Send us students, not troublemakers June 22, 2025Silvio Canto, Jr.
Some foreign students are more interested in bringing their problems and grievances rather using the opportunity to get an education.
Davidson College Defies the Counterrevolution June 3, 2025Robert Westmoreland
“Critical thinking” on campuses often means undermining the idea of objective reality when it conflicts with students’ feelings -- at least feelings springing from leftist ideology.
It’s Graduation Time Again May 31, 2025Clarice Feldman
In recent years, graduations have become stages for performative, divisive screeds at a largely captive audience.
Qatar: Our Enemy Hiding in Plain Sight May 7, 2025Susan Quinn
Qatar has been a threat to our national security since at least 1986, and though their inroads into the U.S. have been subtle, it doesn’t make them any less dangerous.
Catholic Funding by Government in the Political Crosshairs May 8, 2025John Klar
The same leftwing voices objecting to using government funds to teach American children how to read and write in Catholic schools howl in complaint that DOGE cut USAID funding to Catholic charities that supported illegal immigrants.
Please don’t lower the rim! April 17, 2025Ned Cosby
We are a nation built upon excellence, but our educators want to bring everyone down to the lowest common denominator, whether in basketball or the classroom.
Sitting Down for the 'College Talk' April 3, 2025Jay C. Pope
It doesn’t make you a bad parent to refrain from spending an enormous amount of money to send your child to an academic indoctrination camp.
Send them home March 9, 2025Silvio Canto, Jr.
It makes no sense for people, students or faculty, to come here and engage in illegal activities.
Closing the DoE March 6, 2025Wendy Kinney
President Trump has called the DoE a “big con job” -- and he’s absolutely right. It’s time to shut it down and put education back in the hands of parents and states, where it belongs.
DEI Universities Defy Trump February 28, 2025Wendy Kinney
Across America, universities are openly defying President Trump’s Executive Order 14151, which aimed to end the radical and wasteful DEI bureaucracy infecting institutions nationwide.
Higher education behind enemy lines February 24, 2025Mike McDaniel
For decades, Americans have witnessed the decline of actual learning in colleges and universities, replaced by political and sexual indoctrination.
How American Education Promotes Sloth February 5, 2025Robert Weissberg
The anti-work ethic mentality is largely rooted in misguided compassion, the desire not to punish those who skip school, disrupt the classroom, or are unwilling to work hard for good grades.
How low can you go? January 30, 2025Silvio Canto, Jr.
Federal control over education has failed and it's time to buy out these employees and shut down the building.
Black feminist math equals lowered IQs January 24, 2025Mike McDaniel
In schools where merit is ruthlessly suppressed and social and sexual pathologies are the focus of the curriculum, it’s unsurprising things like “feminist pedagogies” are the order of the day.
A Half Century of Miseducation December 16, 2024John M. Grondelski
While the “experts” debate, American kids continue to move through the public-school industry, advanced more for social promotion than mastery of skills.
DEI's Dead End Street December 12, 2024Loyd S. Pettegrew
The Left prides itself in being the proponent of equality of outcome, especially for those other than the white race, straight sexual proclivity, and/or people with physical/mental inability.
The Advent of Idiocracy October 1, 2024John B. Carpenter
The presidency of Joe Biden ushered in a new era of politics, one set to perpetuate under Kamala Harris; an era of idiocy.
Remedial math at Harvard September 6, 2024Mike McDaniel
What is a supposedly elite university like Harvard doing admitting students without basic, high school math skills?
The Cult of Kindness: ‘Christianity Without Tears’ August 12, 2024Dana E. Abizaid
“Kindness” as a virtue finds a place in modern “education,” but the emphasis is on cultish, contrived acts, not on the Judeo-Christian traditions and Greek roots that makes for true kindness.
The death cult in American classrooms May 8, 2024Molly Slag
If you want to get a handle on what’s currently happening on America’s college campuses, you must look at America’s K-12 education system.
