Category — Education

This article, reprinted with permission of Spalding Education International, illustrates an excellent example of what makes America great. Sean Stoddard relates some of his experiences in Afghanistan, and what it means to humble oneself, while at the same time providing a shining example of what being an American is all about.

This is a brightly colored and aesthetically appealing book. It is based on the admirable premise that children should learn about America’s founding ideals.

Martin’s ruminations about knowing the nation’s past to preserve its future preceded the release of the national history exam results by a day.  The exam results were published on June 14th (Flag Day no less).

The National Assessment of Education …

“Centralized control in the U.S. Department of Education would upset the system of checks and balances between different levels of government, creating greater opportunities for special interests to use their national political leverage to distort policy.” But centralized control is precisely what this administration seeks to achieve.

Ideas have meaning and power. Redefining the words that define them can have larger consequences that it might seem.

“Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. This is both historically and logically true. Of course, the government can help to sustain ideals and can create institutions through which they can be better observed, but their source by …