RT @DLabaree: I just published a new book, The Emergent Genius of American higher education. This book is a collection of pieces I wrote ab….

I just published a new book, The Emergent Genius of American higher education. This book is a collection of pieces I wrote about American higher education, most of which came out after my 2017 book on the subject, A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher

RT @DLabaree: My new blog post is A System Without a Plan, the opening chapter of my new book, The Emergent Genius of American Higher Educa….

America’s New Segregation

Boy Crisis of 2025, Meet the ‘Boy Problem’ of the 1900s

Meritocracy gone mad. Parents here are paying up to $50,000 for new genetic-testing services that include promises to screen embryos for IQ. Tech futurists such as Elon Musk are urging the intellectually gifted to multiply, while professional matchmakers are setting up tech

My new blog post is A System Without a Plan, the opening chapter of my new book, The Emergent Genius of American Higher Education. The key, I argue, is that the American system arose in the 19th century during a time when the state was weak, the market strong, and the church was

My new blog post is A System Without a Plan, the opening chapter of my new book, The Emergent Genius of American Higher Education. The key, I argue, is that the American system arose in the 19th century during a time when the state was weak, the market strong, and the church was

RT @PeterMoskos: Who is on 1st?!.

Language is the last class marker @UnHerd

RT @stats_feed: Top 10 Countries with largest 10-year decline in weekly religious attendance (2015–2025):. 1. 🇨🇿 Czechia – ↓18%.2. 🇪🇪 Eston….

RT @simongerman600: This map shows the African slave trading routes in medieval Africa. I take this as yet another example of how crap life….

My new blog post announces the publication of my newest book, The Emergent Genius of American Higher Education. The post includes the book's introduction, which provides an overview of its 23 chapters. This book is a collection of pieces I wrote about the emergence of the

My new blog post is a collection of syllabi for classes I taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Each syllabus includes links to nearly all course readings, tips for doing the reading, and class slides. As a result you can take the course, either individually and

My new blog post is a collection of syllabi for classes I taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Each syllabus includes links to nearly all course readings, tips for doing the reading, and class slides. As a result you can take the course, either individually and

Inside New York City’s most exclusive preschools — where college prep begins at age 3 .Tuition can easily top $70,000 per year, and that’s before kindergarten. Admissions cycles start while babies are just starting to say their first words.

Fixing Schools Again and Again via @CubanLarry.