“All children in Wyoming should have access to the highest quality education possible,” declared Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, in his recent proclamation declaring January 22-28 School Choice Week. “Educational variety not only helps diversify our economy, but also enhances the vibrancy of our community.” The Wyoming legislature will soon consider a proposal to give families greater freedom to choose learning environments that align with their values and meet their children’s individual learning needs.
In her response to President Biden s State of the Union address, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders declared that she would soon unveil "the most far-reaching, bold, conservative education reform in the country."
“All children in South Carolina should have access to the highest quality education possible.” So declared Gov. Henry McMaster in recently proclaiming School Choice Week in South Carolina. To that end, the South Carolina legislature is currently considering a proposal to give families greater freedom to choose learning environments that align with their values and meet their children’s individual learning needs.
As the American Academy of Pediatrics issues new guidelines recommending the radical solutions of weight-loss drugs and even surgery for curbing childhood obesity, it’s worth revisiting an obvious but largely ignored treatment for poor health: turning off the screens.
Among the best and most eye-opening books on education I’ve read in the last decade is Ashley Berner’s Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School. Having spent not a single minute of my career focused on international education, I likely would have assumed if asked that “public education” means the same thing everywhere as it means in the United States: a system of government-funded, government-run schools that a majority of children attend. Any exception to this private or faith-based schools, for example would be considered “non-public” just about everywhere.