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…
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…
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…
The Union Monopoly is in Trouble in Florida
Since 2018, courtesy of the Supreme Court’s Janus ruling, no public employee has to pay a penny to a union as a condition of employment, and workers…
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…
Whatever California is Doing, Do the Opposite
California has long been known for its sun, surf, and mountains, not to mention its wine, women, and song. But of late, it has been the go-to state for bad news…
If Public Education Were a Business, It Would be Bankrupt
There has been, for some time now, optimism about a post-Covid recovery for American public school students, but sadly, there is no good news to be had.
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…
Colleges Flunk Out
The woes plaguing our government-run K-12 schools now show themselves on the college level. Classes, many of which…
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…