Commentary Our universities have been uniformly corrupted by neo-Marxist political ideology. They no longer teach the great wealth of knowledge of Western Civilization, or engage in research to advance that knowledge. Instead, they indoctrinate their students in “postmodern” nihilism, postcolonial anti-West vilification, and identity politics of sexism and racism. Postmodernism teaches that there is no…
NYC Schools To Replace Columbus Day with Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day
Public school students in New York City on Oct. 11 will be celebrating Italian Heritage Day and Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day, and Juneteenth will become a school holiday for the first time, the city’s education official announced Tuesday. In the 2021–2022 school year calendar released Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 11 was originally labelled…
Republican Lawmakers Question Biden Admin on Alleged $500 Billion Hole in Student Loan Program
The ranking Republican members of the House Education and Labor Committee are asking the Education Department to release a report that allegedly shows a $500 billion gap between what the federal government valued student loans at and their actual worth. In an April 30 letter (pdf) to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)…
Academia Becomes More Ideological and More Coercive
Commentary Universities as a community of autonomous scholars delving into knowledge and seeking to expand it is a model long out of date. With the explosive growth of university, scientific, and granting agency bureaucracies, coercive oversight and imposition has grown by magnitudes. One example is mandatory research ethics tests for professors and students. These became…
American Universities Have Lost Their Prestige
Commentary Nothing is stranger than the contemporary American university. Not long ago, Americans used to idolize their universities. Indeed, in science, math, engineering, medicine, and business, many of these meritocratic departments and schools remain among the top-ranked in the world. Top-notch higher education explains much of the current scientific, technological, and commercial excellence of the…
Biden’s 100-Day Speech: Brainwashing Will Begin at Age Three
Commentary In a recent article, I called on Donald Trump, if he were to run again, to define himself as the education president, to bring us back to a system free of ideological bias, one that would teach young people how to think, not what to think, as the present one does, with few exceptions,…
Trump 2.0 Should Be the Education President
Commentary Rumors are percolating—no real surprise—that Donald Trump is already considering another run for the presidency and may even have decided to go forward. He is decamping Mar-a-Lago, which closes for the Summer, in a month or so for his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. It’s unclear whether this is permanent. Some speculate that…
Santa Ana Zoo Hits the Road
April 21, 2021
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The Santa Ana Zoo is bringing its creatures into the community. Its city council on April 20 unanimously approved the purchase of a Ford Transit Crew T-350 van that will serve as a mobile zoo. It will be used to provide offsite youth educational programs by transporting ambassador zoo animals to designated locations. “I think it’s fantastic: An opportunity to take our…
Victorian COVID-19 Lockdowns Cause Kids to Fall Behind in School
April 21, 2021
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Education experts are calling for calm after it was revealed that many children in Victoria have fallen behind their peers, with some as old as seven starting the school year without knowing the alphabet. To help, the Victorian state government has employed more than 5000 tutors in schools to help kids catch back up after…
Teaching Children History: Q&A With John De Gree, founder of The Classical Historian
Ensuring our children are given a solid education in history is becoming an ever-pressing issue. I recently asked John De Gree, founder of the history curriculum company, The Classical Historian, about his thoughts on and tips for teaching history. Here’s what he said. The Epoch Times: What inspired you to dedicate yourself to teaching history?…
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