The closing of American schools over COVID was a disgrace. Yes… yes it was. A year of remote distance learning has been disastrous for all American kids, but all of the available data shows that it’s been even worse for poor kids and kids of color. And a decade from now when we begin to… Continue reading How the consequences of school closings will be used against us
Category: Education
The eerie prescience of Bluto Blutarsky’s sweatshirt…
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: Here’s a column from an older version of The Congress that still holds up well… in fact, it describes a situation that has only gotten worse. (PS: tune in tomorrow for another edition of THE SATURDAY NIGHT STORY) Ah College… Those heady days when you spent your time practicing the finer points of… Continue reading The eerie prescience of Bluto Blutarsky’s sweatshirt…
Escaping a Rigged System: Part 2
Yesterday I neglected to mention one critical government-dominated sector that we should all be walking away from… PUBLIC EDUCATION This is a real soft spot in the underbelly of the beast where we can do serious damage to the system. Denying the system access to the minds of our children and, in many cases, reducing… Continue reading Escaping a Rigged System: Part 2
Moral culpability in the age of COVID
Take a moment to read this. It’s the heartbraking story of how the COVID lockdowns affected one particular town in New Mexico. It incluldes the tragic details of a happy, popular, star quarterback who committed suicide because of the despair he felt over not being able to go to school or play with his team.… Continue reading Moral culpability in the age of COVID
Reimagining “Hellton” Academy
In DEAD POETS SOCIETY, Director Peter Weir establishes the villain of the piece in the very first shot… a series of banners carried by students in a start-of-the-school-year procession which read TRADITION, EXCELLENCE, HONOR, DISCIPLINE. Absent from these banners are concepts like ENLIGHTENMENT, KNOWLEDGE, MATURITY, and CRTICIAL THINKING. Later, in a conversation that is meant… Continue reading Reimagining “Hellton” Academy