Go west, young student April 26, 2024Mike McDaniel
Perhaps the greatest benefit of avoiding the coasts is avoiding the unearned arrogance of the self-imagined elite, and their hateful prejudices.
A New K-12 System January 21, 2023Donald P. Nielsen
Perhaps our most important public institution has not only been allowed to fail miserably but has consistently received increased funding to do so without any accountability.
It’s the Education, Stupid August 31, 2022Kathleen Brush
The Biden administration has its priorities for education: bailing out dropouts, deadbeats, and foolish investors in negative-return degrees and schools. Meanwhile, the nation’s primary and secondary public schools are in crisis
Victor Davis Hanson and our miseducated youth December 20, 2021Jared Peterson
In a just and sensible America, Victor Davis Hanson would be chair of the history department at Harvard, teaching a mandatory and beloved course in the history of Western civilization.
How the Progressive Left Ruined Education September 6, 2020Wen Wryte
The reason so many young people today feel rootless and aimless is that they have never learned to respect the achievements of their ancestors (whose legacy they carelessly squander) or developed sufficient self-respect to aspire to leave a legacy
Love of Music July 12, 2019Anthony J. DeBlasi
Love of music remains largely unfulfilled where the opportunity or desire to explore its breathless domain is absent. What we hear routinely in supermarkets and in waiting rooms is a poor sample of what music is about.
Free University Nirvana? June 5, 2019Brian Tomlinson
With lots of questions about how it's to be implemented, it might not be the panacea lefties think it's going to be.
Marxism and Education October 7, 2018Anthony J. DeBlasi
The "education problem" in America is not one of inadequate funding or management. It is one of defective educational philosophy.
Are Millennials Educable? August 11, 2018Deana Chadwell
Once the schools cannot hold kids back because they haven't mastered reading and math, then subsequent teachers are under pressure – political, professional, and pragmatic – to keep the momentum going.
Examinations and Education May 28, 2018Andrew Wheelwright
High-stakes exams are a necessary and a very good thing, but have now been demonized by our educational and psychobabble professionals
Darkness Flourishes at Vanderbilt University May 14, 2016Carol M. Swain
In case you missed the hoopla, I was almost run off the Vanderbilt University campus in 2015 by student protesters and petitions denouncing me for bigotry and hatred.
Education and America's Third World July 19, 2015Cheryl Halpern
If our goal is to unleash a burst of energy in an otherwise failing school system in Baltimore and across America, we need creativity and not the status quo.
The Rich Liberals of Academe January 6, 2015Derrick Wilburn
Few places in America have a more monopolistic stranglehold on thought, are more hostile to divergent voices, and are home to larger populations of complete hypocrites than college towns.
Gangsta Grammar and Gun Free Zones April 7, 2014M. Catharine Evans
Why target children for playing innocent good-guy, bad- guy games with toy guns when their teachers promote real violence sung by real criminals?
Public Schools vs. Christianity January 26, 2014Bruce Deitrick Price
The United States government is extensively involved with education to the point of running it. In the process the government constantly steps on religious people, especially Christians.
The Ivory Tower's Blue-Collar Misfits January 20, 2014Stephen Charles
My colleagues talk of going to see films (with subtitles no less!); I go to movies. I respect their choices; yet, I detect my academic brethren do not respect mine.
ObamaCare's Domino Effects January 19, 2014Eileen F. Toplansky
Adjunct instructors at colleges are only one of the many groups whose hours were arbitrarily cut as a direct result of ObamaCare.
ObamaCore Public Education December 30, 2013Lee Cary
With the nationalizing of the American healthcare system well underway, nationalizing public education pre-K through 12 is the next big thing on the progressive agenda.
Beware Educational Hysteria December 10, 2013Robert Weissberg
Just how many super-smart people are really necessary for a nation's prosperity? A million? Ten million? Nobody knows and the answer is probably incalculable.
Educational Collapse Metastasizes August 23, 2013Bruce Deitrick Price
The warped methods that plague primary school necessarily corrupt college students. Professors of "higher learning" need to learn this.
