America’s schools won’t recover through more spending or slogans, but through a return to proven basics—clear instruction, firm discipline, accountable teaching, and classrooms focused on learning. Author: Larry Sand As someone who attended public school in the 1950s and 1960s, taught in elementary and middle schools in the early 1970s, and then from 1984 until I retired in 2009, I have seen firsthand the utter devastation of our nation’s schools. What follows are six things we must do to...

A federal judge in Massachusetts has granted a preliminary injunction in favor of a Christian father who sued Lexington Public Schools, seeking to exempt his kindergarten-aged child from lessons and materials he says conflict with his religious beliefs regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. The father, identified as “Alan L.,” argued that the district’s inclusion of LGBT-related content in classroom instruction violated his “sincere and deeply held” religious convictions. He had...

Author: Larry Sand U.S. colleges are rapidly losing relevance, and students need to examine their options. A stunning new  report from the University of California, San Diego, reveals that incoming college students are less prepared for their classes than ever. The steep decline in academic readiness among its first-year students is particularly noticeable in mathematics. The UCSD paper shows that between 2020 and 2025, the number of students with math skills below high school level...