Shane Vander Hart explores where each gubernatorial candidate running in the Michigan Republican Primary stands on Common Core.
Video: How Corporations and Big Government Collaborate
The Heritage Foundation this morning hosted a panel discussion with Emmett McGroarty and Jane Robbins with American Principles Project and Erin Tuttle with Hoosiers Against Common Core to discuss their book Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight for Liberty.
Would Be Governors, Please, Ignore Fordham’s Ed Policy Cheat Sheet
Shane Vander Hart: Mike Petrilli with the Fordham Institute gives would-be governors an education policy cheat sheet that they would do well to ignore unless they want to sound like every other candidate droning on about the latest education reform fad.
No Mention of K-12 Education in Trump’s First SOTU Address
President Donald Trump did not explicitly address K-12 education in his first State of the Union address last night and had very little to say about education in general.
Apprenticeship Trumps Current School-To-Work Pipeline
The apprenticeship model in Europe has more promise for preparing students for the workforce than our nation’s current school-to-work pipeline with companies footing the bill.
The Risk of Overselling Workforce Readiness
Dr. Gary Houchens of Western Kentucky University explains why he is concerned about the trend to oversell workforce readiness in K-12 education.
Silicon Valley’s Influence on Public Education
Silicon Valley tech companies want taxpayers to pay for public schools to teach coding to prepare more American students to go to work for them.
(Video) Educating the Workforce: The Lie We’ve Unwittingly Embraced
Lynne Taylor and Kirsten Lombard discuss the shift away from classical education toward workforce development that led to many “reforms” we fight today.
Long Live the Liberal Arts!
Even before the development of Common Core we have seen a shift in education towards workforce development model at the expense of liberal arts.
Higher IQs Hasn’t Made Us Smarter
James Flynn says Millennials have a higher IQ than previous generations but is concerned they are not reading history or serious novels.