Search results for: American civics

Pompeo Impressive on Civics Bill

Stanley Kurtz

Pompeo’s CSDA takedown shows impressive command of the issue.

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National Review / July 13, 2022

PolitiFact’s Failed Attack on DeSantis over Civics Education

Stanley Kurtz

DeSantis isn’t talking about formal curricular coercion via federal law or executive order. He’s talking about what amounts to a massive federal bribe via grants that incentivize CRT.

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National Review / July 11, 2022

DeSantis Blasts Fake Civics Bill

Stanley Kurtz

Public opposition from so prominent a Republican office-holder as Ron DeSantis may break the logjam and shift momentum against this dangerous bill.

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National Review / July 7, 2022

Bogus ‘Civics’ Bill Will Push CRT on States

Stanley Kurtz

Unless America’s parents wake up and make themselves heard now, there is a very real chance that CRT could be the new Common Core by summer.

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National Review Online / June 21, 2022

Ron DeSantis Can Save America’s Universities

Stanley Kurtz

Up to now, it’s been impossible to craft a program of higher-ed reform that weakens the intellectual monopoly currently controlling our universities, without also undermining the principles of intellectual freedom that make the university a worthy institution to begin with.

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National Review / June 14, 2022

The Dumbest Generation Grows Up Is One Smart Book

Stanley Kurtz

In his new book, Mark Bauerlein explains the left-utopianism of young Americans more by what they are not learning than by what they’re actually taught.

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National Review Online / May 20, 2022

Indiana Senate GOP Folds on CRT and Parents

Stanley Kurtz

Weak Republicans in the Indiana Senate have effectively killed a strong CRT bill that easily passed the House and was cruising to final passage.

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National Review Online / February 22, 2022

Against ‘World History’

Stanley Kurtz

Behind the new history curricula lies the desire to replace pride in our Western and American heritage with a commitment to global citizenship.

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National Review / December 22, 2021

Interview Between Henry Olsen and Kevin Roberts

Henry Olsen

EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen talks with Dr. Kevin Roberts, who was named president of The Heritage Foundation in October 2021, about his new role, the importance of principled debate, and the biggest issues facing America and the conservative movement.

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Don’t Ban Woke School-Library Books, Balance Them

Stanley Kurtz

Woke elites are only too eager to paint parents pushing back at woke excess in our schools as intolerant book-burners. Why not turn the tables by reviewing school libraries for leftist advocacy books, then balancing them with a more conservative point of view?

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National Review Online / December 14, 2021

Parents Can Save Western Civilization

Stanley Kurtz

The parents of Loudoun County, Va., stand at the forefront of a movement with the power to reverse the decline of our constitutional republic, our traditions of liberty, our faith in ourselves, and ultimately, Western civilization itself. It is no accident that the weight of this struggle has fallen upon the shoulders of parents.

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National Review Online / November 4, 2021

Noem Puts SD Standards on a Dangerous Path

Stanley Kurtz

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem holds herself out as a tough-minded conservative reformer willing and able to stand up to America’s cultural elites. Unfortunately, when it comes to actually governing, the go-along-to-get-along GOP establishment continues to have Noem’s ear.

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National Review Online / October 28, 2021