Here's a reaction to my special "Stupid in America," which aired this weekend:

Dear Mr. Stossel,

Do you understand how totally unsupported claims are? All the studies of charter show they do worse on average than public schools, with a few cherry-picked examples doing better but most doing worse... continue reading »

School spending has gone through the roof and test scores are flat.

While most every other service in life has gotten faster, better, and cheaper, one of the most important things we buy -- education -- has remained completely stagnant, unchanged since we started measuring it in 1970.

Why no improvement?... continue reading »

Conventional wisdom says that government should run schools. This idea is intuitive. It is also wrong. The free market would do a much better job.

This week in my syndicated column, I compare the public school system to the cars produced by governments:... continue reading »

The blob (the education establishment) likes to say that charter school teachers are more likely to burn out and leave the profession for good. One writer said,

"Teachers at charter schools often ‘burn out' due to the longer hours and higher levels of stress due to the higher standards they are held too ."... continue reading »

Not everyone liked my education special "Stupid in America". I got angry emails, accusing me of "union bashing" and "teacher bashing".

Tonight on FBN, I'll revisit the subject. We'll show more of the exciting things happening in charter schools, where students told us "learning is fun" and reading is "rockin' awesome".

... continue reading »

People always talk about the importance of college. But for a lot of students, college is a scam.

In my syndicated column this week, I cover some of the reasons.

"There are 80,000 bartenders in the United States with bachelor's degrees," Economist Richard Vedder said. He says that 17 percent of baggage porters and bellhops have a college degree, 15 percent of taxi and limo drivers... continue reading »

Fewer students... More teachers. That's a headline you probably won't read in the New York Times: Latest census data shows fewer students, but more teachers, and increased spending for public K-12 education. Government education -- I shouldn't call it public.

The facts are so counter to the popular narrative put forth by the education Blob that they are hard to believe, but the latest Census Bureau report out this week makes the fact clear... continue reading »

"When schoolchildren start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of schoolchildren."

Sadly, that's an actual quote from Albert Shanker, President of the American Federation of Teachers from 1974 to 1997. It illustrates how teachers unions operate -- as Joel Klein, the Chancellor of New York City's public schools from 2002 until 2011, explains in the June edition of The Atlantic... continue reading »

Last week, the Indiana Senate passed the biggest school voucher program in the country. The voucher program would apply to families with incomes under a certain level (for a family of four, $61,000.)... continue reading »

When I went to Princeton in 1969, my professors taught me that government could solve the world's problems. I believed. So did most students. It's intuitive to think that if you put the smartest people in a room and give them enough taxpayer money, they will have the best shot at fixing the country's problems. As a student, I heard nothing about an alternative... continue reading »