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Education Needs a Return to Truth and Knowledge

Long before the COVID-induced decline in academic standards, many of America’s public schools fundamentally lost sight of what it means to have standards.
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Education Needs a Return to Truth and Knowledge
Modern educators need to fight against subjective, relativistic teaching methods, according to the first chapter of C.S. Lewis' essay "The Abolition of Man." wavebreakmedia/Shutterstock
Kathleen O’Toole
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The public education bureaucracy survives today because most Americans, especially the worst served, have little choice but to support it. For many, there are no alternatives. The vast majority of young people, therefore, are consigned to what is, in fact, a public school monopoly, and a failing one at that.

Kathleen O’Toole
Kathleen O’Toole
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Dr. Kathleen O’Toole, Assistant Provost for K-12 Education at Hillsdale College, leads K-12 initiatives, including the K-12 Education Office and Hillsdale Academy.