Education Reform
New Orleans's Charter School Experiment Is a Preview of the Coming Battle Over Education
After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans's struggling public school system was dismantled and replaced mostly by charter schools—and what happened next shows the benefits and perils of other cities following suit.
Mexico’s Dissident Teachers Union CNTE Proves Tough to Tame
The union uses radical tactics and required attendance at protests among its members to pressure federal authorities who want to overhaul Mexico's poorly performing public school system. Will the CNTE ever be satisfied?
Students in Warwick Were Gassed Off Campus by Police Last Night
Did the police really need to break up a peaceful sit-in with CS spray and tasers?
Animals in Place of Genitalia? Political Islam Is Reshaping Turkish Education
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) are are adopting reforms that promote Sunni Islam and conservative values in schools.
The Paradox of School Choice
The public education system is a mess, but a solution proposed by Republicans might make things more muddled than ever.
This Teen Wants to Abolish School as We Know It
Modern schools are like prisons, stifling children's creativity and destroying their will to learn. This 19-year-old, who's already written two books on the subject, says we should get rid of them.
The Common Core, Military Readiness, and the Myth of America's Dumb Youth
A group of retired military personnel is arguing that test scores prove that America's youth are too stupid to serve. They are very wrong.