Education

It’s Time To Go on the Offensive With Public School Reading Lists 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured, Literature, Western Civilization
- January 29, 2026
It’s often said that an individual will be same person five years down the road except for the books he reads and the people he meets. That’s likely the reason book battles in public schools and libraries have become so intense in recent years – fill a child’s mind with salacious and subversive ideas, and
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The Student Loan Crisis Is Real and Growing Worse 0
- Culture, Economics, Education, Featured
- January 27, 2026
Student loan debt has become one of the most persistent financial burdens Americans face today. Some argue that it should be erased. Others insist borrowers are solely to blame. But neither position reflects the reality of the situation. The truth is simpler and more troubling. The student loan system has expanded beyond its original purpose and now
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Here’s What French Elementary Schools Are Doing Right 0
- Culture, Education, Featured
- January 26, 2026
I went back to elementary school immediately following my college graduation. No, it wasn’t remedial coursework! Instead, I am putting my English major and French minor to work in Angers, France, as the primary English language teacher in two French preschools and elementary schools between January and July. Beyond the culture shock of moving from
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Are We Too Smart for Our Own Good?0
- Culture, Education, Featured
- January 22, 2026
When I was a kid in Boonville, N.C., I’d occasionally hear a grownup say, “He ain’t got a lick of sense,” meaning someone had just done something really stupid. I’d also hear, “That old boy’s too smart for his own good,” meaning someone with an overabundance of brains unchecked by common sense can bring himself
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‘Socialization’ Depends on Who’s Doing the Socializing 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured
- January 20, 2026
I was conversing with an 80-year-old neighbor recently who taught and coached for decades in public schools in New York City and here in Virginia. When I mentioned having taught seminars in literature, history, and Latin to homeschoolers, he instantly brought up socialization, a word I’ve heard linked to homeschoolers since my wife and I
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Taking School to the Woods 0
- Culture, Education, Family, Featured
- January 15, 2026
English philosopher John Locke once advised that children should have “shoes so thin, that they might leak and let in water, whenever he comes near it.” Yikes! I thought when I first read that passage in “Some Thoughts Concerning Education” years ago. The mother’s heart of caution within me still balks at that idea … but
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