October 24, 2022
Academic Questions: The Invention of Foreign Language “Learning Disability”
Richard L. Sparks
Research on “Foreign Language” disability offers strong evidence that the growth in the “learning disability” diagnosis owes more to its usefulness in masking educational under......
October 1, 2022
MTC: Professorship Application Rewards Hostility to ‘Western Scientific Ways of Knowing’
Hans Bader
If you are hostile to “western scientific ways of knowing,” such as objectivity and the scientific method, that will help you get a job in the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Department at the Univer......
September 2, 2022
MTC: Higher Ed Discovers the Joys of Sex
Robert Weissberg
Colleges and universities were once bare-bones places. Dorm rooms had all the charm of a Motel 6 and school-run cafeterias were comparable to those in high school. Recreation was, maybe, a TV room and......
August 19, 2022
Article: Diversity Statements, State Standards, and More Harry Trumans
John D. Sailer
From cutting-edge reports to model legislation, the Civics Alliance continues to produce work that demonstrates the need for civics education reform in America.
July 5, 2022
Article: Happy Independence Day from NAS!
Marina Ziemnick
America has a storied history full of highs and lows, and at the National Association of Scholars, we believe that our nation’s history is worth learning and celebrating.
July 23, 2022
MTC: Jack Miller Center Announces New President, Aggressive National Civics Education Plan
Mike Sabo
As part of an ambitious, five-year strategic plan to reinvigorate a civic education grounded in American founding principles and history, the Jack Miller Center has named Hans Zeiger as its next presi......
June 22, 2022
Event: American Birthright: Online Launch Event
National Association of Scholars
Join the Civics Alliance on Monday, June 27th, at 2pm ET for the virtual launch of "American Birthright: The Civics Alliance’s Model K-12 Social Studies Standards."
May 10, 2022
Article: Beginning the Long March Back
Marina Ziemnick
Three routes to restoring the credibility of America’s educational institutions.
March 24, 2022
Statement: NAS Statement on the University of California's Proposed Ethnic Studies Requirement
National Association of Scholars
We urge everyone in California, and especially everyone affiliated with the University of California system, to express their opposition to the new Ethnic Studies requirement.
March 18, 2022
Academic Questions: The Tragedy of Mariam, The Fair Queen of Jewry: The Feminist Sop for Renaissance Drama
Gorman Beauchamp
Academic feminists go to some pretty strange lengths to ensure that female “writers” are well-represented in the literary canon of the Renaissance. Gorman Beauchamp considers the strange c......