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Saying no to federal overreach in education

In his essay “The Great Relearning,” Tom Wolfe pointed out that when the counterculture of the 1960s tossed aside the hard-earned wisdom of Western civilization—such as hygiene and moral norms—they didn’t leap forward into some Utopia. They ended up relearning, the hard way, why those old rules existed in the first place. Today, a similar […]

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Saying no to federal education intervention

Timeless reflections on the purpose of education

In all my writing, thinking, and speaking about education, I inevitably return to the deeper purpose of education. Why do we engage in education beyond taking tests, fulfilling an attendance policy, or securing a quality job? If someone isn’t truly going beyond that, I’m skeptical that they really know much about education. They might be […]

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