Current trends in the American education system, including the removal of popular cultural icons, the reframing of U.S. history, and the pursuit of so-called “equity,” rather than equal opportunity, are all part of a broader cultural Marxist campaign to transform the nation, according to Gene D’Agostino, a long-time conservative advocate for school choice. “If I…
Gene D’Agostino on Transformation of American Education: ‘Turning the Culture Upside Down’
A Real (Consumer) Revolution Is Starting to Take Over Education
Commentary You can forget—or at least try to ignore for a few minutes—the riots going on in our cities, repellent and often frightening as they may be. A real and ultimately more significant revolution is brewing, in this case a positive one, in education. And it’s manifesting from kindergarten to college. People are fed up….
Where Can You Send Your Children to University?
Commentary Liberal arts education, as I experienced it at Antioch College in the late 1950s and early 1960s, was aimed at opening students’ minds to the intellectual life of Western culture. Students were asked to consider such questions as “What counts as a good life?”, “How do people’s ideas and actions differ from place to…
Among the Problems at Laurentian University
Commentary Like most Canadians, I was troubled by the news that Laurentian University is laying off over 100 faculty and cancelling dozens of programs. Senior officials made the cuts after Laurentian declared itself financially insolvent earlier this year. University finances are a Byzantine and opaque affair at the best of times, and one should proceed cautiously before assigning…
Freedom of Thought
Commentary The elegant woman with the beautiful 10-year-old looked forlorn. “She’d probably love it, and Lord knows, it’s been … complicated at school since COVID, but we’re too much alike!” She shook her head. We were casually chatting about homeschooling—my favorite topic—outside a restaurant, while waiting dutifully for our take-out orders under a COVID-blamed, unconstitutional…
California County Instructed Teachers to Hide Marxist Teaching Materials From Parents
April 15, 2021
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Teachers in California’s Santa Clara county were reportedly instructed last year to hide from students’ parents their “ethnic studies” teaching materials, which describe the United States as a settler colonialist regime responsible for genocide and white supremacy. In November 2020, Santa Clara County’s Office of Education held a training for teachers to get a hold…
Echoes of Mao: Weaponizing Schools With ‘Critical Race Theory’
Commentary This is part 19 in a series examining education in the United States. Long before California’s infamous “ethnic studies” curriculum made national headlines last month for literally suggesting children chant to the Aztec gods of cannibalism and human sacrifice, the insidious weaponization of “race” and “racism” had already overtaken the nation’s government school system. The racist effort to divide and conquer…
5 Ways to Avoid the ‘Planned Mediocrity’ in Schools
It’s been one short year since parents suddenly found themselves the chief overseers of their children’s education due to the pandemic. “Short” isn’t the word to describe it, I can almost hear many parents retort, relief in their voices as they realize that soon they will be off the hook, for the responsibility of their…
The Crisis of Illiteracy
Commentary Bill Bryson, in his iconic travelogue about the United Kingdom, Notes from a Small Island, observes that nearly all tourist leaflets are “depressingly illiterate, particularly with regard to punctuation.” He sarcastically promises that “if I see one more tourist leaflet that says ‘Englands Best’ or ‘Britains Largest’ I will go and torch the place.”…
Too Much Groupthink in Public Education
Commentary “I live in a rather special world. I know only one person who voted for Nixon. Where they are I don’t know.” So said liberal film critic Pauline Kael after Richard Nixon won the 1972 American presidential election. To her surprise, it wasn’t a close result. Nixon won 49 out of 50 states and…
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