All content by Catrin Wigfall
Posts by Catrin Wigfall
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Teachers’ union calls charter school closings ‘racist’ but didn’t want them opened in the first place
When news broke on Monday that the Chicago Public Schools district was recommending the closure of two allegedly “poor” performing charter schools, the Chicago Teachers’ Union wasted no time con...
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Americans strongly support school choice, confidence in public schools improving is low
The RealClear Opinion Research survey confirmed the popularity of educational choice (68 percent) among voters in every category, from age to race to political party. Support for a federal tax credit ...
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The worrisome trend of so many jobs requiring a four-year degree
A person’s ability to enter the workforce and access a successful career path should not be determined solely by the presence or lack of a four-year degree. Degree inflation is a barrier to employme...
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The increasing politicization of education curriculum
Founder and former CEO Steven Wilson of Ascend Learning, a charter school network in Brooklyn, New York, discusses the emergence of anti-intellectualism in k-12 education. ...
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Alaska governor working quickly to defend public employees’ First Amendment rights
Last year’s Janus v. AFSCME decision by the U.S. Supreme Court freed public employees from being forced to financially support a government union, but the affected states are not fully in compliance...
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