If Texas links state reading tests to a state reading list, teachers will be motivated to focus on content, not isolated skills.

Asian-American achievers don't just study for tests. They participate in sports, art, music and dance.

Good teachers can give students the tools to read, understand and appreciate classic books.

Some Texas students are learning a bit more about Bible stories and Christian beliefs in English class.

"Gratitude is the lifeblood of healthy schools and civic institutions, writes Rick Hess, being very Old School. Despite " classroom materials that depict Thanksgiving as just another evil exercise in settler colonialism," he writes, most teachers think schools should teach that the U.S. is "a fundamentally good country. " And they want to "teach students to question the policies of their nation’s government." That's right, Hess writes. Students should count our blessings a

The world offers "beauty, progress and opportunity," not just "hardship and injustice."

Colleges are letting students pick their own Halloween costumes this year.

Is women's growing power the cause of wokeness?

At a well-respected graduate school of education, a former engineer learned about equity, culture and identity, but very little about how to teach math.

Boys need male mentors, coaches, Scoutmasters, pastors and son to help them grow up to be responsible men.

Taught to serve the collective -- or, at least, the government -- students earned less as adults.

Students want to read great books and talk about the meaning of life, but college administrators don't see the value, writes a philosophy professor.

To offer a demanding, powerful curriculum to every child is not elitist. It is egalitarian.

Teaching students to be responsible for their actions is back in fashion.

I loved singing Irish songs for St. Patrick's Day at my mostly Jewish public school.

Eighteen months of remote schooling broke the culture of excellence at Baltimore's City College high school.

Can we create a merit-based society that's more than a rat race?

Young people need to believe they can do difficult things. Don't tell them they're fragile.

Christmas traditions are worth preserving.

Teenagers are working less and earning higher grades. Everybody's "phoning it in."