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.

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Trump’s Tricky Math

Henry Olsen

His campaign’s snapshot of swing-state polling points to warning signs beneath the surface.

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National Review Online / October 29, 2024

How Hurricanes Milton and Helene could impact Election 2024

Henry Olsen

Poll-watchers always wonder what might be the “October Surprise” of any presidential election cycle.  The pair of massive hurricanes that…

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New York Post / October 12, 2024

Early voting is down significantly compared to 2020 — and the data hold bad news…

Henry Olsen

The dramatic rise in early voting has led many to think the election might be effectively over days or weeks…

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New York Post / October 11, 2024

Lozenski Video Removed: Walz Must Start Again

Stanley Kurtz

Brian Lozenski, Macalester College professor of urban and multicultural education, was the subject of my piece yesterday, “Walz Education Appointee…

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National Review Online / October 4, 2024

Walz Education Appointee Calls for the Overthrow of the U.S.

Stanley Kurtz

Brian Lozenski, an associate professor of urban and multicultural education at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn., was appointed by…

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National Review Online / October 3, 2024

Why Hispanics are abandoning Democrats — and could put Trump back in the White House

Henry Olsen

Hispanic Americans have long been a bedrock of support for the Democratic Party. There are signs that’s changing — and it…

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New York Post / September 24, 2024

How Lincoln Can Help Trump

Henry Olsen

Trump’s challenge is to force Kamala Harris out of her self-imposed bubble, and he could apply lessons from history to do so.

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National Review Online / September 5, 2024