Education
Talk on Nevada: Understanding what 'Adequate Yearly Progress' really means
Read moreTalk on Nevada: Empowering Nevada Schools
What's the biggest mystery in American history?
WSJ: School choice is the new civil rights struggle
Talk on Nevada: An interview with Patrick Gibbons
Parental choice works, even for the poorest children on Earth
Why does Sharon Dattoli decide where your kids go to school?
A "Master's" pay despite no relationship to achievement
In the Clark County School District (CCSD), teachers with a master's degree earn an extra $5,655 annually, while teachers who also have an advanced certification receive $8,845 more. Nationwide, most school district contracts provide higher salaries based on extra coursework and advanced degrees. Indeed, it is estimated that about half of all teachers in the United States have such an advanced degree.
Milwaukee shows school choice works
Milwaukee's school-choice program is the grandfather of voucher programs in the United States. As such it is often a target of left-wing anti-choice groups (primarily teacher unions) that work very hard to prove that school choice fails.
AZ Supreme Court strips school vouchers from parents
The Arizona Supreme Court, citing the state's Blaine Amendment — the bigoted anti-Catholic constitutional amendment adopted by several states in the late 19th century — has struck down two parental choice voucher programs.
