Larry Sand
Larry Sand, a former classroom teacher, is the president of the non-profit California Teachers Empowerment Network.
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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…
Child Depreciation
With “Teacher Appreciation Week” now behind us, it’s crucial that we pay close heed to the well-being of the students, and the news is not good. Gen Z-ers and…
Undeniably Unentitled
President Biden’s education initiatives have been not only intrusive but also disastrous. Billions have been wasted on…
Toxic Tax Abuse in America
Most recently, a veteran editor resigned from NPR after being suspended without pay for writing an essay…
The Teachers’ Unions Are More Political than Ever
In the past, teachers’ unions concentrated on fighting to keep all teachers employed—competent or otherwise—laying off teachers…
Featherbed Ed
New data for the 2022-2023 academic year paints a disturbing picture. While students are slowly trickling back into public schools post-COVID-19…
Protecting Kids from the Government
According to a Pew Research poll, 5.1% of adults younger than 30 claim to be transgender or nonbinary, and this social contagion…
The Plague that Besets Our Schools is Extensive
The year, now a quarter old, reveals that the country’s rapid slide into educational purgatory is moving apace. Leading off…
Public Schools are Still Segregated
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered a unanimous ruling that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools violated…
Teacher Pay: Half-Truths and Reality
Benjamin Franklin once famously quipped, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” Today, however…
Taxpayer U
The college horror stories are endless. A mandatory Title IX training session at Harvard instructs students that…
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…