Keir Starmer has claimed Labour's policy of slapping 20% VAT on private schooling will raise £1.7bn in tax revenue. But no evidence supports that claim because it fails to allow for pupils leaving for the state sector.
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On school choice, the rest of the world is moving in the right direction, while Labour proposes the opposite. But the UK even funds private schools for poor children in Africa. So why not here?
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In case you hadn’t noticed, the Democratic Party and its supporters have a long track record of the most outrageous hypocrisy. To give just a few examples, during the masking mandates, then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi turned up for a hairdresser appointment suitably unmasked, and when CCTV of this was made public, she […]
When one thinks of the Middle East, freedom – particularly the freedom to swim against conventional wisdom – is not the first thing that comes to mind. It is for that reason that it is surprising to hear that one of the biggest freedom trends in the U.S. is also gaining steam in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), namely, homeschooling.
For some kids, schooling brings out the very worst in them. Unable to conform to mass schooling's mores, they get a label: troubled, slow learner, at-risk. They carry these scarlet letters with them throughout their entire education, emerging not with real skills and limitless opportunity, but further entrenched in their born disadvantage.
According to the latest data, there are over 1.8 million homeschoolers nationwide. That's 3.4% of the overall US K-12 school-age population. More and more, parents of diverse races, ethnicities, and backgrounds are making the choice to educate their kids outside of traditional public schools. Even if it means paying twice for education.
"On Wednesday, after a hearing at the Erie County Family Court, a judge granted parental custody back to Harris. But in an odd turn of events, Harris was arrested again while attempting to leave the courthouse."
Students hold up paper crosses during at Christian High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. March 5, 2014. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
President Donald Trump is being praised for a change in tone in his recent address to Congress, but his belligerent attitude toward public education hasn’t changed a bit.
