Teachers Unions and the Myth of ‘Public’ Schools

When all is said and done, the pandemic ought to have robbed the idea of “public education” of all its rhetorical currency.

American taxpayers have been hoodwinked by the whole idea of “public schools.” No other institutions get away with such bad behavior on the part of some employees who staff them. We’ve been putting more and more money into the system for decades without reaping more returns for the nation’s children. Just this week, the national 2019 results for 12th grade student achievement were released, showing an average score...