Larry Sand

Larry Sand, a former classroom teacher, is the president of the non-profit California Teachers Empowerment Network.

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Classroom Warfare

About 857,500 violent incidents and 479,500 nonviolent incidents were recorded by public schools in 2021-22, according to…

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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…

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School Choice Keeps Spreading

In just three years, the number of states with universal or near-universal private school choice programs has grown…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Charter Schools Rise to the Challenge

Due to pandemic-related issues, declining birthrates, inferior education, radical curricula, etc., government-run schools are bleeding students. Whereas traditional public schools…

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Randi Weingarten’s Not-So-Dandy Year

I have written about Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, many times over the years, as there is an ongoing abundance of…

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Civic Irresponsibility

Veteran talk show host Jay Leno has aired some classic segments in which he’d ask random people questions you would think they’d know, but these citizens are, in fact, clueless. During a…

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Colleges Flunk Out

The woes plaguing our government-run K-12 schools now show themselves on the college level. Classes, many of which…

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Schools of the State

We have all gone through it as children. The joys of summer fade, the weather cools, the days get shorter, and the school doors swing open. For most kids…

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