Education and American Ideals

America’s founding ideals, and the way we teach the history that undergirds them, are being scrutinized today more than ever before. Forming rising generations into responsible citizens who properly understand their rights and duties is an essential task for securing the future of our republic.  

EPPC’s Education and American Ideals Project brings together the work of several of our scholars to provide intellectually rigorous and practically effective conservative leadership on the pressing issues we face. These scholars advance our mission to build and sustain a society where families and faith communities flourish and where the traditional American way of life thrives.  

EPPC Senior Fellow Stanley Kurtz is at the front of the national pushback against indoctrination in K–12 schools and on college campuses. He has established himself as the nation’s foremost critic of politicized “action civics” and is among the most influential opponents of Critical Race Theory. Stanley’s work on education is followed widely by the general public, especially through his contributions to National Review Online, as well as by legislators and policymakers across the country who seek out his expert guidance on keeping public policy and public schools free of “woke” trends. Stanley has been consulted on his model legislation on CRT, action civics and other topics by legislators, governors, or state attorneys general in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, as well as by policy experts and influencers in many other states, and he has testified on education issues before Congress and many state legislatures.

EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen, author of the pathbreaking 2017 book The Working Class Republican: Ronald Reagan and the Return of Blue-Collar Conservatism, writes daily columns in the Washington Post advancing a sound vision for the conservative movement grounded in America’s working class. Henry’s insights are followed and respected by leading contenders for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, and he is regularly consulted by congressional offices in DC. As a result, Henry’s ideas are helping to shape the debate within conservatism and the future of the Republican Party.  

EPPC Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow Lance Morrow, a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal and City Journal, draws on his rich career to write probing pieces on journalism, politics, and American culture. A longtime, award-winning essayist with TIME magazine, his work focuses on the moral and ethical dimensions of public events, including freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and political correctness on American campuses, with a view to the future consequences of such suppressions.

Program Publications

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There’s a Good Reason Haley’s Still Running – And It’s Not Trump’s Legal Problems

Henry Olsen

Defeated candidates can still deploy their delegates to obstruct the winner’s will by posing contentious amendments to the party platform or by using their nominating speeches to criticize the nominee.

Articles

POLITICO / February 28, 2024

The Battle for Utah’s Universities Has Begun

Stanley Kurtz

Last Wednesday, a committee of the Utah state senate voted down a bill, S.B. 226, that would have restored classic liberal education.

Articles

National Review / February 27, 2024

Trump won the battle for South Carolina – but may lose the war

Henry Olsen

Despite his win in Haley’s home state, the former president’s popularity is on shaky ground

Articles

The Telegraph / February 26, 2024

The peasants are revolting: This year’s farmer protests are a mere foretaste of what is…

Henry Olsen

Farmers may be only a small part of the population, but they wield outsized influence everywhere for cultural and economic reasons.

Articles

Brussels Signal / February 22, 2024

ASU SCETL Deserves Continued Funding

Henry Olsen

Any sensible venture capitalist will tell you to fund success, not starve it.

Articles

Western Tribune / February 22, 2024

If Fidesz joins the ECR that would be good for Hungary – and good for…

Henry Olsen

Fidesz’s current status as a non inscrits party severely limits its ability to influence debate and policy.

Articles

Brussels Signal / February 20, 2024

Biden must risk his party’s wrath to secure Ukraine’s future

Henry Olsen

The beleaguered foreign aid funding bill isn’t out of the woods yet. The president must show leadership.

Articles

The Telegraph / February 14, 2024

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Henry Olsen discusses the 2024 Presidential Campaign and the Future of the Republican Party

C-SPAN Washington Journal / March 4, 2024

Henry Olsen on the Results of the South Carolina Republican Primary

Commentary / February 26, 2024

Henry Olsen Discusses 2024 Presidential Election with Andrew Klavan

Daily Wire / December 13, 2023

Henry Olsen on The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond Podcast

The Puck: Venture Capital and Beyond / November 30, 2023

Stanley Kurtz on Recentering Our Universities

National Association of Scholars / November 16, 2023

Henry Olsen on the House Speaker

Washington Journal / October 24, 2023

Henry Olsen on Humanize Podcast

Humanize Podcast / October 22, 2023