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Remembering Hate Speech

Remembering Hate Speech: What we used to know as “hate speech” is now presidentially acceptable speech, and what has followed from it is no surprise.

Victor Davis Hanson | Sep. 30, 2022

Textbooks: Do We Know Which Ones Are Effective?

Textbooks: Do We Know Which Ones Are Effective?

Ze’ev Wurman | Sep. 28, 2022

Martha’s Meltdown Model

Martha’s Meltdown Model: The Martha’s Vineyard experience marks a unique opportunity for modern bicoastal progressivism.

Victor Davis Hanson | Sep. 26, 2022

How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful

How Old Bad Ideas Become Wonderful: We in America are regressing—now returning to the distant neanderthal past, now embracing the worst of what the 19th and 20th century had to offer.

Victor Davis Hanson | Sep. 9, 2022

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Book Reviews

School Choice Myths: Setting the Record Straight on Education Freedom

Reviewed By Robert Maranto

School Choice Myths: Setting the Record Straight on Education Freedom

Reviewed By Robert Maranto

Charter Schools and Their Enemies

Thomas Sowell
Reviewed By Gary M. Galles

Charter Schools and Their Enemies

Thomas Sowell
Reviewed By Gary M. Galles

The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of ...

By Bryan Caplan
Reviewed By Jenna A. Robinson

The Case against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money

By Bryan Caplan
Reviewed By Jenna A. Robinson

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Research

American Correspondence Schools in Context

American Correspondence Schools in Context

By Jane Shaw Stroup
The Independent Review | July 1, 2022

“Critical Math” Doesn’t Add Up: Race Consciousness and Radical Egalitarianism ...

“Critical Math” Doesn’t Add Up: Race Consciousness and Radical Egalitarianism in the Curriculum

By Williamson M. Evers, Ze’ev Wurman
Policy Report | Apr. 7, 2022

A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Lockdowns on COVID-19 Mortality

A Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Lockdowns on COVID-19 Mortality

By Steve H. Hanke, Jonas Herby, Lars Jonung
Research Article | Feb. 4, 2022

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“The State of Education Policy in the U.S.” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers interviewed on TNT Radio
June 7, 2022

“Woke Math in California” Sr Fellow Williamson Evers interviewed on WQAM radio in Wichita, KS
Apr. 19, 2022

“Woke Math in California” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Zeb Bell show on KBAR Twin Falls, ID
Apr. 7, 2022

“Low Cost, High Performing Private Schools” Sr. Fellow James Tooley, author of Really Good Schools is interviewed on the Michael Berry radio show
Mar. 29, 2022

“CA Math Framework Delayed” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Mike Slater radio show
July 21, 2021

Why Study Greco-Roman History?
July 13, 2021

“California Math Curriculum is Prejudiced Against Gifted Students” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on SiriusXM radio's Stacy on the Right show.
May 25, 2021

“California Leftists Try to Cancel Advanced Math Classes” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on the Mitch Albom show on WJR radio. (MI)
May 24, 2021

Senior Fellow James Tooley, author of Really Good Schools appears on the John Batchelor Radio Show
May 21, 2021

“Conservative Identity Crisis” Sr. Fellow John C. Goodman, author of New Way to Care appears on WIND radio's Dan Proft Show
Feb. 17, 2021

“Biden’s Education Policy” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers appears on WIND radio’s Dan Proft Show
Jan. 7, 2021

“California Governor Vetoes Ethnic Studies” Sr. Fellow Williamson Evers on The Education Exchange podcast
Oct. 13, 2020

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