Will Teachers Like Obamacare? August 14, 2013David Rosenthal
A school board member for the seventh largest school district in Texas wonders if the teachers' union and its members have thought through what Obamacare is going to mean for them
The College Degree Scam July 31, 2013Carole Hornsby Haynes
It has become politically incorrect to even suggest that a higher education degree might not be right for every young American.
Winning the Long War May 30, 2013Daren Jonescu
The first step to mounting an effective defense is to understand how progressivism has won so much territory, geographical and spiritual, over this multi-generational war.
The Soul Abstracted from Life May 7, 2013Daren Jonescu
The modern American educational system is not only wrongheaded, illogical, and mendacious, it is abjectly evil.
Boola, Boola, Save Your Moolah April 14, 2013Clarice Feldman
The universities may be intent on diving headfirst into oblivion, but there's no reason why alumni ought to follow them.
Confronting the Bullies April 13, 2013Elise Cooper
The problem of school bullying has been far too politicized. Could controlling school bullies be easier than we think?
Public school assignment: 'must argue that Jews are evil' April 13, 2013Thomas Lifson
In Albany, New York, a teacher -- whose name has not been revealed for some reason - instructed students to imagine that their teacher was a Nazi and to construct an argument that Jews were "the source of our problems"
Subverting Bowdoin April 9, 2013Norman Rogers
Bowdoin, once one of the most respected small colleges in the United States, has suffered complete ideological degradation. Joshua Chamberlain weeps.
Please Do Not Adjust Your Child March 22, 2013Daren Jonescu
The American public education system is a machine designed to destroy young minds and characters. How can we assure that children prevail over it?
The Terror Threat from Pop-Tarts and Hello Kitty March 5, 2013Jeannie DeAngelis
A few months ago, a five-year-old Pennsylvania girl was standing at a bus stop talking to her friend when she made the mistake of insisting a princess bubble blower is superior to a Hello Kitty Bubble gun.
A Sleepy Compliance with Tyranny February 7, 2013Daren Jonescu
The progressive ethic deifies subjective feelings, attitudes, and "values," in particular those which glorify the collective and debase the individual. "You didn't build that" is the resentfully anti-individual sentiment of a perfect dupe.
Encounter with a Low-Info Voter January 28, 2013Howard J. Warner
A clear demonstration of the severe problem facing our country resulting from the poor educational system we have underwritten for generations.
The Educational Tech Scam January 26, 2013Jenni White
Why in the world, when our country is trillionsof dollars in debt, would we want to burden ourselves with increased debt in order to promote an educational philosophy that is at best controversial and at worst downright harmful?
Bang, Bang! You're Dead. January 23, 2013Fay Voshell
The moral champions of our educational system represent inculcation of bubble head standards that bear little or no resemblance to reality and common sense, inculcation that is comparable to brainwashing.
The Spoiled-Brat Syndrome January 13, 2013Charles Battig
Thanks to the modern educatonal system, the child has been conditioned to expect continual parenting, either from natural parents or from the ersatz parent-State. And children do grow up....
Education Enters the Twilight Zone January 12, 2013Bruce Deitrick Price
Some machines, it's said, are lean, mean, and built for speed. Our public schools, in contrast, seem to be built to stay in second gear.
Recognizing the Wolf at the Door December 23, 2012Fay Voshell
Even a child can learn the great virtues do not exist unless Evil is acknowledged and confronted. Without the battle, where would be courage? Without suffering where would be compassion?
Ending Progressive Public Education December 14, 2012Daren Jonescu
Why do parents willingly send their own children -- their own future -- to socialist reeducation camps? "From my cold, dead hands," they proudly say of their guns. Are not their children worthy of at least so strong a grip?
Educating Ignorance December 14, 2012Janice Shaw Crouse
The best-kept secret in America today is the precipitous drop in the quality of college since the Left seized power in higher education.
Spreading Conservative Values November 14, 2012Jeanne C Minton
After you sift through the myriad excuses for the Romney loss and the shrinking conservative base, at the heart of it all is our failure to pass along conservative values to succeeding generations.
