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March 26, 2024
…mind. Here’s what he had to say. —Rick Rick: Senator, you’ve had a long-standing interest in literacy and dyslexia in particular. Can you talk a bit about why this issue is…
March 11, 2024
The venerable economist Milton Friedman once said, “Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change.” That’s the impulse behind Winston Churchill’s admonition (later famously echoed by Obama’s chief of staff Rahm…
March 11, 2024
Three decades ago, John Gray’s mega-hit book, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, sold 15 million copies. The premise was simple: When we see the world in different ways, it’s…
March 6, 2024
It may come as a surprise, but the Biden administration has effectively abolished the federal student loan program. Well, at least if a “student loan program” is understood as one…
March 4, 2024
…same will be required of Utah lawmakers and citizens to keep the Utah family miracle strong. Rick Larsen is president of the Sutherland Institute. Brad Wilcox is a professor and…
February 29, 2024
Americans disagree with one another about all manner of important topics when it comes to schools and schooling. That’s inevitable in a nation of more than 300 million people. And…
February 22, 2024
…he’d be willing to expand it into something I could share with all of you. He was kind enough to agree, and here’s what he had to say. —Rick Rick,…
February 15, 2024
Chaotic campuses rife with double standards about the kinds of speech that merit protection. A Biden administration determined to let student borrowers shrug off hundreds of billions in loans and stick taxpayers with the…
February 14, 2024
It’s looking like this year’s election will feature a Trump-Biden rematch — a pairing that’s especially frustrating for education, where the nation is wrestling with a raft of real problems: dismal student…
February 9, 2024
…commuting distance of a college or university, unfortunately. But this matters less today than ever before, with online education providing more and higher quality options. A community without a brick-and-mortar…