The highest values of education in a democracy are more than the competitive advantage of an increasingly productive labor force.

Without competition, monopolies are free to impose high prices and shabby products on consumers.

Question: Are families that choose private schools and home education for their children more likely than families involved in public schools to be socially isolated and withdrawn from participation in civic life? Answer: Absolutely not.

Some of the confusion surrounding outcome-based education is based on semantics.

Recast these four core terms-public school, teacher, curriculum and standards, and who's in charge locally-and America will get the education reforms it needs.

Popular American author, Tom Wolfe, recently offered a solution to improve U.S. students' performance-scrap computers and restore order in the class room.

Some school officials imagined that by-the-book penalties, by eliminating discretion, would reduce parental protests and litigation.

A Harvard University study released Monday finds that African-Americans who receive private educational vouchers perform better in elementary school than their public school counterparts.

Many major companies have recognized the importance and benefits of supporting education.

One of the chief defects of modern education has been its failure to find an adequate method for the study of our own civilization.