Why Obama Won November 9, 2012Gary Aminoff
How is it, in America, that we are raising children to believe that bigger government is better, that government is the engine that provides jobs, that profits are bad, that Republicans care about only the rich?
Equal in Ignorance October 21, 2012Judith Weizner
In la belle France it seems some parents are better equipped than others to help their children with schoolwork, thus giving them an unfair advantage.
When God Left the Classroom October 21, 2012Judith Bron
When it comes to a God -- Something or Someone that is superior and represents a feeling of security, we have replaced the concept with fear, psychological problems, and despair.
Northeastern University's Islamists October 14, 2012Stephen Schwartz
The germ of extremism is, as yet, limited in its range on campus. But this infection can spread rapidly, and if it does, Northeastern administrators cannot say they were not warned.
The Teachers' Union Strikes Back September 15, 2012Matt Patterson and Crissy Brown
How ironic that, so loathsome and naked is the Chicago union's power grab, they make even a hardened, cynical pol like Rahm Emanuel seem imbued with Luke Skywalker-esque purity.
Abolish the Department of Education? September 7, 2012Ann Kane and M. Catharine Evans
30 years ago, Ronald Reagan called for the termination of the Department of Education. But instead of disappearing, the Jimmy Carter creation has become a federal leviathan with no signs of abating in growth.
Split in Democrat Ranks Over Education? September 5, 2012M. Catharine Evans
Teachers unions find out their loyalty to the Democrats is not being reciprocated. American children may be the big winners as Dems turn on one another.
Horace Mann School on Trial in the Press August 5, 2012letter to the editor
Driving a truly great school to grovel before them and to force its leaders to plead mea culpa, mea maxima culpa to alleged activities that took place many years before they were ever part of its administration.
Trillion dollar giveaway looms July 10, 2012Henry Percy
The drumbeat to forgive student loans grows apace. Each new article must have a sympathetic case study or two to tug at our heartstrings.
Mitt Flunks Education 101 May 29, 2012Robert Weissberg
Romney has offered up a dog's breakfast of doomed-to-fail, often airhead nostrums. If the brainy Romney cannot get it right, perhaps no candidate can.
Naomi Schaefer Riley and the Corruption of the Academy May 13, 2012Abraham H. Miller
Not only did Naomi Schafer Riley expose black studies, but, indirectly, she exposed the bubble that is academia. Academia in the liberal arts and sciences has become a therapeutic society for angry leftists able to act out in class under the guise of academic freedom.
Higher Education Theatre of the Absurd May 9, 2012Robert Oscar Lopez
The incorrigible elitism of higher education is ironically the fruit of the most progressive and "counter-hegemonic" brain trust in the world.
Reading the Contempt of Socialists May 6, 2012Bruce Deitrick Price
What, if any, is the connection between illiteracy and ideology? George Orwell, our greatest political sociologist, has some ideas.
The Real Cost of a College Education May 2, 2012James E. Miller
The goal behind fiddling with student loan interest rates is not to help students. It is to continue the cycle of union payoffs, campaign kickbacks, and fostering a learning environment where government decrees go unquestioned.
Education: Speaking in Forked Tongues April 14, 2012Bruce Deitrick Price
There are two big mistakes now enthroned as dogma: children are taught as little as possible, and instead of being taught the right way to do things, they are taught bad habits such as guessing, invented spelling, close is good enough, and fuzziness of all kinds.
Leftist Textbooks and World War I March 25, 2012E. Jeffrey Ludwig
As a high school history teacher in the New York City schools for twenty years, I find myself frequently wondering how the city's textbooks have gotten so full of errors and liberal hogwash.
D.C. Cheating Scandal: A Conspiracy of Silence March 22, 2012M. Catharine Evans and Ann Kane
It took nine years for rumors of cheating on test scores by school personnel in Atlanta to percolate and trigger a devastating nine-month investigation by their governor. Will it take nine or more years for D.C. schoolchildren to get the same kind of justice?
