The Sandstorm: What Will It Take To Convince Democrats That School Choice Is A Worthy Endeavor?
Title: What Will It Take To Convince Democrats That School Choice Is A Worthy Endeavor? Author: Larry Sand Date: January 26, 2022 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 children, according to policy experts Jason […]
The Sandstorm: California Is Rolling In Education Money
Title: California Is Rolling In Education Money Author: Larry Sand Date: January 18, 2022 The governor of CA is about to go on a taxpayer-funded spending orgy. Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his education spending plan, which comes to $119 billion including local, state and federal sources. This would raise per-pupil spending to $20,855, and make California one […]
The Sandstorm: Chicago Teachers Strike Out
Title: Chicago Teachers Strike Out Author: Larry Sand Date: January 12, 2022 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 “schools should remain open despite the […]
The Sandstorm: DEI Must DIE
Title: DEI Must DIE Author: Larry Sand Date: January 4, 2022 The damaging “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” racket needs to be extinguished. Researchers extraordinaire Jay Greene and James Paul have released a series of three carefully crafted studies on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion that detail many aspects of the harmful scheme. In a nutshell, the authors find DEI to be […]
The Sandstorm: Happy Un-Woke Year!
Title: Happy Un-Woke Year! Author: Larry Sand Date: December 31, 2021 “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 life, categorizing individuals into groups of […]
The Sandstorm: It’s Time To Abolish The Teachers Unions
Title: It’s Time To Abolish The Teachers Unions Author: Larry Sand Date: December 23, 2021 “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 public personnel management. The above caveat […]