What Are Kids Reading?
Apr 09, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS board member Sandra Stotsky writes about the low levels of reading in our schools today.
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Revising Teacher Education: Meaningful Change or Window Dressing?
Mar 19, 2012 by Richard Vedder |
Will the newly formed accrediting agency for education schools enact some real reforms to improve K-12 education?
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The Core Conundrum
Mar 02, 2012 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood takes note of the emerging battle over the legality of the Common Core curriculum.
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Aggressive Anti-Bullying Crusade Gathers Steam
Jan 23, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
You can easily imagine how “anti-bullying” policies will likely to play out on college campuses already dominated by the enforcers of sensitivity.
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Ed Schools Are a Big Part of the Problem
Jan 04, 2012 by George Leef |
American primary and secondary education is feeble, largely because uneffective Ed schools must certify teachers no matter what they know about the subject matter they teach. Also, those schools cover precious little beyond… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
5th Avenue Percussions
Nov 30, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood contrasts discontented Occupiers with another discontented group.
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Event: New York Affiliate to Host Lecture by Sol Stern
Nov 17, 2011 by Kate Hamilton |
On Sunday afternoon Manhattan Institute senior fellow Sol Stern will speak in New York City on the current value of higher education.
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(Not) Too Late to Apologize
Nov 04, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
The University of Manitoba takes a misguided path to healing and reconciliation.
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Single-Sex School Can Help Students Be More Well-Rounded
Oct 18, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS Board of Advisors member Christina Hoff Sommers weighs in on the question, "Is single-sex education helpful or harmful?"
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Marxist Justice and Western Civilization
Sep 22, 2011 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses the mainstreaming of Marxist ideas in the K-12 educational curriculum.
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Unnumbered
Aug 31, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood fears that a new proposal for improving science education will lead to even greater math illiteracy among high school graduates.
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High Schools Discard the Canon
Aug 22, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
A study led by NAS's Arkansas affiliate head finds that high school literature courses draw sparsely on the great books.
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Tiger Mother at the Gym
Jun 03, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
While tying my shoes last night in the gym locker room, I overheard a snippet of two women's conversation. An Asian woman in a green t-shirt was saying to the tattooed (non-Asian) Zumba instructor, "Well, you know, their school… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
The Core Between the States
May 31, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Where did the national movement for a "Common Core" in K-12 education come from, who supports it, and what it will mean for higher education?
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Absent from Class
May 20, 2011 by Will Fitzhugh |
What are students actually doing when they are in class? Do we expect them to be academically vigilant?
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