Larry Sand
Larry Sand, a former classroom teacher, is the president of the non-profit California Teachers Empowerment Network.
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Unlike Its Membership, Teacher Union Leaders Are Far Left
The teacher union leadership is in a collective snit after it became clear that Donald Trump would be reelected as U.S. president. American Federation of Teachers…
Indoctri-Nation
An essential mission for many educators throughout the country is the indoctrination of their students. The newest arrival…
Extending Tax-Credit Scholarships
According to a just-released Education Opportunity in America report by 50CAN, only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child’s education. According…
Windy City Wickedness
It’s no secret that Chicago is a city with an abundance of woes. For example, Chicago has a massive pension debt and a forecasted…
Free Speech Impediment
It has now been 60 years since the birth of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. It all started in mid-September 1964, when the school’s dean…
Classical v. Unclassical Curricula
Chad Aldeman, a Virginia-based researcher who focuses on education-related issues, recently detailed the educational experience of his daughter, who completed…
The Coming Election’s Effect on Education
At the recent Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate, the subject of education was nonexistent. Despite its hot button nature, the moderators...
Teacher Pay: Myths, Reality and Union Shenanigans
Chad Aldeman, a leading researcher who focuses on school finance, the teacher labor market, and assessment and accountability policy, recently wrote, “Wrong Ideas about...
Degrading in the name of equity
As a fad-filled field, education is unrivaled. The concocted experiments are especially despicable because the subjects are children who act as...
Bribing Children to Attend School
High rates of chronic absenteeism—defined as missing at least one out of every ten school days—have become a national issue. California has been...
Resistance to the Never-Ending Gender Agenda
It’s no secret that many of our institutions have gone, well, bonkers, and nowhere more so than in the gender arena. As Heather Mac Donald notes...
California Adopts Six Million Children
On July 15, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1955 into state law. This deplorable legislation…
The Republic is Falling Asleep
The scale of America’s civic ignorance is staggering. In June, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) conducted a…
Taxation with Plenty of Vexation
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa sought to open the nation’s first religious public charter school…
California is Self-Destructing
Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave a 28-minute pre-recorded State of the State address and ominously opined…
Cultural Marxism: A Century Old and Thriving
In 1923, a group of professors known as the Frankfurt School came to the fore. These German Marxists…
Parental Freedom is Flourishing
It’s no secret that the government’s monopoly on education is in trouble. Across the country, public schools are emptying while…
Abiding Child Abuse in Schools
The stories of pedophile teachers not being held accountable for their abominable crimes are endless. In an in-depth piece…
A Tumultuous School Year Winds Down
As the school year nears completion, a quick look at recent developments shows an education system in turmoil. The unions…