Education
Want Civic Literacy? Quit Focusing on D.C.
If we truly want to engage young people in the political process, we need to stop incessantly talking about Washington D.C. and focus on issues closer to home. I have been teaching U.S. Government in the state of Indiana for four years now. The first half of my...
Common Core: A Lesson Plan for Raising Up Compliant, Non-Thinking Citizens
“A fool with a tool is still a fool. A fool with a powerful tool is a dangerous fool.” —Michael Fullan, international school reform authority, on the powerful “tool” that is Common Core As I point out in my new book, A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American...
Why law professors don’t tell us much about our Constitution
I’ve had some real successes uncovering the “original understanding” behind our Constitution. I did this while working in a small law school with a small library and little research support. Many people have asked me why law professors at top institutions with...
Constitutional Schooling. On Education
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s recent statement to the news media about education is making waves among Tennessee constitutionalists. He said: “Obama administration’s efforts on education, by and large, are right on target. The things...