Education

Who Funds American Universities? Doubts About the Big Donors 2
- Education
- August 2, 2023
There’s nothing wrong with billionaires, corporations, and philanthropic organizations giving money to our public and private universities, right? They’re just putting their fortunes to work for the benefit of the American people. They’re advancing our cultural and scientific development out of the goodness of their hearts. Think again. Universities are the heart of our intellectual
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Recent Left-Wing Attempts to Subvert Maths Curricula Hold Some Awkward Historical Parallels 0
- Education
- July 20, 2023
If you were an author of school textbooks and wanted to teach a small child that 2+2=4, how would you choose to do so? Perhaps you might draw a picture of two easily-understandable items like apples, next to another two apples, followed by a final illustration of four apples, these simple and innocent images linked
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The Media’s Response to the Affirmative Action Ruling 1
- Politics, Education
- July 18, 2023
The Supreme Court has ruled that race-based affirmative action is unconstitutional. As could be expected, the caterwauling from the mainstream media was immediate and voluminous. At MSNBC, I found a stellar example of what promises to be a mother lode of dishonest and uninformed commentary on the topic. On her show The Reid Out, Joy
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Gallup Poll Reveals Americans’ Plummeting Confidence in Public Schools 2
- Education
- July 18, 2023
Americans have soured on public schools. That’s the takeaway from Gallup polling results released earlier this month showing that Americans’ confidence in public schools is at a low point, with only 26 percent of respondents indicating a “Great deal/Fair amount” of confidence in that institution. Indeed, public schools join three other institutions that are also at or tied with
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Emotion-Based Schooling Is Not the Education Our Children Need 1
- Education
- July 11, 2023
To mark the end of the school year, Gallup enlisted students in grades 5-12 to rank their schools in a June report card. With an average grade of B-, the overall score isn’t so bad. Looking closer at the individual categories, however, tells a different story. As the chart below shows, the higher ranking categories were in
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Homeschooling: The Question of Socialization 7
- Education
- July 6, 2023
Questions about the socialization of homeschooled children are by far the most frequently asked of a homeschooling parent. The misconception is that without the traditional school experience to provide social training, homeschooled children will grow up having no idea how to function and fit into society. My own children have been peppered with questions about
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