Families Go Deep in Debt to St...

Aug 3, 2019 by

Families Go Deep in Debt to Stay in the Middle Class

Wages stalled but costs haven’t, so people increasingly rent or finance what their parents might have owned outright The American...

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CALIFORNIA WANTS TO TEACH YOUR...

Jul 30, 2019 by

CALIFORNIA WANTS TO TEACH YOUR KIDS THAT CAPITALISM IS RACIST

7.30.19 – Wall Street Journal “California Wants to Teach Your Kids That Capitalism Is Racist”A new model curriculum for ‘ethnic...

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What Were Robespierre’s Pronou...

Jul 26, 2019 by

What Were Robespierre’s Pronouns?

The French Revolution was led by sociopaths who politicized language, much like today’s Jacobins. By Peggy Noonan – We often...

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Justice Department to Open Bro...

Jul 23, 2019 by

Justice Department to Open Broad, New Antitrust Review of Big Tech Companies

  The Justice Department is opening a broad antitrust review into whether dominant technology firms are unlawfully stifling...

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Overthrow the Prince of Facebo...

Jun 7, 2019 by

Overthrow the Prince of Facebook

Big tech has become too powerful and abusive. We know enough about it to break up its dominance. By Peggy Noonan – I’ll start...

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Reclaiming History From Howard...

May 20, 2019 by

Reclaiming History From Howard Zinn

The left’s portrait of America’s past has triumphed thanks to the abdication of serious historians. Wilfred M. McClay offers an...

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SAT TO GIVE STUDENTS ADVERSITY...

May 16, 2019 by

SAT TO GIVE STUDENTS ADVERSITY SCORE TO CAPTURE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUND

5.16.19 – Wall Street Journal “SAT to Give Students ‘Adversity Score’ to Capture Social and Economic Background: New score comes as...

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The High School Deplorables

Jan 23, 2019 by

The High School Deplorables

Of the most culturally deplorable boxes one can check in progressive America in 2019, the boys of Covington Catholic High School have...

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In France, a Push to Teach Ara...

Oct 24, 2018 by

In France, a Push to Teach Arabic in Public Schools, Not Mosques

With mosques offering most Arabic instruction, Macron’s government is considering a controversial plan to promote instruction in...

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Fake News Comes to Academia

Oct 3, 2018 by

Fake News Comes to Academia

How three scholars gulled academic journals to publish hoax papers on ‘grievance studies.’ The existence of a monthly journal focused...

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‘Common Core’ Review: Standard...

Mar 12, 2018 by

‘Common Core’ Review: Standards Put to the Test

There is something for everyone to hate in the Common Core educational initiative: politics, subject matter, method. Are the...

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Baby Boomers Looking for Reinv...

Dec 28, 2017 by

Baby Boomers Looking for Reinvention Try College—Again

Fellowship programs offer a ‘gap year’ for successful types to press pause before their second act Pat Collins has worked as a...

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Teens Who Say No to Social Med...

Aug 25, 2016 by

Teens Who Say No to Social Media

Some teenagers are opting out of the relentless pursuit of “likes” on Facebook and Instagram—and they don’t feel like they’re missing...

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Can Handwriting Make You Smart...

Apr 4, 2016 by

Can Handwriting Make You Smarter?

Students who take notes by hand outperform students who type, and more type these days, new studies show Laptops and organizer apps...

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Financial Woes Plague Common-C...

Nov 2, 2015 by

Financial Woes Plague Common-Core Rollout

EDMOND, Okla.—Educators in this Oklahoma City suburb jumped into action when state leaders in 2010 adopted the Common Core academic...

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Battle Won Over AP U.S. Histor...

Sep 1, 2015 by

Battle Won Over AP U.S. History, but Not Yet the War

There’s another way to approach American history. It is by using the preamble to the Constitution as a study guide. Stanley Kurtz...

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Common Core Is Leaving My Stud...

Jun 16, 2015 by

Common Core Is Leaving My Students Behind

I teach special education. We already know that these children can’t read at their grade level. By Brian Zorn – The mission of...

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