Robert Reich invites readers to imagine a war fought by AI-powered robots. What could possibly go wrong? Bill Gates warned a few days ago that AI could go rogue and kill one billion people..give or…

Starting on January 1, 2027, the federal government will sponsor its own voucher program. In this post, Peter Greene explains how the new program will work. You can be sure that every dollar spent …

Republican Senator Roger Marshall is in a close race with Democrat Rev. Adam Hamilton in Kansas. Senator Marshall used to be an obstetrician. Sarah Kliff of The New York Times went through state re…

Freddy DeBoer challenges the oft-repeated claim that American schools are failing. We have heard the same lament since 1983, when the Reagan administration published a pamphlet titled “A Nati…

As the midterm elections get nearer, Trump grows ever more desperate in his attempt to prove that he is hugely popular, that the media are liars, and that elections are fraudulent. We have never se…

An undetermined death is not an answered question, and a grand jury’s refusal to indict is not the same as truth.

Julian Vasquez Heilig is a professor of educational leadership at Western Michigan University. As a writer and scholar in Texas, California, Kentucky, and now Michigan, he has concentrated on issue…

The fabulous cabaret singer Sophie Tucker, well known in the mid-20th century, said: “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. Believe me, rich is better.” If children have any sa…

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Peter Greene, our brilliant champion of good sense and reason, writes about the specter that energizes the privatization movement. Milton Friedman, leader of unfettered capitalism, encouraged his f…

This is one of the most horrifying stories of child abuse that I have ever read. The parents of 8-year-old Isaiah Harrison thought he was too fat. The child was about 200 pounds. They kept him home…

A decade ago, superstar journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote the cover story of the New York Times Magazine about her decision to send her daughter to a local public school, which was segregated an…

Trump humiliated himself and our country by his belligerent speech at the United Nations today. He offered a choice to Iran: either make a deal or I will annihilate you. Richardson points out that …

Donald Trump has always hated the media except for those who treated him as a Sun-God. He has always said that he was treated unfairly because the press write things about him that he didn’t …

Until now, the Federal Communications Commission has limited foreign ownership of American media to 25 percent. But the Trump-controlled FCC just increased that number to help out Trump’s bil…

Come to hear Yohuru Williams dissect and eviscerate the Trump administration’s absurd attack on “diversity, equity, and inclusion.” Such policies are meant to broaden opportunity.…

A weapon produced by the thousands does not have to be better than the American weapon it confronts. It may only have to be good enough, cheap enough and numerous enough.

Joyce Vance is a former federal prosecutor who writes a terrific blog called Civil Discourse. In this post, she summarizes the major political events of the past week. She writes: What happened: Af…

John Thompson, historian and retired teacher in Oklahoma, keeps us up to date about the political winds in his state. He writes: My Congresswoman, Stephanie Bice (R-OK), has been getting national a…

For some of us, it is a delightful surprise when the U.S. Supreme Court rules against a request by the Trump administration. We were stunned when Justice Brett Kavanaugh rejected Missouri’s m…

It is time for the Trump-appointed members of the Board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to be fired by Congress or to resign. They have failed in their most fundamental duty, …

Audrey Watters is one of the very best writers about education. She specializes in debunking pretentious claims for technology. In this post, she slices and dices the AlphaSchool, which is the high…

Nick Covington writes: “The War on WOKE was always a war on American values.” Nick taught social studies in Iowa. He interviewed me on his podcast about my memoir, An Education. Library…

State lawmakers have forbidden local police from participating in mass deportation. Some sheriffs think they are above the law.

Steve Schmidt used to be a prominent Republican strategist. Then came Trump, and Schmidt became a never-Trumper. In this post, he shares his hope that South Carolina will reject Lindsey Graham&#821…

President Trump wants to put his name on the performing arts center established as a memorial to the assassinated President. A federal judge said no. Congress named the building and only Congress m…

Several years ago, I posted an item critical of homeschooling. I was bombarded by angry letters written by homeschooling parents. How dare I? The reaction made me cautious about stirring that horne…

In the new world of school choice, parents have to be savvy shoppers. Opening up K-12 education to all comers, regardless of their background or qualifications, is a risky business. And when the &#…

Mike Simpson, known on Twitter as “Big Education Ape,” is known for his brilliant memes and editorial cartoons. Typically, they expose the latest fads and lies that defame teachers and …

Two candidates. Two very different uses of government. One question: Who gets the benefit, who bears the cost, and where does the money go?

Margaret Chase Smith Warned Her Own Republican Party About “Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear.” Seventy-Six Years Later, Her Warning Sounds Less Like History Than Current Events.

The rule change would mean physicians recieve 50% less reimbursement from Medicare for services provided on the same day as an office visit.

Andrew Tobias is a writer and a financial whiz whose insights about politics are worth reading. He wrote today: Seriously!*   Because if it’s a good idea to hand everybody a check for&nbs…

Nancy Bailey is a retired teacher who has a deep understanding of teaching. Hers is the voice of experience. She writes here about recent innovations that have complicated the teaching of writing. …

Heather Cox Richardson writes about an important and devastating turn in Trump’s disastrous war on Iran. The Houthis have captured a key port that enables them to target the transit of oil fr…

On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was sitting at my dining table, enjoying a cup of coffee. I lived in Brooklyn Heights, about two blocks from New York Harbor. I heard a loud crash, and my fi…

The latest research offers some sobering results. But it would be foolish to write off tutoring too quickly.

Heather Cox Richardson sums up the sickening feeling that many of us have about the Trump-Musk alliance and their efforts to torpedo the November midterm elections. Musk has corrupted our politics …

Texas has a peculiar law: if only one school in a district is “failing,” the state can take control of the entire district. That happened to Houston. The state takeover was triggered by…

Eva Moskowitz, founder of Success Academy charter chain, has been everywhere recently, promoting her brand. She has written op-Ed’s for major newspapers, she was interviewed by Margaret Hoove…

Labor union membership continues to climb in the United States, though the increase remains sharply divided by the politics of individual states. Last year, the nation added more than 411,000 union me...

Schools are shifting away from full novels to excerpts to prep students for state exams and accommodate lower stamina for reading.

Greasers vs. Socs? Try capital vs. labor.

Economic inequality is greater today than in the 1950s. A tiny number of people enjoy fabulous wealth while millions of people live paycheck to paycheck. One reason for the escalation of inequality…

On September 5, 1882, workers in New York City celebrated the first Labor Day holiday with a parade.

Company filings, tax records and Mazzei’s own proposals raise questions about headquarters moves, a 3% income-tax rate, school-choice tax credits and his property-tax promise.

Who is Jeff Yass? He is a multi-billionaire, the richest man in Pennsylvania. He is passionate about school choice, even though he is a graduate of the New York City public schools. When Governor G…

Election analyst Charlie Cook told Republicans today to “brace themselves” for the midterms.

Oklahoma Built Safeguards Against Concentrated Power. Now It Is Testing Them.

As research continues to show the harmful effects of technology on student learning, parents are pushing against it. Los Angeles is the latest district to impose limits. The district has a checkere…