Commentary
Providence College Turns 100
"The need of a college, catholic in spirit and under catholic auspices, is most evident …" — Providence Bishop Matthew Harkins to the Dominican Fathers, October 9, 1915
Education
Commentary
John Kerry’s New Gig: Yale’s Loss Is Harvard’s Gain
In the never-ending battle to decide which one is less horrendous, Harvard caught a break late this week when Yale made an unforced error and hired John Kerry to some mumbo-jumbo new role. Yale announced that Kerry, a former Massachusetts lieutenant governor, will be the school's "first-ever
Commentary
Why Charter Schools Aren’t a Magic Trick for Poor Kids
Shrewd philanthropists and investors have helped to portray "school choice" in the form of publicly-funded charter schools as the kind of education reform that will finally satisfy the goal, starting with the authorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965, of increasing the academic performance
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School Choice’s Moment Is Now — It’s Time To Seize It
School choice, the code word behind the battle to break the monopoly of the public schools, has begun in earnest. Long in the political shadows, the recent election and confirmation as Secretary of Education of a pro-school choice advocate, Betsy DeVos, has moved it into the light. Religious Americans, in
Commentary
Why Accountability to Fed-u-crats Is Damaging Student Achievement
When the concept of accountability burst upon education policymaking in the latter half of the 20th century, it sounded like a good idea. It went something like this: If the government gives the public schools money, it should be able to expect something in return showing that the public schools
Commentary
Northampton Schools’ Back-Hand To Police A Disgrace
Do all white liberals die of ulcers? The brouhaha over the recently ended activity by Northampton police to offer high-fives to elementary students as they walked into school is missing one element crucial to any conflict: two sides.
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The Struggles at Two Boston High Schools: Will Axing Teachers Fix the Problems?
Boston school officials got an earful Wednesday night from critics of a coming reorganization of two city high schools that could see most of their teachers gone next year. Brighton High School and Excel High School in South Boston are on opposite sides of the city, but they share a
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Who Should Be In Charge of the U.S. Department of Education and Why?
Many parents have been tweeting to President Donald Trump to withdraw his support for charter school champion Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education and to propose a different kind of nominee for the U.S. Department of Education. The problem for these parents is not that both DeVos and the
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