This can’t be a happy time at the Wall Street Journal, what with its Russia-based reporter Evan Gershkovich being held hostage in a Stalinist prison. His reporting made the WSJ proud. Certainly it outpaced the New York Times, which is…
It is no secret that American colleges and universities are increasingly becoming Orwellian dystopias. Those who dissent from the prevailing orthodoxies often survive by keeping their mouths shut and their heads down. Concerns about the transformation of much of higher…
WASHINGTON — Who is buried in Grant’s tomb? Actually, Ulysses S. Grant is buried in Grant’s tomb, which comes as a bit of a surprise to young Americans educated in our modern educational factories — all air-conditioned, with counselors on…
This article is adapted from Paul Kengor’s book Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century. Google the phrase “founding father of public education,” and you’ll likely land on Horace Mann (1796–1859). But many of us would submit…
For the past twenty years, K–12 test scores in America have been falling, not rising. Only 36 percent of eighth graders read at grade level, and many students are years and years behind. COVID only exacerbated this trend. During school…
Legendary University of Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz once gave an apt description of the university he loved: “For those who know Notre Dame, no explanation is necessary. For those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.” Holtz is right….
It didn’t seem possible that school could get more ridiculous than me as a fourth grader hiding under my desk with a three-inch-thick textbook on my head to protect my noggin from a tornado or nuclear fallout. Yet here we…
In a recent opinion piece published in USA Today, Randi Weingarten delivered the following cri de cœur: “MAGA Republicans are destroying our public schools. Teachers and parents must fight back.” Weingarten is, of course, the president of the American Federation…
Your kids won’t be imbued with decent values from our era’s public schools. They won’t be taught to respect authority or to love their country and flag. They will learn about condoms and LGBTQIA+, but there are no guarantees that…
