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April 11, 2024
The “Case for Curriculum” Is about Reducing Teachers’ Workload
Last weekend, I gave a talk at the U.S. ResearchEd conference in Greenwich, Connecticut, on “The Case for Curriculum,” based on a paper I wrote for Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, which was published this week at The…
April 11, 2024
The Right Has an Opportunity to Rethink Education in America
…connect students to their community, promote patriotism, and be open minded towards faith and family. At the same time, of course, educational outcomes matter mightily, for students and the nation. A…
April 3, 2024
School Absenteeism Has Become A Big Problem. But We Can Do Something About It.
…Nat Malkus, who’s tracked the numbers on chronic absenteeism in his widely-referenced Return to Learn Tracker, has reported the situation is even worse in the nation’s poorest and low-achieving communities. In Los Angeles,…
March 28, 2024
Finally, a Chance to Start Getting Higher Ed Right
…of some of the nation’s most prestigious universities, the blatant and unrepentant campus antisemitism on display, and the laughably hypocritical double standards applied to speech have illustrated the problems in…
March 26, 2024
Reading Scores Have Plunged Since the Pandemic. What This Senator Wants to Do About That
…a literate workforce, we as a nation cannot fill the 9 million jobs currently open or adequately staff the military, which hurts our competitiveness with other nations. Within literacy, research…
March 14, 2024
The “No Excuses” Model Is Due for a Renaissance
…would be a good demonstration of “The Michaela Way.” I wrote about my visit for National Review and concluded with the hope that Birbalsingh might someday seize the opportunity afforded by the fast-growing universal…
March 11, 2024
Taking On the College Cartel
…oaths, grade inflation, enrollment cliffs, and stretched institutional budgets have all added up to a crisis of confidence—inside higher education and among the broader public. Trust in the nation’s colleges…
March 11, 2024
Why Educators Often Have It Wrong About Right-Leaning Parents
…percent or more of the nation can wind up feeling maligned or misunderstood. Over the years, educators have talked a lot about code-switching as a way to advance understanding and…
March 6, 2024
College or Trade School? How About Both?
…the false dichotomies that riddle discussions about post-secondary education. The most important thing to remember about the benefits and costs of college education is that national wealth is directly related to levels of…
March 6, 2024
It’s Time to Scrap the Federal Student Loan Program
…is making the problem worse. In lieu of a student lending program, he’s busy establishing a massive government subsidy to the affluent, the nation’s college-goers, and the higher education cartel….