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...
Is There a “Constitutional Right” to Homeschool?
A concurring opinion published in a case decided recently by the Georgia Court of Appeals asserts that parents have a constitutionally protected right to homeschool their children. In his concurring opinion in the child-custody case of Borgers v. Borgers, Judge...
Is Education a Constitutional Right?
An article in the September issue of The New Yorker makes the case that education is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution. It’s not. Public schools in Detroit are failing to educate students. Just like they are failing to do so in many large cities...