Education & Parenting

Dear Potential Supporter, In his lecture at this summer’s Objectivist conference, Yaron Brook, President of the Ayn Rand Institute, reflected on the first 50 years of the Objectivist movement. During that session, Dr. Brook stated that if we are to succeed in changing the culture, "we need more than an…

Michael A. LaFerrara answers a letter about tax credits for education.

In an excellent article titled Attack on the For-Profit Education Industry, Mariusz Skonieczny exposes the absurdity of the arguments against for-profit colleges and shows how problems such as the ever-increasing cost of college education are the fault not of these schools but of the government. The article is a must-read…

Examines the government’s baseless case against career colleges and exposes its malicious efforts to destroy them.

Michael A. LaFerrara answers a letter about tax credits for Education.

Distinguishes between school vouchers and tax credits, showing that only one of these can provide a viable road map toward a free market in education.

Laura Hilse reviews Leaving Johnny Behind: Overcoming Barriers to Literacy and Reclaiming At-Risk Readers, by Anthony Pedriana.

In her controversial Wall Street Journal article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” Amy Chua bemoans the preoccupation of Western parents with preserving their children's "psyches," often by way of sheltering them from unpleasant truths (such as the need to lose excess weight) or sparing them the responsibility of hard work…

Sean Saulsbury reviews Waiting for “Superman,” directed by Davis Guggenheim.

Surveys the ills of government-run schools, shows the general superiority of private schools, zeros in on the reason for the difference, and proposes a radical change from which everyone would benefit.