“Education in the United States” on The Daily Caller

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With CPAC attendees descending on Washington this week, with a new conservative manifesto being penned to protect the Constitution, and with Tea Parties being planned for the spring, I find myself hoping and praying that such small-government fervor infiltrates the ranks of education reformers. (more)

“We have broken through the stalemate between the left and right by launching a national competition on improving our schools.” —President Barack Obama, State of the Union address, Jan. 27, 2010. (more)

I knew I was in trouble when I got the first homework assignment. It was a reading, “Metaphors of Hope,” from “Teachers, Schools, and Society,” our class textbook. “Metaphors of Hope” is an account—supposedly—of what is right about American education. The author, Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld, began teaching in 1956 and is the author of several books on pedagogy. The “metaphors of hope” that Chenfeld writes about are the indications of hope amidst the collapse in every category of the American educational system. (more)

Sometimes trouble strikes unannounced.  Witness Pearl Harbor or 9/11.  Other times it arrives after fair warnings, gathering like storms on the horizon. (more)

Abstract: Virtual or online learning is revolutionizing American education. It has the potential to dramatically expand the educational opportunities of American students, largely overcoming the geographic and demographic restrictions. Virtual learning also has the potential to improve the quality of instruction, while increasing productivity and lowering costs, ultimately reducing the burden on taxpayers. Local, state, and federal policymakers should reform education policies and funding to facilitate online learning, particularly by allowing funding to follow the students to their learning institutions of choice. (more)