Kerry McDonald

2 weeks ago | fee.org | Kerry McDonald

For Chase Buffington, college isn’t a priority right now. The 18-year-old from Enfield, New Hampshire, is currently a high school senior working as a paid apprentice for a local heating, ventilation, and air conditioning company, a job that he plans to continue full-time for at least the next several years.

2 weeks ago | the74million.org | Kerry McDonald

Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter For Chase Buffington, college isn’t a priority right now. The 18-year-old from Enfield, New Hampshire is currently a high school senior working as a paid apprentice for a local heating, ventilation, and air conditioning company, a job that he plans to continue full-time for at least the next several years.

1 month ago | fee.org | Kerry McDonald

Homeschoolers are right to worry about regulation. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that some families were threatened, and even criminally charged, for educating their children at home. More recently, calls for increased homeschooling regulation have come from a range of sources, including a Harvard professor, The Washington Post, Scientific American, and some state legislatures.

1 month ago | fee.org | Kerry McDonald

It’s an exciting time in American K-12 education. Families now have many more choices about where, what, how, and with whom their children learn. Founders are embracing an entrepreneurial spirit when building new schools and the kind of educational spaces that families increasingly want. School-choice policies that enable education funding to follow students continue to expand nationwide, with 33 states now offering some form of private school choice.

2 months ago | fee.org | Kerry McDonald

Growing up as a homeschooled student in Virginia, Matt Shoulders developed a passion for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) that ultimately led to his current role as the Class of 1942 Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Soon after joining MIT in 2012, Shoulders sought ways to support the rising generation of STEM-focused homeschoolers. He teamed up with Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of Chemical Engineering at MIT.