February 14, 2022

NAS Commends the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's Revised Louisiana Social Studies Standards

Peter Wood and David Randall

We are pleased by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education's most recent revisions and propose several additional reforms to build upon its excellent work. 

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February 9, 2022

EVENT: Shaping the West

National Association of Scholars

Join the National Association of Scholars on March 22nd at 2 pm ET as we discuss the development of the American frontier with Richard Etulain, Patty Limerick, and Brad Birzer.

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February 9, 2022

NAS Statement on the College Transparency Act

National Association of Scholars

Congress should write a law that empowers American citizens, not the federal government, and that serves America's interests, not those of foreign countries.

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February 8, 2022

Video: The Red Badge of Courage

National Association of Scholars

How does Crane depict the themes of cowardice and heroism? What makes The Red Badge of Courage a great American novel?

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February 8, 2022

The Editor Strikes Back

Marina Ziemnick

Through its censorious behavior, the Emory Law Journal has done more than tarnish its good name. It has undermined its very reason for existence.

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February 4, 2022

Oklahoma State School Boards Association Scrambles to Take Down Radical Resource Guides

Marina Ziemnick

The Oklahoma State School Boards Association's resource library featured radical content that has no place in public schools—and especially not in an elementary school classroom.

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February 3, 2022

Digital SATs, Critical Social Justice, and a New Civics Alliance Website

John D. Sailer

With every new day, there’s a new story about education in the United States, and now, the Civics Alliance provides even more tools to help navigate this strange new policy landscape.

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February 3, 2022

Video: Hypocritical Oath

National Association of Scholars

Watch as Salley Satel, Aaron Sibarium, and John Sailer discuss the radical transformation of America's medical schools.

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February 2, 2022

Letter: Against Harvard's Kangaroo Court

Daniel Herwitz

We the undersigned consider Harvard's procedure a Kangaroo court, a show trial designed to allow Harvard to save face at the expense of one of its finest faculty members.

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February 1, 2022

A Georgetown Job in Jeopardy

Marina Ziemnick

Ilya Shapiro is more than qualified to comment on the Supreme Court nomination process. If Georgetown Law is truly committed to intellectual diversity, that is exactly what its investigation will find......

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The Looming Irrelevance of Middle East Study Centers

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Lee Zeldin Should Reform EPA Science Policy

NAS welcomes the nomination of Congressmen Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency....

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NAS Welcomes Administrator McMahon's Nomination to Serve as Education Secretary

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May 15, 2015

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...

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10 Reasons Not to Go to College

A sampling of arguments for the idea that college may not be for everyone....