Education

Perhaps a return to smaller districts and schools would be a wise move for students across the country.

It is important to point out that while the name “Easter” is used in the English-speaking world.

Armed guards and police officers at schools are no guarantee of school safety and may cause more harm than good.

A young man needs guides, equipment, and maps for his journey. These books, and dozens of others, can serve him as a compass.

Fair play should be anything but controversial.

Ever been to a Communist Easter egg hunt?

Camille Paglia said something the other day that triggered a group of whinypants college students at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts. 

Given McGuffey’s five generations of successful use in the classroom, maybe modern educators have something to learn from this approach.

It could be argued that today’s young “snowflakes” are the obvious products of a lifetime immersion in digitalism.

When my fifth graders all flunked the physical fitness test, I decided to do something about it.  Every day after lunch we jumped rope for five minutes.   It worked.  

Truth is the best antidote to hatred. Not my truth and your truth, but the conviction that it is possible for both of us to reach agreement on the truth of things with reason, evidence and dialogue.

There’s no manual for becoming a man. Nonetheless, there are concrete steps men can take towards positive masculine ideals.

Young men need authority structures to belong to, and in lieu of that, some are turning to hate.  

The future is neither 1984 nor Brave New World. It’s a mix of both.

Education freedom begins when government compulsion ends.

I also wonder if Jussie Smollett ever encountered a university administrator who taught him that one could gain power by feigning impotence and claiming victimhood. If so, that would explain a lot

Those radicals of the 1960s seem to have won the game.  Or have they?

A recent study from Australia reveals the factors that enable students to excel. Hint: money isn't one of them!

Could it be that we need more boredom?

When an old person dies, a library burns to the ground.

Jussie Smollett wasted police time and resources while attempting to paint himself as a victim. Has the lenient attitude toward hate crime hoaxes on many campuses spread to the rest of the country, as well?

Is it too risky to bring children into this chaotic world in which we live?

Professor Kerry Cronin and her famous dating class at Boston College are back in the news.

It seems the public and state legislators are rightly concerned that free speech, merit-based decisions, and race- and gender-blind assessment have vanished from universities.

Whatever I teach, I teach storytelling.

One study recently revealed that nine out of 10 college students admitted to cheating on their exams and papers.

As part of the “Operation Varsity Blues” case that federal prosecutors announced March 12, dozens of people – including Hollywood actresses and wealthy businessmen – stand accused of having bought their children’s way into elite colleges and universities.

Sixteen-year-olds may get permission to vote, but in school, they still need permission to use the bathroom.