Fairness Indoctrination March 20, 2012Michael Wiant
When I got home tonight, my 6 year old told me what she learned in kindergarten today. She was so proud, you could just tell. Finally, she had something to report to Daddy.
When School Administrators Bully March 14, 2012Betsy M. Galliher
Indiana's House Bill 1169, The Restoring School Discipline Act, offers a compelling civics lesson for any student, and any parents who dares presume to be better suited than the State to police their child's behavior.
A One-University Solution? February 21, 2012James Kahn
Harvard University will be hosting an event called "One State Conference: Israel/Palestine and the One State Solution." Why limit the concept to the Jewish state?
A Linguistic Ghetto? February 5, 2012Malcolm Unwell
Whether Newt Gingrich was right about Spanish as a "language of the ghetto" is immaterial. Policies, not words, will affect the extent to which Spanish rivals English as the dominant language in the U.S.
Crony College Capitalism, Chicago-Style January 25, 2012Gary Jason
There is a move afoot to cronyize colleges -- that is, reward the key segments of the college industry that vote and contribute money the "right" way, and punish those whom the cronies of the administration in power wish to punish -- most especially, for-profit colleges.
The Phony Saints of Liberal Land January 20, 2012James Lewis
I don't know any conservatives who think they are saints. Funny thing -- I know lots of liberals who just know with absolute certainty that they are holier than thou.
Taqiyya for Kids January 15, 2012Janet Tassel
An outrageous curriculum is indoctrinating public school children with lies about Islam, courtesy of Harvard. What happened when one outraged parent complained.
Civilization's Centurions January 7, 2012Jim & Ada Lynch
If you are among the willfully misplaced in the teaching profession, a regulatory labyrinth of paperwork and red tape can provide you with credentialed cover...but that's all it will do.
A World without Schoolteachers December 26, 2011Richard F. Miniter
The Kindle and Nook may make for not only the most important advance in reading since Gutenberg, but also, quite likely, a major lesson in unintended consequences.
Harvard Fires Critic of Jihad December 23, 2011Pamela Geller
In a crushing blow to academic freedom, Harvard University has censored and fired a prominent professor because university administrators didn't like what he said about Islam.
The Paradox of Merit Pay December 22, 2011Malcolm Unwell
Those in favor of merit pay for teachers need to consider that the concept, as it is currently conceived, is not likely to usher in true reform.
Boola Moolah December 22, 2011Jerry Shenk
When you think about it, the only blameless party in our nation's student loan fiasco is the banks.
Hamas High School in Florida? December 19, 2011Pamela Geller
Why is a representative of a terror-linked organization, a defender of jihad terror groups and an apologist for Islamic supremacism welcome to speak in public schools?
Harvard's Deep Green Pockets December 19, 2011Peter Wilson
When elitism, environmentalism, and careerism hook up with the largest academic endowment in the world, the results are unintentionally hilarious.
Pro-Male Affirmative Action? December 15, 2011Carrie Lukas
In a culture quick to claim victim status, the existence of a concerted effort to hush up systematic discrimination may seem surprising -- particularly, when that discrimination is against women.
Rashid Ghannoushi: John Esposito's Islamist in Tunis December 11, 2011Stephen Schwartz
The ideological elder of Tunisia's Ennahda, or the Renaissance Party, the local branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, was to a significant extent lifted to power by the support of the American Middle Eastern studies establishment.
Newt's Different Approach to School Vouchers December 9, 2011Carl Paulus
Over the past week, Newt Gingrich has caused an uproar among liberals in the media for saying that "really poor children in really poor neighborhoods have no habit of work." But he has a point.
Send in the Adults November 22, 2011Richard N. Weltz
These days on America's campuses, where they ought to be sending in some adults, they are instead sending in the clowns.
Why Beverly Hills Needs School Vouchers November 14, 2011Gary Jason
Resistance to vouchers is surprisingly strong among wealthy, white suburban parents. A new study demonstrates how badly even lavishly funded suburban school districts are failing their students.
