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The death of Kim Jong-il raises many questions about the future of North Korea.

While most politicians point to education as a prerequisite for economic success, most Americans aren’t sure schools are up to that task.

Lieutenant General William Boykin has stared cowards in the face before, and he won’t hesitate to do so now.

Economics—far from being dismal—is cause for hope, joy, cheer, and optimism.

Rethinking Occupation

“In New Mexico, student and other activists in Alburquerque decided to alter the ‘occupy’name out of respect for the area’s indigenous communities, which have been forcibly occupied for centuries.”—Rethinking Schools magazine, Winter 2011-2012

“When the leadership in a field threatens careers if one does anything to help the U. S. Army better understand cultures and peoples in order to conduct the most precise, effective, and moral warfare it is no wonder that few anthropologists find the fortitude to cross the party line.”—Dan G. Cox, associate professor of political science at the School of Advanced Military Studies.

The presence of students in the Occupy movement has become more well-documented by the day, but the degree to which their professors have goaded them to take part in it has received much less attention.

Don’t look now, but Governor Bobby Jindal (R-La.) may be sparking an education revolution.

Offering observations on it from the faculty lounge itself provokes even more indignation.

Believe it or not, yet another university has been accused of deception in a transaction with a citizen.

Forty-four scholars signed onto an open letter critical of former U. S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and former U. S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) but a look at the signatories raises more questions about them than about the presidential candidates.

On the face of it, Democratic President Barack Obama’s Race to the Top education policy is cheaper for American taxpayers than Republican President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind.