American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer (1859–1952)
Connor Boyack and Corey DeAngelis write for the Federalist about the popular complaint that public schools are “broken.” Many parents feel the school system is broken. Across America, teachers and…
You might expect a conservative politician to have little use for technocrats interested in perpetuating rules for more aspects of our lives. But what about California Gov. Jerry Brown, he…
Steven Hayward asks in his latest National Review column: Why have recent Republican running mates inspired such passionate attacks from Democrats and their ideological allies? The reason for the vitriolic…
This is an excellent review of Paul Kengor’s book Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century from the folks at What Would the Founders Think? The goal,…
In today’s Pope Center piece Terry Stoops writes about the recent decision to hire as the new head of UNC-G’s education school a woman who adheres to “constructivist” education theories.…
Chris Moody outlines disagreements over the meaning of the terms ‘progressive’ and ‘progressivism’ in this Daily Caller article. Unfortunately, Moody does not give much attention to the historical foundations of…
View in your browser. Welcome According to University of Pennsylvania professor Michael Katz, "Welfare is the most despised public institution in America. Public education is the most iconic. To associate…
I’ve written often in the past about the terminological confusion at the core of American politics. JLF is named for one of the founding philosophers of liberalism, John Locke. In…
Will Barack and Michelle Obama send their two daughters to a public or private school? Jay Mathews considers the question here. The daughters attended the University of Chicago’s Laboratory School,…
1. One book that changed my life: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis. Published in 1943, this book remains relevant and insightful. My favorite passage: ?The task of the…
Jon, Needless to say, Dewey toyed with collectivism throughout much of his life. He was a Pragmatist, so political philosophies were flexible and adaptable to different circumstances. Accordingly, he also…
While John Dewey was doing all that damage to the American educational system he was living it up in Key West. His former home is now one of Margaritaville’s nicest…