EDUCATION

The Cardinal InstituteJanuary 23, 2026 West Virginia education spending has INCREASED by nearly 1 billion dollars since 2017, with taxpayers’ money. During that same time? Enrollment DROPPED by over 30,000 students. Over the past several years, the West Virginia Board of Education has launched a series of Special Circumstance Reviews, culminating in nine county-level interventions…

The Center SquareBy J.D. DavidsonJun 17, 2025 A former teacher turned lawmaker believes Ohio students need to learn character traits like honesty, loyalty, abstinence before marriage and patriotism to lead productive adult lives. Rep. Kevin Ritter, R-Marietta, says students are struggling because they lack good character, and lawmakers have a responsibility to ensure that education…

PragerUMarissa StreitJun 02, 2025 Before 1979, public education in America was managed at the state and local level—and it was the best in the world. No one can make that claim now. What changed? Marissa Streit, CEO of PragerU, explains what happened and why.