Education

Another Massive Fall Exodus from U.S. Public Schools 0
- Education
- October 14, 2021
Many parents pulled their children out of school last year for homeschooling and other private options, as schools remained shuttered due to the coronavirus response. Nationwide, homeschooling numbers tripled last year from their pre-pandemic levels, driven largely by black families who left district schools for homeschooling at the highest rate of any demographic group and
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Five Homeschooling Tips From a Successful Pioneer 0
- Education
- September 28, 2021
Although we didn’t know it then, my family was what is now referred to as a pioneer of the modern homeschool movement. I still remember being stopped at the grocery store—several years after we began our homeschool journey—being asked why I wasn’t in school, inwardly wincing at the alarmed or confused look I was sure
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To Ban or Not to Ban Critical Race Theory: A Debate 0
- Education
- September 21, 2021
Not to Ban, by Walter E. Block: Extirpating Critical Race Theory (CRT) from schools is a hot-button issue for many politicians. While I do not take a position for or against CRT, I would like to assess the propriety of CRT being debated and taught at colleges and universities. Both proponents and opponents say that
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The Convocation Address You Will Never Hear Delivered 0
- Education
- September 7, 2021
Schools are reconvening and students are finally returning to the great halls of learning, albeit masked. Colleges are holding convocations to welcome a new class to begin their multiyear stay on campus. Convocation addresses are often delivered by the college president, traditionally a devastatingly unexciting speaker, while more lucky students get to hear wisdom disseminated
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Homeschooling Just Crossed the Tipping Point 3
- Culture, Education, Family
- August 13, 2021
In the months before COVID hit, a number of my friends began a new phase of motherhood by starting careers as homeschool teachers. They expressed normal trepidation, concerned they would fail, and by extension, their children would. Then the pandemic hit, homeschooling became the new way of life, and my friends were suddenly homeschool veterans,
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The Chain Reaction of Academic Lying 2
- Education
- August 9, 2021
An uneasy relationship with the truth seems especially prevalent in America’s most prestigious schools. Ambitious academics quickly realize that upward mobility requires a knack for convincing deceit. Long gone are the days when brilliant scholarship was the ticket to moving up the ladder. The provost who can say with a straight face, “all of our
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