April 5, 2020

Article: Coronavirus and High School History

David Randall

What does COVID-19 have to do with high school history class? As it turns out, quite a lot.

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July 1, 1996

Report: SUNY's Core Curricula

Empire Foundation for Policy Research and New York Association of Scholars

This survey of the core curricula at sixteen State University of New York campuses finds that students can avoid essential academic subjects while still meeting their degree requirements. This has led......

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February 20, 2025

MTC: A Review of "Don't Go To College"

Kris Larsen

It is easy to assume that the authors of Don't Go To College: A Case For Revolution (2022) would be anti-intellectuals who never darkened a university's doors and are jealous of anyone who did. Ah, bu......

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January 6, 2025

Article: Comment on Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies

National Association of Scholars and The Civics Alliance

The Oklahoma State Department of Education has done excellent work to improve the state's draft social studies standards.

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January 29, 2025

MTC: Lowering the Bar Isn’t Equity—All Students Deserve High Standards

Xavier-Laurent Salvador

Editor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the Observatory of University Ethics on March 22, 2022. It was translated into English from French by the Observatory before being ed......

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January 7, 2025

MTC: From College Adjunct to Classical Schoolteacher: A Response to Mark Bauerlein

Amber Workman

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, I taught two summer literature and research writing courses at an online classical K-12 school after 15 years of teaching college courses. I expected little from the new......

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December 9, 2024

Statement: NAS Applauds the Passage of HR 5349, the Crucial Communism Teaching Act

National Association of Scholars

HR 5349 is a step in the right direction. The bill will ensure that students know about the tyrannical nature of Communist thought, the blood-stained history of Communist regimes, and the in......

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January 1, 2025

MTC: Cheers to the New Year

Kali Jerrard

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by the National Association of Scholars on December 31, 2024, and is crossposted here with permission. On behalf of everyone at the National......

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December 16, 2024

MTC: Search for Truth

Michael M. Dediu

Searching for truth is a very old and demanding activity because the truth is omnipresent. Like gravitation or the magnetic field, truth  cannot be seen. There is also an apparent truth—when people......

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