Longtime Hillary Clinton compatriot and education nationalizer Marc Tucker recently wrote in his Education Week column on a frequent theme from employers: Many graduates nowadays can't write, speak, or think worth beans. My organization decided a few weeks back that we needed to hire a new professional staff person. We had close to 500 applicants. … Continue reading Everyone Knows Graduates Can’t Write, But Testing Won’t Solve That
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Ignorance Of History Sickens Our Politics, Says Notre Dame Political Scientist
Notre Dame political scientist Patrick Deneen has a new book out, called "Conserving America?" In a review at the Wall Street Journal, Micah Meadowcroft summarizes some of his argument: There is a sickness withering the tree of liberty, in Mr. Deneen’s assessment, and it arises from a catastrophic loss of historical consciousness, which he calls … Continue reading Ignorance Of History Sickens Our Politics, Says Notre Dame Political Scientist
Hillsdale College Dean Of Faculty: We Need A ‘New Renaissance’
Hillsdale College offers a bevy of free online lectures and reading recommendations. Inside its Shakespeare course, taught by English department chairman and Dean of Faculty Stephen Smith, Smith elaborated on the virtues of teaching Shakespeare in a job-oriented age. Shakespeare is a stringent course in morality that shapes the souls of those who study him, … Continue reading Hillsdale College Dean Of Faculty: We Need A ‘New Renaissance’
Tocqueville Explains Why A School Counteracts The Selfishness Democracy Breeds
French intellectual Alexis de Tocqueville visited America in the early nineteenth century and wrote a large volume analyzing the nature of Americans in comparison to his fellow Europeans. "Democracy in America" is an incisive, highly detailed tome that startlingly prophesied many developments in America and international politics, including the Cold War (!). Tocqueville also made many … Continue reading Tocqueville Explains Why A School Counteracts The Selfishness Democracy Breeds
Quote Of The Day: You Are Redeemed From The Empty Way Of Life Handed Down To You
Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but … Continue reading Quote Of The Day: You Are Redeemed From The Empty Way Of Life Handed Down To You
Don’t Miss Our January Events!
We're hosting two public events in January: A Friends of the School volunteer and giver's meeting on January 17, and a January 28 TED-style talk during School Choice Week by Joy Pullmann titled "School Choice: Escape Hatch or Trojan Horse?" Joy will be giving a speech about her book at Hillsdale College on February 7, … Continue reading Don’t Miss Our January Events!
Researchers Find Field Trips To Art Museums And Theater Do Benefit Kids
The journal Education Next is highlighting two recent studies by Jay P. Greene and colleagues that find a measurable improvement in kids' empathy for others, academic knowledge, and a greater taste for culture after the children visited art museums or watched classic live theater. The art museum authors comment on the marked decline in children's … Continue reading Researchers Find Field Trips To Art Museums And Theater Do Benefit Kids
Quote Of The Week: Sometimes Progress Means Turning Around
We all want progress. But progress means getting nearer to the place where you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turning, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and … Continue reading Quote Of The Week: Sometimes Progress Means Turning Around
Rod Dreher: Parents Need To Be Strategic To Pass On Their Faith To Their Kids
The American Conservative's Rod Dreher has been writing for a long time about how Christian parents, pastors, and teachers need to stop assuming that our secular culture will do anything but fight their efforts to pass on their faith to the next generation. Despite America's deep Christian heritage, younger Americans are increasingly drifting away from … Continue reading Rod Dreher: Parents Need To Be Strategic To Pass On Their Faith To Their Kids
Latest International Test Scores Show Continued Downward U.S. Trend Following Common Core
The latest international tests cores from the Programme for International Assessment came out last week, and U.S. high school students performed an average of 12 points worse than their peers had in 2012. Alice B. Lloyd at The Weekly Standard reports: PISA tests how well fifteen-year-olds stack up against their global contemporaries. In math American … Continue reading Latest International Test Scores Show Continued Downward U.S. Trend Following Common Core
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