Occupying the Minds of Our Youth November 4, 2011Brian Sussman
A friend of mine is employed by a public elementary school in Santa Cruz, California. In the teacher's lounge he found some troubling materials stacked on a table dedicated to the California Teachers Association. "Considering Democracy in Occupy Wall Street," was the title
Yet One More Doomed Education Reform October 23, 2011Robert Weissberg
The term "bad school" is a euphemism, a way of avoiding political trouble with grievance group leaders just waiting to exploit alleged "insults" to rally the troops to extract material benefits.
Questioning Educational Assumptions September 5, 2011P Michael Reidy
Two recent publications raise fundamental questions about the way we organize the education of our children and the soundness of the assumptions on which education systems are built.
Students, Michelle Rhee's Really Not That Into You August 30, 2011Ann Kane
Progressives of her ilk are now engaging in an all-out war against her, while politicians on the right have taken up with the tiger reformer in their battle against teachers unions. What makes Michelle Rhee run?
Back-to-School Blues August 25, 2011Scott Mayer
It looks to be another year of adjusted schedules, fundraisers, buying supplies that I thought the school was supposed to provide, and watching teary-eyed teachers getting sent home with pink pieces of paper.
Princeton's Unobservable Assets August 22, 2011George W. Ford
So many jokes could be told about how the brilliant minds at Princeton are violating so many basic principles of prudent investing and common sense that it's hard to list them all.
Arne Duncan's Glass School House August 18, 2011Lee Cary
Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, now hurling stones at Texas Governor Perry by attacking Texas schools, once lived in a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) glass school house.
Time to Leave the 'No Child' Law Behind August 18, 2011Peter Heck
This law accomplishes nothing more than challenging state lawmakers and government bureaucrats to come up with innovative ways to manipulate numbers so that it appears we're making progress.
Crazy Priorities in California's Colleges August 13, 2011Gary Jason
California's problem has never been a lack of resources taken from the taxpayers of the state, but rather the gross misallocation of those resources by silly, supercilious, and self-absorbed bureaucrats.
A National American Language August 13, 2011Jeremy Egerer
The U.S. government should have no obligation to provide voting materials, government websites, or other public documents in any language other than English.
Un-College Funds August 13, 2011Bruce Walker
Soon millions of students will be headed to college at a huge cost to their parents and themselves. Americans are obsessed with college.
Teachers and the Question of Corporal Punishment August 6, 2011Jeremy Egerer
If society will not grant anyone authority to properly educate children, then the world's most prominent republic will have nothing better than overgrown babies as its constituents.
The Progressive Mask Slips July 18, 2011Ann Kane
We get a fascinating glimpse at hardball politics inside the progressive left, as a quiet network of leftists seeks to supplant part of the Democrat Old Guard, step by step.
DC Schools 'Cheating' Scandal Heats Up July 5, 2011M. Catharine Evans
Top educator Wayne Ryan of Noyes Education Campus in Washington DC resigned his post after having been promoted by super school reformer Michelle Rhee.
Harvey Milk, the New Gay MLK? July 2, 2011Peter Wilson
The California State Senate just passed a bill called the Fair Education Act, which bears the same Orwellian relationship to fairness as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea does to democracy.
The Failure of Education 'Reform' July 2, 2011Jenni White
Since President Obama took office, we've been apprised that putting states on a strict diet of curriculum standards prescribed at the national level is the new way to reform public education.
Baltimore, We Have a Problem July 1, 2011Fred Pasek
A scandal rocking the Baltimore public schools exposes a serious problem in the educational bureaucracy -- and in the local media.
The Latest Education Fad Inverts Justice June 16, 2011Chuck Roger
Something subtle and disturbing is happening under parents' radar. Growing numbers of progressive educators are twisting a four-thousand-year-old concept in order to induce schoolchildren to adopt amoral worldviews.
The 'Achievement Gap' Fraud June 15, 2011John T. Bennett
Our educational system is self-destructing, taking away opportunities from good students in a misguided effort to help underperforming students.
