K-12 Education

Forging the Next Generation of Thought Leaders: The Richardson Youth Liberty Fellowships

As an education researcher, too often I find myself compelled to report bad news: poor learning outcomes, including declining civic literacy; political indoctrination taking the place of reasoned scholarship; shout-downs depriving speakers and their intended audience their First Amendment rights; grade inflation, as well as other maladies afflicting American education. But today I’m happy to...

June 14, 2023
Higher Education

Americans Are Becoming Too Ignorant To Be Free. One State Is Attempting To Reverse The Trend

In April, 673 professors at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (UNC) signed a public letter attacking two bills before the state legislature. One of the bills, House Bill 96, requires teaching of the Constitution. House Bill 96 bolsters civic education through creating a new American history/government graduation requirement for all the state’s public college and university students. But this, in truth,...

May 16, 2023