In 2020, I was told that the Commonwealth’s teachers’ union had no influence over the decision whether to reopen schools in Bucks County. Two years later, I learned that was a lie.
By Jamie Walker
Andy Bloom: The Biden Administration’s worst decision — student debt cancellation
The plan is unjust, unconstitutional, and unlikely to improve the real problems of colleges’ overpriced tuition.
By Andy Bloom
Lo & Ackert: Philadelphia school district’s mask mandate is at odds with the mainstream — and with science
Philly schools are the outlier in the United States in forcing our kids to mask up all day. Outdated policies are holding our children back.
By Priscilla Lo and Dr. Jessica Ackert
Patrick Donohue: The way we teach American history is fine, actually
Are children really being brainwashed by public schooling? A history teacher clarifies.
By Patrick Donohue
Hughes and El-Mekki: Building a better student-to-teacher pipeline can ease staffing crisis
Bold, new ideas are needed to close the gap in education staffing.
By Senator Vincent Hughes and Sharif El-Mekki
Amid protests, Central Bucks bans explicit sexual materials from elementary, middle schools
The decision to exclude graphic sexual material from school libraries drew praise from some, condemnation from others.
By Linda Stein
New Pennsylvania child care tax credit may not benefit the neediest families
Tucked into the Pennsylvania budget is a provision for a child care tax credit, but it might not be the best way to help struggling families.
By Anthony Hennen
Ben Mannes: School shootings — solutions vs. politicization
Congress and the states need to focus on the most effective practices to curb gun violence. That’s the first step in keeping our streets from becoming killing fields.
By A. Benjamin Mannes
Beth Ann Rosica: CDC’s Covid-19 guidelines for children do more harm than good
Group of scientists and doctors calls for revisions to the federal guidelines.
Pennsylvania tax breaks for the rich: 529 plans help the wealthy, not the poor, pay for college
College 529 savings plans offer families tax breaks for higher education, but their benefits get heavily concentrated among the well-off.
By Anthony Hennen