Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, jokingly told the National Press Club last week that he believed schools should be open 13 months out of the year. “In all seriousness, I think schools should be open 12, 13, 14 hours a day, seven days a week, 11-12 months of the year,” Duncan said. “This is not just [...]

Skeptical of John Taylor Gatto’s premise in his book, “Dumbing Us Down,” that there is a deliberate effort to keep public school children uneducated in this country? How do you explain Barack Obama’s recent decision to eliminate vouchers for the public school students in the Washington D.C. area? Obama’s decision allows students currently enrolled in [...]