Category: education

LIVE NOW: US-China Commission Hearing on CCP Challenges and Capabilities in Education

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission holds a hearing from 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 24 on “China’s Challenges and Capabilities in Educating and Training the Next Generation Workforce.” The hearing features senior fellows of Stanford University Scott Rozelle and Prashant Loyalka, and Zachary M. Howlett; assistant professor at the National University of Singapore on “Education and Human Capital…


US–China Commission Hearing on CCP Challenges and Capabilities in Education

U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission holds a hearing from 9:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 24 on “China’s Challenges and Capabilities in Educating and Training the Next Generation Workforce.” The hearing features senior fellows of Stanford University Scott Rozelle and Prashant Loyalka, and Zachary M. Howlett; assistant professor at the National University of Singapore on “Education and Human Capital…


Why California’s Schools Are Losing Their Teachers

One reason for the decline of public education in California is the inability of school districts to find, hire, and retain qualified teachers. Not so in the 1950s and ’60s, when it was difficult for women to find employment other than in teaching or nursing. The reason public schools were excellent is that teachers were…


Mayor Lightfoot: Chicago Teachers Union ‘Brought Chaos’ to Education

Commentary Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently summarized the core problem with Chicago’s public education system in plain but powerful terms. Lightfoot stated during a recent debate with two of her opponents in the Chicago mayoral race that the Chicago Teachers Union brought “chaos” to Chicago Public Schools. Lightfoot blamed CTU for the district’s enrollment decline and criticized the…


Vermont Families Win Settlement Against State Over Using Education Aid Money at Religious Schools

A federal court has approved a settlement between a group of Vermont parents and state education officials, finally putting an end to a two-year legal battle over whether the government can deny families of education aid money just because they use the money at religious schools. Under the terms of the agreement (pdf), signed off…


LIVE NOW: Michigan Advocates Call for Transparency in Policy-Making in Wake of Campus Killing

In the aftermath of the tragic killings on the campus of Michigan State University, Ingham County resident and educational advocate Dr. Linda Lee Tarver, joined by FEC United Michigan, faith leaders, and lawmakers, hold a press conference at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 17, calling for truth and transparency in policy-making, and an end of…


Michigan Advocates Call for Transparency in Policy-Making in Wake of Campus Killing

In the aftermath of the tragic killings on the campus of Michigan State University, Ingham County resident and educational advocate Dr. Linda Lee Tarver, joined by FEC United Michigan, faith leaders, and lawmakers, hold a press conference at 4:00 p.m. ET on Feb. 17, calling for truth and transparency in policy-making, and an end of…


My Book Is Being Burned

Commentary On Jan. 25, 2023, Ghent University banned the use of my book “The Psychology of Totalitarianism” in the course “Critique of Society and Culture.” That happened in the aftermath of a media storm that erupted in September 2022 following my interviews with Tucker Carlson and Alex Jones. I already wrote about that in a previous essay. Following these media appearances, Ghent…


3 Years In, How Did the Lockdowns Go?

Commentary Three years ago this month, a very small group of highly guarded ruling-class people from the UK, United States, and Europe, were gathering to figure out how to lock down the country and the world. They held Zoom meetings and went to burner phones and plotted how to convince Trump to betray his own…


Educating for Freedom

Commentary This is an abridged version of Professor Coll’s essay in the Winter 2023 issue of The American Experiment, the Jack Miller Center’s historical journal. How do we educate our students for freedom? After all, many of them arrive in college today believing that the United States is systematically oppressive, hopelessly unjust, and that there is…