(Foundational) Education

By Mark Bauerlein July 14, 2026 – Getting courses included in college general-education requirements is how fringe academic departments with few majors justify their existence. 

To justify its roster of professors, the department needs enrollments, which it gets by mounting “Introduction to Queer Theory,” “Fashion, Gender, and Identity,” and 62 other courses that satisfy general education requirements. Without that benefit, few students would sign up and the department would fold….Some states are beginning to do something about this problem. Utah and Iowa have sought to return gen ed to its traditional mission. Read More

By Jack Butler – June 8, 2026 – Our revolution “did not just eliminate monarchy and create republics; it actually reconstituted what Americans meant by public or state power and brought about an entirely new kind of popular politics and a new kind of democratic officeholder.” Read More

By Ron DeSantis – Mr. Trump can empower states to manage education policy by removing the cumbersome bureaucracy that has become the hallmark of the U.S. Department of Education. Abolishing the department and reinvigorating state control of education would enable states like Florida to serve better the needs of students, parents and teachers. Read More