America's Most Challenging High Schools

by Mark Bauerlein

Jay Mathews joins the podcast to discuss his article, “What I Learned in 23 Years Ranking America's Most Challenging High Schools.” Continue Reading »

13 Jan 2022

My Mother, the Expert

by Jean Bethke Elshtain

When I was a sophomore in high school in Colorado in the late 1950s, I was required, as were all female students, to take a course in “home economics.” The home economics movement had emerged out of a progressivist desire to “scientize” a hitherto amateur activity. The complicated tasks of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1991