Brown Center reports on the state of American education are characteristically lucid and informative as well as scrupulously research-based—and they sometimes venture into unfamiliar but rewarding territory. That's certainly the case with the third section of the latest report, which addresses "the intensity with which students apply themselves to learning in school."
Modern American universities used to assume four goals.
First, their general education core taught students how to reason inductively and imparted an aesthetic sense through acquiring knowledge of Michelangelo, the Battle of Gettysburg, "Medea" and "King Lear," Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," and astronomy and Euclidean geometry.
In this episode of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter sits down with Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, to examine the many issues facing the nation today.
For almost a decade, the National Assessment Governing Board, which oversees the National Assessment of Educational Progress, studied whether and how NAEP could “plausibly estimate” the percentage of U.S. students who “possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities in reading and mathematics that would make them academically prepared for college.”
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board yesterday had a public meeting yesterday to, as its web site describes it, “discuss and vote on a proposed plan for its review of counterterrorism activities conducted by the Intelligence Community under Executive Order 12333.”
April: the month that bureaucrats laud and taxpayers lament. In California - the second worst state to be a taxpayer - April 15th is more burdensome than most.
It is hard to think of a website so loved by its followers and so scorned by economists as John Williams' ShadowStats, a widely cited source of alternative economic data on inflation and other economic indicators.
Yesterday, I wrote about the consequences of congressional inaction over the next two months with respect to Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Today, I want to focus on another area where Congress is poised to do nothing: authorizing force against the Islamic State.
Hoover fellow Abbas Milani discusses the provisional deal on Iran’s nuclear program. Milani addresses whether the deal will lead to a thaw in relations between Washington and Tehran, as well as the geopolitical implications for the region.
Hoover fellow Lanhee Chen discusses what Obama said concerning the nuclear deal with Iran. Chen notes that the deal with Iran just kicks the can down the road and does not deal with Iran's potential to develop nuclear weapons.
Veteran Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., on Wednesday announced her retirement from Congress at the end of 2016, signaling the end of an unexpected political career and opening up a potentially competitive race along California’s Central Coast.
Two prominent senators have unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at replacing the No Child Left Behind program enacted under President George W. Bush, The Washington Post reported.
