Education
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...
On Federal Education, Think Progress Should Think Harder
by Neal McCluskey, CATO Institute Over on the Think Progress blog, Ian Millhiser accuses Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) of never having read the Constitution. His grounds for the accusation? Coburn, citing Jefferson, doesn’t think that the Constitution gives the...