Kerry McDonald

Virginia Voters Make It Clear: Parents Matter

Voters in Virginia sent a resounding message on Tuesday: don’t mess with parents. Parents have had enough of politicians and…

4 years ago

Community College Enrollment Is on the Decline. Could Vaccine Mandates Be to Blame?

This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…

4 years ago

Cities Lead the Way in (Another) Massive Fall Exodus from US Public Schools

Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and other private options, as schools remained shuttered…

4 years ago

Locke Vs. Lockdowns: Has America Lost Its Way?

This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…

5 years ago

Biden Administration Seeks to Override States That Prohibit School Mask Mandates, Citing Civil Rights Act

The back-to-school mask wars have been heating up for weeks, but the Biden administration just took them to a whole…

5 years ago

The School Mask Wars Are Heating Up

This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…

5 years ago

Why You Should Redshirt Your Kindergartener This Year

As back-to-school season gets underway, many parents are wondering what to do. Changing CDC guidelines, regular quarantines of entire classrooms…

5 years ago

Back-to-School Chaos: Public Schools Are Already Quarantining Entire Classrooms Over Isolated COVID Cases

While parents may have been gleeful at the prospect of schools reopening this fall for full-time, in-person learning, it’s becoming…

5 years ago

Teachers Unions Are Again Flexing Their Political Muscle, This Time On Mandatory Masking

On Monday, the Massachusetts Teachers Union unanimously voted to endorse mandatory mask-wearing for all students in preschool through college, calling…

5 years ago

Back-to-School Mask Mandates Are Outraging Parents—Here’s How to Get Around Them

School districts across the country are beginning to impose mask mandates for all students and staff this fall. Officials in…

5 years ago

You Don’t Have to Send Your Kid Back to Public School This Fall—Here Are Your Options

This year’s back-to-school season is as uncertain and unsettling as the last. With schools in some parts of the country…

5 years ago

How Cities Are Pushing Small Daycares Out of Business

This article is excerpted from LiberatED, a weekly email newsletter where FEE Senior Education Fellow Kerry McDonald brings you news…

5 years ago

Famous Investor: The Homeschooling Boom Is Just Beginning

Speculation abounds over whether or not the pandemic-induced growth in homeschooling is temporary. While there are several signs indicating that…

5 years ago

Virginia School Board Hearing on Critical Race Theory Descends into Uproar and Arrests — It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way

Whether it’s yesterday’s battles over prayer in school or today’s conflicts over critical race theory, public schooling causes people to…

5 years ago

4 Signs Parents Won’t Be Sending Their Kids Back to Public School This Fall

As disruptive as the 2020/2021 academic year was, it led to many positive educational changes that will be transformative and…

5 years ago