Education

Passing Out Copies of Constitution Could Get You in Trouble at This College 0
- Education
- August 1, 2017
A college policy that led to the arrests of a student and two supporters of a conservative group for passing out copies of the Constitution on a Michigan campus is getting its day in court. A lawyer with the First Amendment legal aid group Alliance Defending Freedom was set to argue in court Tuesday for
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Intelligence is Worth Little Without Wisdom 0
- Education
- July 31, 2017
As I went for my usual afternoon walk on my old campus at Notre Dame – recalling the class I had in that building, the conversation I had over there, the quiet moments reading on that bench there – I became aware of the creeping feeling of regret, as happens every so often. You see,
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The 5 ‘Isms’ That Destroyed Education 0
- Education
- July 31, 2017
It is increasingly believed that the United States’ education system has lost its way; that it is in crisis. During the century-long reign of progressivism in U.S. schools, basic proficiency has declined, the racial and economic achievement gaps have not been closed (in fact, they’ve widened), and American students have fallen behind their international peers.
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African Americans Speak for Themselves: Most Want School Choice 0
- Education
- July 28, 2017
Private school choice is the work of racists. That message, it seems increasingly clear, is going to be a major weapon wielded by opponents of educational freedom for the foreseeable future. It is the explicit contention of a new Center for American Progress report, The Racist Origins of Private School Vouchers, and of Randi Weingarten, President
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Why Freshman Comp Students Struggle to Get an ‘A’0
- Education
- July 28, 2017
So you think you might like teaching college English. You love the language and its great works. Lots of people are like that, including me. Good, but beware. Teaching college English, especially freshman comp, is not for the faint-hearted. If you are drawn to the profession by the joys you experienced in grad school reading
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Are American Schools Killing Interest in Reading?0
- Education
- July 26, 2017
In a recent exchange of small talk, I asked a friend how the last school year had gone for his child. He replied that it had gone relatively well except for one thing. School, he explained, was killing his child’s interest in reading. When I asked how that was happening, he noted that his child
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