Looking for a state that can innovate on education? Give Idaho more than a glance. So argues a new Manhattan Institute policy brief on the advent of microschooling in the Gem State. For decades, Idaho has been an easy place to homeschool, with few regulations. And Idaho’s many small, mostly rural districts have been unusually…
In addition to the usual conversations that mark the beginning of the new school year, this year we’ve seen a lot of conversation about student learning loss that has happened during the pandemic. The powers that be have begun to move on from learning loss to what to sell do about it. It may be…
This year, 48 states and Washington, D.C. will recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. Texas was the last Confederate state where the proclamation was announced. Slavery did not officially end in the entire United States until December 6, 1865, when the…