Right-wingers insist schools are rife with politicking, left-wingers that this is nonsense.

Who’s correct?

We don’t know.

It’s a Crisis! It’s Nonsense!

How Political Are K–12 Classrooms, Anyway? educationnext.org/its-a-crisis-i…

This is Harvard Getting Serious? aei.org/education/this…

Of the 182 taxpayer-supported Truman scholars, 74 cite interest in a progressive issue while just six note an interest in even one of the conservative issue areas.

Taxpayer-funded Truman Scholarship Has Little Room for the Right nationalreview.com/2024/05/taxpay…

Classical Education Is Taking Off. What’s the Appeal? edweek.org/teaching-learn…

'To be worthy of its mission and continued public support, the Truman program needs to serve the whole nation — not just denizens of the campus Left.'

Today, Frederick M. Hess & I previewed our American Enterprise Institute report on the ideological composition of Truman & American Rhodes Scholars at National Review.

To be worthy of its mission and continued public support, the Truman program needs to serve the whole nation — not just denizens of the campus Left. | Frederick M. Hess & Joe Pitts

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I spent years doing a similar analysis for The College Fix and wrote about it for National Review in 2019 here: nationalreview.com/2019/12/presti…

Enjoyed the exchange with Frederick M. Hess (@AEIeducation), who seemed quite pleased with the expansion of classical education: edweek.org/teaching-learn…

If conservative voters knew how many putatively neutral Federal programs have become progressivist pipelines, they would ask a logical question: 'How does this happen right under Republican officials' noses?'

To be worthy of its mission and continued public support, the Truman program needs to serve the whole nation — not just denizens of the campus left.

Of the 182 taxpayer-supported Truman scholars, 74 cite interest in a progressive issue while just six note an interest in even one of the conservative issue areas.

“It’s disappointing to see classical characterized as political, as though studying good and great works with children was intrinsically partisan.”

- Robert L. Jackson of Classical Commons

“In many ways, classical schooling is an apprenticeship to the great minds and creators of the past, where students develop their own thinking and creativity by close study of past masters.”

- Robert L. Jackson of Classical Commons

What are American Rhodes and Truman Scholars' research interests?

In a recent report, Frederick M. Hess and Joe Pitts found a distinct leftward slant and a near absence of right-leaning thought.

Taxpayer-funded Truman Scholarship Has Little Room for the Right nationalreview.com/2024/05/taxpay…

Classical Education Is Taking Off. What’s the Appeal? edweek.org/teaching-learn…

22nd-Century Skills Guru Paul Banksley: “Math Needs a Makeover”

Who cares if equations are equal? What matters is how they make you feel. educationnext.org/22nd-century-s…

Frederick M. Hess My only quibble is that he singles out = as autocratic. He fails to appreciate how his arguments also apply to + - x and / !!
And don’t get me started on all those Greek symbols.

The world has moved on from Euclid, Newton, and the Prussian factory model of education, folks!