Broken families break children

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February 19, 2025

Broken families break children

Last month, the National Assessment of Educational Progress was released. Commonly referred to as the “nation’s report card,” it is funded by the Department of Education, and in classic bureaucratic style, it crunched its numbers through slick graphics and lots of heady language. However, it couldn’t escape the data’s distressing conclusion: American children can’t read, […]

Woke is dead. Nike didn’t get the memo

Nike ran its first Super Bowl ad in 27 years last week. The ad, called “You can’t win. So win,” made no sense. It was an expensive gambit that leaned into woke capitalism and fake feminism and failed to root itself in any relevant consumer or cultural insight. Nike didn’t get the memo that woke […]

The problem with the artificial womb

“What if we changed one of the fundamental building blocks of life?” That’s the question posed in a new short animated video by TED-Ed, one of a five-part series about revolutionizing human life. The producers explain, “This narrative follows the young library assistant Ada as she juggles two worlds: her daily mundane reality and the future she […]

Stop the fearmongering over eliminating the Department of Education

As Linda McMahon stepped into the ring for her confirmation hearing as secretary of Education on Thursday, panic spread over the idea that she might deliver the final smackdown to the agency. Having worked as an education policy analyst and reporter, and experienced the American education system as a student and aide to teachers, I’ve seen […]

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