Education

Abolishing Museums Springs From Progressive Education 0
- Education
- July 2, 2020
Identity politics has reached a new level of inanity. The latest demand calls for the abolition of, no, not law enforcement agencies, but museums. “It’s critical that we move past identity politics,” Decolonize This Place organizer Marz Saffore told CNN, “It’s not enough to hire an Indigenous curator. It’s not enough to have one Black person
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What the Marxist Zeitgeist Has Wrought 0
- Education
- July 2, 2020
We are tasting the bitter fruits of more than a half-century of the “zeitgeist” – the Marxist theory of history – reigning supreme in our public schools. This pedagogy replaced the “Great Man” approach, which teaches that history is catalyzed by individuals of unusual personal strength and rare attributes. “Great Man” history studies bravery, wisdom,
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Supreme Court Hands Huge Victory to Families on School Choice 0
- Education
- July 1, 2020
In a 5-4 decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court held that families have a right to seek the best educational opportunities for their children, by preventing states from blocking the participation of religiously affiliated schools in state school choice programs. In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, the court ruled that the application of a “no-aid”
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In Defense of the Freedom to Be Wrong 0
- Education
- June 26, 2020
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks. –Tacitus It’s very important for institutions of concentrated power to keep people alone and isolated: that way they’re ineffective, they can’t defend themselves against indoctrination, they can’t even figure out what they think. –Noam Chomsky
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Cancel Yale and Rename It ‘Dummer University’0
- Education
- June 23, 2020
I see that #CancelYale is trending on Twitter and elsewhere in social media. It’s a development I’d like to encourage – not, to be frank, because I think that canceling things is a good idea. Quite the opposite. But if the Left is going to pursue its dream of destroying every reminder of our past it doesn’t
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Let’s Defund Our Universities 22
- Education
- June 19, 2020
We hear much these days about defunding the police force, about cutting budgets or taking chunks of the public money allotted to our men and women in blue and giving it to social workers and inner-city projects. Here’s a better idea. Let’s defund our colleges and universities. Let’s cut their funding to the bone. I
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