Tag: education policy
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Tenure protects bad teachers more than free speech
Tenure was designed to protect academic freedom, but in K-12 and parts of higher education it now mostly insulates underperformers from accountability.
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Schools have outsourced parenting to mental health professionals
Schools increasingly lean on counselors and therapists to handle behaviors that used to fall to parents. The shift has costs nobody is honestly counting.
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Financial literacy classes don’t work — and we keep funding them anyway
Decades of research show financial literacy education barely changes behavior. Here’s why we keep funding it, and what actually moves the needle.
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Dual enrollment is the best-kept secret in American education
Dual enrollment lets high schoolers earn real college credit cheaply. Outcomes are strong, costs are low, and most families have no idea it exists. Here’s why it matters.
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Standardized tests are the fairest part of admissions, not the least
Test-optional policies were sold as equity wins. The data tells a more complicated story, and standardized tests may be admissions’ most level playing field.
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The four-year degree should be killed and replaced with three
The four-year bachelor’s is a historical accident, not a learning requirement. A three-year degree saves money, time, and student burnout without losing rigor.
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Financial aid offers are deliberately confusing because schools profit from it
College financial aid letters mix grants, loans, and work-study without clear labels. The confusion isn’t a bug — it inflates net tuition by design.
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Trade schools have been culturally smeared and the data is embarrassing
We told a generation that college was the only path. The earnings, debt, and employment data on trade schools tell a different and embarrassing story.
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Adjunct professors are the gig workers nobody marches for
Adjunct professors teach a majority of college classes for poverty wages and no benefits. They’re America’s most invisible gig workforce. Here’s why nothing changes.
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Student loan forgiveness was overdue and conservatives are wrong about who benefits
Student loan forgiveness gets framed as a giveaway to elites. The actual data tells a different story about who carries the worst debt and why relief made sense.