race Theory. Watching teachers unions, government school honchos, the media, etc., deny that Critical Race Theory (which makes race the prism through which its proponents analyze all aspects of American […]

Title: It’s Time To Abolish The Teachers Unions Source: Front Page Mag Author: Larry Sand Date: December 23, 2021 URL: https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/12/its-time-abolish-teachers-unions-larry-sand/ “A disaster for students and good teachers alike. All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations when applied to […]