The most striking thing about the Democrat Party’s perceived priorities is how unpopular they are, even as President Trump’s own popularity has seen ups and downs. The results of an early post-election Quinnipiac survey, which showed that only 31 percent of…
American faith in its colleges and universities has undergone a sharp decline, manifested in a spectacular fashion at the national level by an apparent war between the Trump administration and universities, especially elite private ones. The feud even ensues at…
We are just days away from Pride Month — a fact some of us might have forgotten about in the high that comes from being in the cultural ascendency. Unfortunately, America’s school children haven’t had that luxury. In a recent…
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve probably seen plenty of fearmongering and hysteria about the changing educational landscape. But don’t let your Facebook friends or Instagram followers lead you astray. What’s happening in education is exciting —…
If an investment yields stagnant or negative returns despite increased funding, the rational thing to do is back off. This logic rarely applies in government, but we’re in a unique moment. The U.S. Department of Education — which has long…
The stock market panicked at the end of January on news that the Chinese start-up DeepSeek had made an artificial intelligence model that is more efficient than anything American companies have produced thus far. In response, former presidential candidate Vivek…
My ancestors were murdered in the Holocaust. My family suffered under the iron grip of the Soviet Union, stripped of their rights, silenced, and treated as second-class citizens because of their identity. They came to America with nothing — no…
In 2007, Minnesota’s Saint Agnes School, located in central St. Paul, was on the verge of default. With rapidly declining enrollment, an institution which for more than a century had been considered a cornerstone of Catholic primary and secondary education,…
It’s hard to ponder our education system for long and come away thinking it makes sense. This is especially true for our lack of choice in public education. Think about it: We aren’t assigned and restricted to specific grocery stores,…
