In this earlier post, I wrote asked why live theater is so much more effective than filmed theater...

When Who Really Cares was first released in late 2006 the political right greeted it as a bombshell exposing the widely-held, yet fraudulent, belief that liberals are more compassionate than conservatives...

Should schools be held primarily responsible for improving student achievement, or do they need help from health and social programs to ensure their students’ success?...

Mitchell B. Reiss, vice provost for international relations at the College of William and Mary accepted an appointment this month to the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States...

The number of Americans who believe that the war in Iraq was a mistake has surpassed the number who felt the same way about Vietnam during that war...

Ten years ago, Victor Davis Hanson and John Heath wrote Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom, lamenting “for the decline of classical learning in the university.”...

Thomas Sowell's column today points out the fundamental error of most college-ranking systems: They measure the school's ability to recruit smart students and raise money, not what students actually gain from attending...

To answer your question, “How come, since there are more teachers than policymakers,” the policymakers get to run the show?...

Renowned American leaders, including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, inaugurated today an online forum called NewTalk, designed to tackle tough issues that are inadequately addressed in the national political debate...