For decades, the American education debate followed a rigid ideological binary: conservatives championed school choice, while progressives condemned it as a threat to public schools. But that divide is beginning to erode. Across the country, more Democratic leaders are supporting…
When I was a boy, I loved numbers, and I still do. Only when I was a sophomore at Princeton did I shift my attention from mathematics to literature, in part because the same part of my mind that loves…
Young kids will inevitably hop on any trend to be considered cool or gain popularity amongst their friends, no matter how dangerous. The current trend for attention? Damaging school-issued laptops by causing these devices to short-circuit by jamming various objects…
In a country obsessed with surface-level solutions, it’s easy to miss real revolutions when they happen. That’s exactly what we’re seeing in Mississippi’s public schools — and it’s time for the rest of America, especially its political class, to take…
Wealthy parents are paying private tutors to do their children’s coursework, paving an easy path for their success. (READ MORE: Your Facebook Friends Are Wrong About Educational Freedom) In this episode of The Spectator P.M. Podcast, hosts Ellie Gardey Holmes…
America’s amazing technological achievements, such as SpaceX’s recent rescue of stranded astronauts, mask the death spiral of math learning in the U.S., which has reached an ignominious low with Harvard’s decision to offer remedial math. On the 2024 National Assessment…
While it is certainly good news that Congress is finally waking up to the dangers posed by the “Censorship Industrial Complex,” last week’s hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution didn’t sufficiently address one of its most insidious…
Education is the wealth of a generation. If you want quality education for tomorrow, you’ll have to accept upsetting today’s students. That’s what long-term thinking entails. The etymology of “college,” from the Latin collegium, refers to an “association” of people…
