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
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