Substacks recommended by The Reason We Learn

Recommended by The Reason We Learn

Original fiction: new novel, serializing now; selected short stories; most of the serialized novel, Tales Told Out of School, presented in video read-alouds.

The Redneck Intellectual

By C. Bradley Thompson

Untimely thoughts on history, philosophy, politics, education, and culture.

Simply the best source for Ed News and commentary on this site. If you want to know what's really going on in American education, you'll need to subscribe to the Redneck because he's got headlines the average person misses, and his essays explaining how and why these things are happening cut through all the bull with the accuracy of a laser, and the wit of the Bard.

- The Reason We Learn

Naya’s Newsletter

By Naya Lekht

Politics, Education, History, Antisemitism, Jewish

Parents with Inconvenient Truths about Trans (PITT)

By PITT

Personal Stories and Essays by Parents Impacted by Transgender Ideology - FREE TO SUBSCRIBE

Journal of Free Black Thought

Black viewpoint diversity

Deprogrammed with Keri Smith

I left the Woke Cult after 20 years. I help people leave it, and I help parents and other family members who are dealing with the loss of a loved one to the Cult.

The Learning Dispatch

By Carl Hendrick

Making sense of how learning happens. https://www.carlhendrick.com/

Conservative Philosophy

A subscription publication devoted to Conservative philosophy and thought.

Freddie deBoer

cool but rude

AI for Families

By Shannon Kimberly Edwards

AI for Families™ equips parents, guardians and caregivers with essential AI guidance and digital parenting strategies. Get actionable tips, checklists, and ethical frameworks for navigating AI technologies.

Kavanagh's Substack

By Dennis Noel Kavanagh

LGB politics, law and culture

Educated and Free

By Dissident Teacher

Support for families who want their children to be Great Americans.

Because those who show as much moral courage as she has deserve our attention and support. Listen up!

- The Reason We Learn

The Truth Fairy

By Abigail Shrier

An occasional newsletter devoted to contemporary blasphemies

Peter Boghossian

Fostering civil discourse and cognitive liberty through Spectrum Street Epistemology

Outspoken with Dr Naomi Wolf

Essays, updates and arguments from an eyewitness to a new dark age, with thoughts on how to keep liberty, justice and human rights alive.

correspondence Theory

By correspondenceTheory

Correspondence Theory: A publication from a wide range of minds that believe truth is what corresponds with the actual state of affairs in the world.

English CHAMPION

By English Champion

English for the real world, while preserving quality education and artistic tradition

What Schools Forget

By Dan Murphy

Exposing how we traded educational freedom for institutional control, one forgotten historical truth at a time.

Classical Compass Rose

By Michael S. Rose

Navigating the wreckage of discarded traditions, mapping forgotten virtues, reviving enduring principles, and unearthing timeless pedagogical treasures

The Storytelling Blueprint

By Tim White

Evidence-based principles from the masters of old, refined and expanded for modern writers

Whether you're a writer, teacher, or just a thinking reader, Tim's breakdowns of narrative structure, theme, and technique offer a level of depth you won’t find in most writing advice. He shows you how great stories are built.

- The Reason We Learn

Blueprint for a Golden Age

By Samantha Watkins

How we build the future of education

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Disaffected Newsletter

By Josh Slocum

Abnormal psychology is the new normal

Rules for Reactionaries

By Fabius Minarchus

How to undo the damage done by Fabian socialists, Gramsci communists, and 60s radicals. Restore the Constitution and make America sane again.

60-Second Productivity

By Fabien Raynaud

Your quick dose of actionable insight to supercharge your time management and productivity!

Cool Your Bytes™

By Kieran White

AI: The good, the bad, the ugly. Guiding you through a brave new world.

A must for anyone who wants to understand how AI is changing our world--parents expecially!

- The Reason We Learn

Stella O'Malley

Everything you need to know about gender (but were afraid to ask)

Withered Leaves & Spoiled Fruits

By The Palmer Worm

An everyday glance into our embracing of destructive ideas, their withered leaves and spoiled fruits.

The Drama of It All

By Barbara Wegner

This substack is devoted to sharing my perspective of the "woke" drama triangle games people play today. Everyone's playing these games, you may as well understand them so that you can extricate yourself from the drama. Knowledge is power.

Reality’s Last Stand

By Reality's Last Stand

Holding the line on free speech, science, and reality.

FTW: How to be Dangerous

By Candace Mercer

Reporting from the front lines of the culture war in Olympia WA.

Unorthodox.

By Unorthodox with Seerut K. Chawla

Social observations, personal revelations, cultural commentary and general verbal diarrhoea.

After Babel

By Jon Haidt

A free weekly newsletter where Jon Haidt and his team make sense of how technology is reshaping society — and offer practical guidance on how we can respond.

Education Manifesto

By Lisa Logan

Exposing the sinister agenda behind the transformation of education

The StoicMom Project

By StoicMom

Led by StoicMom, this Substack offers a collection of a different kind of parent story--transformation stories that speak to the power of love, clarity, and responsibility to heal relationships and keep families affected by gender confusion together.

Courtenay’s Substack

By Courtenay Turner

Bringing breadth and depth of context to inform, inspire and empower cognitive liberty!

Undercover Mother

Protecting our children by standing up to the cartel of the NAIS.

The Cogito Compass

By Cogito Learning Center

At Cogito Learning Center, we believe every child deserves the tools to think clearly, communicate effectively, and thrive. Here you'll find time-tested ideas, trusted resources, and practical support for parents who refuse to settle for the status quo.

Cogito Compass is the publication of the Cogito Learning Center, a private, online tutoring and enrichment venture I've helped start with a small group of other teachers and tutors committed to helping parents curate a better education for their children. I hope you'll check us out, and share our offering with others!

- The Reason We Learn

Candyce’s Corner

Kids' Minds Matter.

Simon’s Newsletter

By Simon Berens

questionable opinions

Informed Dissent with Leonydus

By Leonydus Johnson

Challenging the narrative

EXTREME LIT-REVIEW

By Kieran White

Dive into the underbelly of the extreme elements of the political and cultural domains with Kieran White, a seasoned journalist with nearly 20 years of experience. Explore the covert operations of militants and agitators shaping our world from the shadows

Some Kind of Therapist

By Stephanie Winn

Illuminating the inner wilderness.

A Time To Think

By Dr. Ken

A Time To Think is an open journal that describes my experiences as a public school educator, my battle against the Church of Woke, 37 years living in California, and my new life in the great Northern Woods/Great Lakes region of the United States.

Carrie-Ann Biondi

If your spirit has lost its sparkle or you could use some spring in your step, Weekly Wonderings offers that lift you’re looking for.

Stats and Medicine

Sometimes race, sometimes language, sometimes something else. Every week.

Glenn Greenwald

Independent, unencumbered analysis and investigative reporting, captive to no dogma or faction.