May 11, 2023
MTC: Educating for American Ignorance
Robert Weissberg
When it comes to civic literacy, the average American is hardly a rocket scientist—and the problem seems to be getting worse. This is, of course, not exactly news for experienced professors who regula......
March 28, 2023
Article: Letter: Comments on Indiana Social Studies Standards
Peter WoodDavid Randall
The draft Indiana Social Studies Standards provides a solid basis for social studies instruction, although they would still benefit from systematic revision.
March 8, 2023
Article: Letter: Comments on Draft Tennessee Social Studies Standards
Peter WoodDavid Randall
Tennessee's draft Social Studies Standards provides a solid basis for social studies instruction.
March 21, 2023
MTC: On Standardized Testing, the Elites Have It Wrong
Wenyuan Wu
Since the University of Chicago pioneered the test-optional movement in 2018 by dropping the SAT and the ACT from its undergraduate admissions requirements—ostensibly to “level the playing field”—1,84......
March 21, 2023
MTC: To Fix Student Loans, Keep It Simple
Neetu Arnold
In “How To Fix Student Loans—Permanently,” Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity Senior Fellow Preston Cooper proposes an alternative solution to the Biden administration’s expensive student lo......
March 11, 2023
MTC: Get a Vision. Get Off Your Cellphone. Get to Work.
Gregory J. Rummo
“I think that you appreciate that there are extraordinary men and women and extraordinary moments when history leaps forward on the backs of these individuals, that what can be imagined can be achieve......
March 7, 2023
MTC: In the Face of Indoctrination: Fight, Not Flight
Wenyuan Wu
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” – Abraham Lincoln By the time an American kid graduates from high school, to what extent has he......
December 9, 2022
MTC: Colleges Helped Cause the Enrollment Crash
Alexander Riley
There is considerable talk these days about the enrollment crash in higher education, especially in liberal-arts education. The Chronicle of Higher Education has been expressing worry about this crisi......
September 29, 2022
Article: Open Letter Urging Kentucky to Further Revise Its Social Studies Standards
National Association of Scholars
A group of Kentucky citizens has sent an open letter to the Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Education stating their support of the recommendations in the NAS/Civics Alliance lette......
October 24, 2022
Academic Questions: The Human Intelligence Debate
Richard P. Phelps
A review of "In the Know: Debunking 35 Myths about Human Intelligence," by Russell T. Warne, Cambridge University Press, 2020, pp. 418, $99 hardcover, $25.99 paperback, $21 e-book.