Larry Sand
Larry Sand, a former classroom teacher, is the president of the non-profit California Teachers Empowerment Network.
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Toxic Tax Abuse in America
Most recently, a veteran editor resigned from NPR after being suspended without pay for writing an essay…
The Teachers’ Unions Are More Political than Ever
In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers…
Featherbed Ed
New data for the 2022-2023 academic year paints a disturbing picture. While students are slowly trickling back into public schools post-COVID-19…
Protecting Kids from the Government
According to a Pew Research poll, 5.1% of adults younger than 30 claim to be transgender or nonbinary, and this social contagion…
The Plague that Besets Our Schools is Extensive
The year, now a quarter old, reveals that the country’s rapid slide into educational purgatory is moving apace. Leading off…
Public Schools are Still Segregated
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered a unanimous ruling that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools violated…
Teacher Pay: Half-Truths and Reality
Benjamin Franklin once famously quipped, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” Today, however…
Taxpayer U
The college horror stories are endless. A mandatory Title IX training session at Harvard instructs students that…
Classroom Warfare
About 857,500 violent incidents and 479,500 nonviolent incidents were recorded by public schools in 2021-22, according to…
The School Funding Fraud
Politico reports that billions of dollars in federal pandemic relief aid to schools is running dry. The money must be spent…
Chronically Absent Students Need an Alternative
It’s no secret that chronic absenteeism has skyrocketed since the pandemic. As The 74s Linda Jacobson writes, a new analysis
Education Crisis: America’s Continuing Battle Against the ‘Act of War’
In April 1983, U.S. Secretary of Education Terrell Bell created the National Commission on Excellence in Education…
School Choice Keeps Spreading
In just three years, the number of states with universal or near-universal private school choice programs has grown…
Subliterate Readers and Media Literacy
Per Assembly Bill 873, media literacy skills must now be taught in California schools. The law requires…
Inflated Grades, Increasing Graduation Rates, and Deflated Test Scores
Grade inflation is rampant and has been so for many years. Back in 2011, an in-depth study by…
A Fail of Two Cities
When it comes to education, Chicago, America’s “Second City,” is nowhere near second. The kids aren’t learning despite…
Smartphones, Dumb Kids
A survey by Common Sense Census reveals that as of 2021, 43% of 8-to-12-year-olds own a smartphone, as do 88% of teens…
DEI Resistance is Advancing
While it certainly hasn’t been done away with, the anti-quality, anti-fairness, and anti-American “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” hustle…
Teacher Union Power is Still in Full Bloom
As a result of the Janus decision in 2018, no teacher or any public employee has to pay a penny to a union as…
The Rapid Growth of Educational Freedom is Unprecedented
According to the latest ABCs of School Choice – EdChoice’s comprehensive report about all matters pertaining…