Preschool
Pre-K doesn’t give children a lasting head start
Overwhelming evidence shows learning gains from pre-K are minimal, temporary
A review of the evidence shows that learning gains from pre-K programs are both minimal and temporary.
Financing entrepreneurial education: Part II
The commanding heights of public education
When will education bureaucrats stop trying to run local schools?
Spend, spend again
Our current approach on education ensures we won’t succeed.
The education establishment consistently bemoans Nevada's lower-than-average per-pupil spending on education. Implicit in their constant return to this statistic is a misguided belief that spending more money on education naturally leads to better education results.
Back to school
What are the charter choices in Nevada?
What choices are available to parents and students in Nevada who are considering the charter school option? What can you do if you don’t like the menu at the geographically mandated government educational cafeteria? Unfortunately, Nevadans have few alternatives.
Failing the assignment
Everyone suffers when educrats don't do their homework.
Nevada's public education system rightly demands that students do their homework, think critically and resist following the crowd in response to peer pressure.
Seriously 'at-risk': CCSD full-day kindergarten stats
Performance for most kids actually declines under full-day K.
So whose interests, exactly, does the Clark County School District have in mind as it makes its push for full-day kindergarten? Apparently, not the students.
New governor shows true educational leadership
In nixing big funds for all-day kindergarten, Gibbonsreveals both political courage and respect for the best research
Right after his Jan. 2 public swearing-in ceremony, Gov. Jim Gibbons showed leadership in education by rejecting funding for the spurious all-day kindergarten program for all students.
It’s NOT about the children
The push for all-day preschool is not what it pretends to be
Let’s say this ad appeared in the jobs section of your local newspaper:
“Have 30-year record of pronounced failure in field. Wasted billions of Silver State taxpayers’ dollars, while stunting the development of hundreds of thousands of Nevada school kids. Now seeking expanded career opportunities targeting your community’s four- and five-year-olds. Please reply to the address below….”
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