After great events, will the US government and political system learn from mistakes? Or will we raise the bridges and enshrine whatever was done last time as holy writ, to be repeated again? Reputations of people in power push for the latter. But learning from mistakes is the only way to get ahead.
The prolonged fracas within and far beyond the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) concerning a new “framework” for NAEP’s future assessment of reading has been ominous on several fronts—as I haven’t hesitated to say. But the past few weeks have markedly improved the situation to the point that a reasonable and viable consensus is coming into view.
Trump’s critics chopped down another tree in the forest of laws and legal norms to pursue their devil, but to the harm of future presidents and the country.
Hoover Institution Library & Archives acquires the personal papers of Oscar Rosenbloom on Ghana which primarily focuses on the period between 1965 and 1971.
The Biden Administration, the bureaucracy, military, media, academia, Silicon Valley, and corporate boardrooms across America don’t know how to explain, much less solve, our mounting crises.
The ramifications should an additional 21 million Americans – and more than half the nation’s working-age households – become dependent upon the federal government.
Granting parents the freedom to send their children to the schools of their choice increases academic achievement and levels the playing field for more students.
One thing about 2021 that we were told to expect: the beginning of an age of new harmony between the West and East Coasts—more to the point, the government in Washington showing more love to its smaller cousin in Sacramento.
Hoover Institution fellow David Brady talks about whether Biden’s economic agenda represents a new progressive era in the US and/or how big of a shift in US economic policy Bidenomics truly represents as well as the implications for the economy.
interview with Niall Fergusonvia Centre for Policy Studies
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Hoover Institution fellow Niall Ferguson talks with Frank Luntz about the new language of politics and how politicians can speak to their voters in the most effective way.
Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses critical race theories and the Left, new evidence from Hunter’s laptop, Trump and 2024, and the 4th of July.
interview with Ayaan Hirsi Alivia The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Hoover Institution fellow Ayaan Hirsi Ali talks with Winston Marshall soon after he left the band, Mumford & Sons. They discuss his work helping Hong Kongers integrate into the UK, his interest in speaking up for the Uighurs in China, and much more.
The sudden shift to distance learning last year forced states across the country quickly to provide schools with flexibility around how they accounted for student attendance or “seat time” requirements.
