Dumb and Dumber: Blindspots On the Right

CONSERVATIVES know many important truths about American education that liberals deny, resist, or haven’t figured out. In no field is it clearer that the Left now rationalizes and defends the status quo while conservatism has become a powerful force for change.

Conservatives know that American youngsters are not learning nearly enough, that our schools and universities are operated for the benefit more of their employees than of their clients, and that we’re not getting our money’s worth from the huge investment we’re making in those institutions. Conservatives see the depredations of multiculturalism, the carnage wrought by too much pluribus and not enough unum, and the perils of social engineering in the name of education.

About the Author

Chester E. Finn Jr.

Mr. Finn is the president emeritus of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution.

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CONSERVATIVES know many important truths about American education that liberals deny, resist, or haven’t figured out. In no field is it clearer that the Left now rationalizes and defends the status quo while conservatism has become a powerful force for change.

Conservatives know that American youngsters are not learning nearly enough, that our schools and universities are operated for the benefit more of their employees than of their clients, and that we’re not getting our money’s worth from the huge investment we’re making in those institutions. Conservatives see the depredations of multiculturalism, the carnage wrought by too much pluribus and not enough unum, and the perils of social engineering in the name of education.