Imagine a government program that existed to achieve one goal — a laudable goal. But after spending more than $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars — that’s trillion, with twelve zeros — in pursuit of that goal, not only had the…

The following remarks were delivered by the Honorable Betsy DeVos, former secretary of education, upon reception of a 2023 Bradley Prize at the Bradley Foundation’s 19th Annual Bradley Prizes ceremony on May 16 in Washington, D.C. Reprinted with permission from…

Hostages No More: The Fight for Education Freedom and the Future of the American Child By Betsy DeVos (Center Street, 320 pages, $29) Horace Mann (1796–1859) famously commented, “We who are engaged in the sacred cause of education are entitled…

My boyfriend gave me peaches. My boyfriend gave me pears. My boyfriend gave me fifty cents And kissed me on the stairs. I gave him back his peaches. I gave him back his pears. I gave him back his fifty…

UPDATE, Sept. 22, 9:45 p.m.: Following today’s letter from Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) requesting a cutoff of federal funds and an investigation by the Treasury Department, tomorrow’s Zoom event at SFSU featuring convicted terrorist Leila Khaled has been canceled. Convicted…

In William F. Buckley’s inaugural book God and Man at Yale, then-famed Professor Henry Steele Commager was cited for his belief that university faculty should have total control over the educational marketplace. In Professor Commager’s view, consumers and financers of…

A week after Michigan Rep. Justin Amash declared independence from the Republican Party in a July 4 Washington Post op-ed, the GOP of his native Kent County officially condemned his exit. “For some, this is a stunning revelation,” the Grand…

While many seem bewildered by the biased proceedings in the show trial surrounding the impeachment of President Trump, the truth is that due process protections died more than a decade ago with the election of President Barack Obama. And, although…

On January 8, 2014, the U.S. Education Department (USED) sent a “Dear Colleague” letter to officials of every local school district. The 44-page letter/social-justice manifesto made plain that race-based statistics must be of paramount importance in student disciplinary policies. USED’s…