Education: Articles

Jan 24 2012

School Threatens Teen for Opposing Gay Adoption

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Jan-24-2012
Here's another crazy public school story - the one of out Wisconsin: A 15 year old student was asked to write an op-ed on gay ...
Dec 10 2011

What Really Makes for a Good Education?

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Dec-10-2011
Our culture has traditionally held up a few simple statistics as good indicators for rating a given school.  These include class size, education level of ...
Nov 15 2011

Cowardice and Collusion at Penn State

By Ken Connor | Posted in Featured Post, Ideas in Action | Nov-15-2011
In March 1964, New York City was rocked by the grisly murder of Kitty Genovese.  Returning home from her job at a local sports bar, ...
Oct 26 2011

Assuming Government Charity

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Oct-26-2011
ThinkProgress has a strange take on Paul Ryan's recent comments.  From the article (click here to read the whole thing): During a ...
Oct 21 2011

The Monolith of Student Debt

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Oct-21-2011
HealthcareAdministration.com has a fascinating infograph.  I can't vouch for the perspective of the website, but the facts are fascinating and troubling.  From the article (...
Sep 03 2011

Public Schools Falling Down

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Sep-03-2011
Cato author Andrew J. Coulson makes a strong case for opening up even more charter school options for parents across the nation. Not only will ...
Aug 23 2011

The Pope Understands Education

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Aug-23-2011
Pope Benedict XVI gave a spot-on message on a traditional liberal arts education to a group of young university professors this past Friday.  The idea ...
Jul 22 2011

College Bubble?

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Jul-22-2011
Michael Barone postulates an interesting idea for RealClearPolitics (click here to read the whole article).  He argues that education is in its own ...
Jan 15 2011

Obama’s Education Agenda

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Jan-15-2011
The Associated Press reports (click here to read it) that President Obama will make education reform a centerpiece of his agenda in the ...
Oct 11 2010

Let’s Be Honest About School Choice

By Zachary Gappa | Posted in Blog | Oct-11-2010
As someone who was homeschooled, I've experienced the benefits of alternatives to a traditional public school education, and so I generally support efforts to increase ...

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