The Sandstorm: The Curricular Firing Squads
Title: The Curricular Firing Squads Author: Larry Sand Date: January 24, 2023 As conflicts escalate over what students should learn, school choice is more important than ever. In October, a study released by the RAND Corporation revealed that just 23% of teachers maintain that one of the top three aims of civic education is “promoting knowledge of social, political, and […]
The Sandstorm: X-Rated Ed
Title: X-Rated Ed Author: Larry Sand Date: January 17, 2023 Educator-related sexual abuse of children is escalating. Pedophilia is proliferating in the nation’s public schools. Going back to 2004, a report prepared for the U.S. Department of Education revealed that nearly 9.6% of students are victims of sexual abuse by school personnel, and these are just the reported cases. Additionally, […]
The Sandstorm: The Dysfunctional State Of California
Title: The Dysfunctional State Of California Author: Larry Sand Date: January 10, 2023 California is losing its sanity, not to mention many of its citizens. When I moved to California in 1983, the state was terrific. The weather was fabulous, the coastline and mountains were spectacular, the people were friendly, and the government was normal. That was then. Over the […]
The Sandstorm: The Education Battlefield
Title: The Education Battlefield Author: Larry Sand Date: January 3, 2023 As the new year begins, the education freedom wars show no sign of abating. As we transition into 2023, we can see that the field of education will once again be a contentious one, as too many government-run schools are failing, and parents are not happy. In Chicago, for […]
The Sandstorm: Ron DeSantis Battles The Teachers Union
Title: Ron DeSantis Battles The Teachers Union Author: Larry Sand Date: December 27, 2022 The popular Florida governor is trying to bring about a sane measure for educators. Years ago, when I was teaching, I asked then United Teachers of Los Angeles president A.J. Duffy at a union meeting why teachers weren’t responsible for paying their own dues. He replied, […]
The Sandstorm: College Carnage
Title: College Carnage Author: Larry Sand Date: December 20, 2022 The nation’s colleges and the students who attend them are in deep trouble. The well-documented woes that plague our government-run k-12 schools are now infecting our colleges. Students are arriving at universities woefully unprepared with the skills that are needed to tackle the rigors of upper-level education. Of late, the […]