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Gen Z Isn’t Prepared for Adulthood, but They’re Not the Problem
From college essays to restaurant tables, I’ve watched how different generations handle frustration, criticism, and boundaries. The results say more…
Dec 11, 2025
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This Man Changed My Mind About Fairness in Education
I used to think “fairness” in education was nothing but an anti-concept—a word thrown around to justify bad policy. The only reform I thought worth…
Sep 25, 2025
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The Education That Makes Murder Seem Righteous
We just witnessed Americans — many of them students — celebrating a public assassination. This wasn’t spontaneous cruelty. It was taught, funded by our…
Sep 18, 2025
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What Are We Doing to Our Smart Kids?
May 4, 2025
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The Children Who Never Grow Up: How Progressive Education Creates Adult Dependents
Apr 16, 2025
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American Kids Are Functionally Illiterate, and Only Their Parents Can Fix It
Jun 3, 2025
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Teaching Teens to Think in a World That Doesn’t Want Them To
Aug 1, 2025
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Dear Schools: Stop Blaming Parents For Your Failures
Mar 28, 2025
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You Asked How Communism Could Happen Here—This Is How
Jul 1, 2025
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Another Tragedy, the Same Debate. We Need to Ask Why Schools.
A Minnesota school shooting reignites the same tired debates over guns and mental illness. But one crucial question remains almost entirely unasked: why…
Aug 29, 2025
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They Won’t Ban Homeschooling—They’ll Control It Instead
Lawmakers don’t have to ban homeschooling to end its independence. With school choice bills sweeping the nation, vouchers and ESAs offer tempting…
Aug 14, 2025
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When 'Freedom' isn't Freedom at All
More choices inside the same cage aren’t freedom. In this video, I challenge how “freedom” is being redefined—and why it matters for school choice…
Aug 12, 2025
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Teaching Teens to Think in a World That Doesn’t Want Them To
In just four weeks, I watched teenagers rethink what they believed about rights, democracy, fairness, and empathy. They weren’t memorizing — they were…
Aug 1, 2025
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I Had the Degree. I Wanted the Dough.
After decades of chasing white-collar approval, I said yes to a bagel shop job at 59—and no to the voice in my head that still wanted to make my father…
Jul 18, 2025
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This Man Changed My Mind About Fairness in Education
I used to think “fairness” in education was nothing but an anti-concept—a word thrown around to justify bad policy. The only reform I thought worth…
Sep 25, 2025
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Ian Underwood
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They Won’t Ban Homeschooling—They’ll Control It Instead
Lawmakers don’t have to ban homeschooling to end its independence. With school choice bills sweeping the nation, vouchers and ESAs offer tempting…
Aug 14, 2025
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Stop Pretending School Works
This short follow-up to my YouTube interview with Matt Bowman of OpenEd helps parents get started. If you're rethinking school this summer, don't begin…
Jun 9, 2025
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American Kids Are Functionally Illiterate, and Only Their Parents Can Fix It
Tim White—award-winning author, editor, and former English tutor—offers a devastating inside look at how American schools have quietly produced a…
Jun 3, 2025
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John Stossel Is Wrong—School Choice Doesn’t Compete, It Creeps
Government-funded “school choice” doesn’t break the system—it spreads it. In this response to John Stossel, I show how subsidies entangle private…
May 30, 2025
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When the State Defines Education, Thinking Dies
When the College Board dropped analogies from the SAT, it didn’t make education more accessible. It made real thinking rarer. Here's why parents can't…
Apr 26, 2025
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