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    Peter Berkowitz

    Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow

    Peter Berkowitz is the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. In 2019-2021, he served as the Director of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, executive secretary of the department's Commission on Unalienable Rights, and senior adviser to the...

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    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, presented a talk titled “The Future of Conservatism” on April 15. The event took place at the Hoover Institution.
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    Peter Berkowitz on the John Batchelor Show (29:08)

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    Larry Kudlow, CNBC; Brett Arends, WSJ; Sudeep Reddy, WSJ; Peter Berkowitz, Hoover; Paul Gragory, Hoover.

    Berkowitz discusses liberal bias on college campuses on KQED’s Forum

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    Wednesday, April 4, 2012

    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, discusses whether or not students at the University of California are receiving a biased and compromised education from activist professors.

    Berkowitz discusses how colleges neglect core US principles on the John Batchelor Show

    Research | Podcasts | by Peter Berkowitz
    Thursday, January 17, 2013

    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, notes that the trench warfare between President Obama’s Democratic Party and the House-led Republicans over the budget, entitlements, and regulation reflects a profound and historic difference of opinion over the size and scope of the federal government. Accurately understanding what’s at stake in this struggle requires knowledge of American history. But that’s exactly the kind of subject liberal education is denying today’s college students.

    California Higher Education's Hollow Core

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Wednesday, August 29, 2012
    Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Peter Berkowitz Real Clear Politics Hoover Daily Report Wednesday, August 29, 2012 Articles Education K-12 Reform Teachers & Teaching North America ...

    10 Ways Liberal Education Fails Students-- and Society

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Saturday, February 2, 2013
    Saturday, February 2, 2013 Peter Berkowitz Real Clear Politics Hoover Daily Report Monday, February 4, 2013 Articles Education K-12 Reform North America ...

    Are Universities Above the Law?

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Monday, May 13, 2013
    Monday, May 13, 2013 Peter Berkowitz Weekly Standard Hoover Daily Report Monday, May 13, 2013 Articles Education K-12 Reform North America ...

    Berkowitz discusses his op-ed “Professors Proselytizing Liberalism”

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    Friday, March 30, 2012

    Peter Berkowitz, the Tad and Dianne Taube Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, chair of the Koret-Taube Task Force on National Security and Law, and cochair of the the Boyd and Jill Smith Task Force on Virtues of a Free Society, notes, on Wall Street Journal TV, that public colleges are legally obligated to keep the classrooms free of politics and that classrooms should be places where students are free to explore ideas.

    God and Man at Yale Turns 60

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Saturday, November 5, 2011
    That students have felt the need and had the opportunity to increase exposure to conservative ideas on campus is a tribute to the intellectual and political movement Buckley launched...

    APUSH In The Wrong Direction? Looking At Revised U.S. History Curriculum For AP Students

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    Saturday, June 27, 2015

    Last year, the College Board — the nonprofit organization that writes, administers and grades the Scholastic Aptitude Test as well as the 30-plus Advanced Placement courses for high school students taking college-level classes for college credit — replaced its five-page topical U.S. history course outline with a 134-page APUSH Framework.

    DARWIN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: Questioning Darwinism

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    Friday, December 7, 2001

    More than 140 years after Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species, his theory of evolution is still generating controversy. Although Darwinism is championed by the majority of the scientific community, some have claimed that Darwin's theory is bad science and have put forward their own, even more controversial theories. What should we make of these arguments? Is one such theory, known as Intelligent Design, merely creationism by another name, or is it a legitimate scientific alternative to Darwinism?

    MAKING THE GRADE: The No Child Left Behind Act

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    Friday, January 14, 2005

    In 2001, President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act, a bipartisan effort to mandate national education standards and increase federal funding of education. At the time, critics on both sides of the political spectrum were troubled by the expansion of federal power over education that the act represented and by the education standards the act mandated. Now, nearly half a decade later, has No Child Left Behind been a success? If not, how should it be reformed? Peter Robinson speaks with John E. Chubb and Martin Carnoy.

    IN WHOSE IMAGE? Evolution and Spirituality

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    Friday, December 7, 2001

    Did life on earth unfold by chance or by design? According to the natural sciences and Darwin's theory of evolution, it was by chance. According to the Judeo-Christian tradition, it was by divine design. On this crucial question, science and religion appear to be irreconcilable. But are they? Does Darwinism encourage atheism? Must Christians be anti-Darwin?

    IS HOMER DEAD? Teaching the Classics

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    Friday, September 28, 2001

    Does Homer still matter? For more than 2000 years, the ancient Greeks and Romans have had a special place in the canon of western civilization and their writings have been studied by generation after generation of scholars and students. But are the classics still relevant in twenty-first century, multi-cultural America? Or are the ancient Greeks of no more importance to us than other ancient cultures such as the Aztecs, Egyptians, or Chinese?

    MIND THE GAP: The Racial Gap in Education

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    Monday, May 3, 2004

    More than fifty years after the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. the Board of Education, there is still an unacceptable gap between the academic achievements of white and black students in America. In fact, by some standards, black students today perform more poorly than they did fifteen years ago. Why? What role does culture play? Does culture explain the disparate performance of Hispanic and Asian students? And just how should we go about trying to close this gap? Peter Robinson speaks with Bernard Gifford, Abigail Thernststrom, and Stephan Thernstrom.

    MONKEY BUSINESS: Evolution and Intelligent Design

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    Friday, January 14, 2005

    In October 2004, the school board in the small town of Dover, Pennsylvania, ordered its high school biology teachers to preface classes on evolution with the statement: "Darwin's Theory is a theory not a fact. Gaps in the theory exist for which there is no evidence." As an alternative to evolution, the school board suggested "intelligent design," a theory holding that life on earth could not have developed at random. Are there gaps in the theory of evolution that undermine its credibility? What should we make of "intelligent design"? And just what should we be teaching our children about the development of life on earth? Peter Robinson speaks with Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Wells.

    TOUGH CHOICES: Vouchers and the Supreme Court

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    Friday, February 22, 2002

    In the summer of 2002, the Supreme Court will announce its decision on a Cleveland school voucher case that many are calling the most important case on educational opportunities since Brown v. the Board of Education in 1954. In the Cleveland vouchers program, 96 percent of the participating children use government-funded tuition vouchers to attend religious schools. Is such an arrangement constitutional, or does it violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment, which has served as the constitutional basis for the separation of church and state? Just how should the Supreme Court rule, and what effect will its ruling have on the future of vouchers in the United States?

    It’s Racial Indoctrination Day At An Upscale Chicagoland School

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Friday, February 17, 2017

    As administrators foist ‘social justice’ on 4,000 suburban students, parents plead for balance.

    What is a University For?

    Research | Articles | by Peter Berkowitz
    Saturday, December 1, 2007

    Peter Berkowitz on Education’s End: Why Our Colleges and Universities Have Given Up on the Meaning of Life  by  Anthony T. Kronman

    EDUCATING BY NUMBERS: Standards, Testing, and Accountability in Education

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    Wednesday, January 9, 2002

    Will standards-based testing and accountability improve our nation's education system? In January 2002, President Bush signed into law the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2002. The act calls for a mandatory annual test in reading and math for every child in the nation in the third through eighth grades. Schools that fail to improve their students' scores may be held accountable, possibly losing some federal funding. Supporters of the act say that standards-based testing and accountability are the best ways to monitor and improve the nation's schools. Opponents say that such a regime is largely a political ploy that will do more harm than good. Who's right?

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