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Why parents sometimes need to go to school, too

Everybody, according to an old saying of unknown but apparently wise origin, is an expert at raising other people's kids. One child of recent national interest is the daughter of Nikole Hannah-Jones, the journalist who led "The 1619 Project," a controversial and Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

Fulton Sheen and me

History yields people whose influence extends far beyond their earthly lives. They become teachers to generations they never met, spiritual companions to people whose names they never knew, and reminders that faith is not merely a set of propositions to be accepted but a way of life to be ...

Un-gifted and talented

Schools are ending gifted and talented programs. They will no longer separate kids by ability. Why? To address "inequity." "This is so misguided," says education researcher Michael Petrilli in my new video. "These equity people say, 'Oh, we're against gifted education.' At the same time, ...

The strange racial solidarity of Nikole Hannah-Jones

The New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones thought she was making her educational choices to favor the interests of black people, and she was — just the wrong ones. In a long essay for The New York Times Magazine, the radical African American journalist writes about how her decision to ...

Trump and the press boycott each other

We're back in the children's sandbox. President Trump has banned CNN, MS Now, and Politico from covering him. The three have filed a First Amendment lawsuit. The president has retaliated with "Trump TV: The Essentials Station" on YouTube. American presidents have been complaining about the ...

As Trump and Xi meet, can we get some clarity on trade policy?

Chinese President Xi Jinping landed at Joint Base Andrews just outside Washington on Wednesday and was met personally on the tarmac by President Donald Trump. The agenda included an elaborate Rose Garden military review and official state dinner in the White House's East Room. Most of that ...