Why School Choice Isn’t Enough To Really Improve American Education
Instituting school vouchers and allowing money to follow students will not mean much if charter and private schools end up offering more of the same thing.
How Howard Zinn’s Anti-American Textbook Inspired The Antifa Bombing Attempt
The power of ‘A People’s History of the United States’ to inspire violence should not be doubted after the attack of Antifa supporter Willem Van Spronsen.
Biblical Literacy Is Important. Which Is Why We Shouldn’t Let Public Schools Teach It
Critics claim that teaching biblical literacy in public school is a violation of the separation of church and state. Not even close.
The Problem With AP Classes Is Far Bigger Than ‘Imperialism’
AP classes, and the College Board, have too large a role in defining the curriculum of American high schools due to their de facto monopoly on the college-credit system for high schoolers.
Should Americans Accept The College Board’s Deformed History Of Europe?
The nation’s largest advanced high school curriculum provider persists in presenting ideologically slanted curricula to U.S. students at taxpayer expense.
Shrill Critiques Of ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Prove It Should Stay In Schools
A recent critique of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ by novelist Alice Randall has converted me into a full-throttled defender of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale.
Is Yale Really Elite If Its English Majors Never Read Shakespeare?
Yale’s English department decided it will no longer require English majors to study literary luminaries such as William Shakespeare and John Donne.Â
Bill Gates Tacitly Admits His Common Core Experiment Was A Failure
It looks like this is as close to an apology or admission of failure as we’re going to get, folks. Sorry about that $4 trillion and mangled years of education for American K-12 kids and teachers.
Why Trendy Math Instruction That Focuses On ‘Understanding’ Often Cheats Kids
Ultimately, extended exercises in ‘math understanding’ simply become new procedures, which small children attempt to memorize because that is what many small children do.
Why Competency-Based Education Can Be A Reasonable Idea
Honestly, competence, adequacy, and good enough ought to be satisfying enough goals for most students in most subject areas.
Butler University Offers Credit For Joining Trump ‘Resistance’
How exactly does one grade participation in a protest? Do broken civilian car windows count less than those of police cars?