public university near Goleta, California, United States and part of the University of California system
Howard Husock highlights New York City’s rejection of a positive reform for public housing policy. The New York City Housing Authority grapples with some obvious ills: Elevators break down all…
Kevin Corinth explores the potential impact of a work requirement for federal housing assistance. The Proposed Rule would allow, but not require, eligible Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) to implement work…
Preston Mizell writes for FoxNews.com about a disturbing revelation involving one California school district. An extensive audit revealed a California school district allegedly issued diplomas to students in China in…
Have you ever wondered how much the average public school teacher is paid in salary and benefits, how much public schools receive in lottery funding, or how many students are…
Yesterday afternoon, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) hosted a press conference to celebrate “the exceptional educational choices available in North Carolina’s public schools.” The press conference also…
Public schools are accountable. It’s a claim often repeated by lawmakers, teachers, administrators, and education activists. But are they? What does it mean to be accountable? Despite an apparatus of…
According to news reports, teachers at more than 50 North Carolina schools walked out from their schools on Jan. 7 in protest over working conditions and the legislature’s failure to…
Howard Husock and Bruce Meyer explain why American housing policy could benefit from a form of welfare reform. In 1983, Harvard scholars Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood sought to…
Stanley Kurtz writes at National Review Online about the significance of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision. Last month, on the final dramatic day of its term, the Supreme Court…
President Donald Trump’s tariff proposals have put the country on edge. While many conservatives have rightly applauded the president’s efforts to downsize government, eliminate the Department of Education, and end…
Teacher Mike Dowd writes for the New York Post about the decay of public education in the nation’s largest city. Officials love to brag about the 84% graduation rate for…
Wesley Smith writes for National Review Online about a science journal taking an unwelcome political stance. These days, scientific and medical journals are seemingly as much ideological — on the…