Naomi Schaefer Riley
Wall Street Journal
New York, NY, United States
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The ‘Suicide’ of the Liberal Arts
Relativism gets a bum rap, this veteran academic says. The pursuit of credentials and specialization was a lot more harmful. → Read More
The Bad Advice Young Women Are Getting from Mindy Kaling
Kaling, who became a single mother to two children in her late 30s, advises young women to focus on their careers as long as necessary → Read More
Teachers Unions vs. Children With Autism
Proposed new rules from the Biden administration would hinder charter schools like Lionsgate Academy. → Read More
‘Torn Apart’ Review: When Children Need Protecting
The child welfare system can operate inefficiently and heavy-handedly, but is it really a threat to black families? → Read More
Attacks on Faith-Based Foster Care Continue
HHS and advocacy groups continue to defy last year’s Supreme Court decision protecting religious freedom. → Read More
Dropping the SATs Opens the Door to More Legacy Students
Getting rid of test scores and class rankings will give elite colleges even more latitude to give preference to the offspring of well-heeled alumni. → Read More
‘God, Grades, and Graduation’ Review: A Faithful Way to Learn
Religious communities teach the importance of respecting authority and being cooperative. Such lessons can boost classroom performance. → Read More
Harvard’s Conservatives Shouldn't Have to Hide Behind Pseudonyms
Nearly a quarter century ago, I used my real byline at a campus political magazine. Young people today shouldn't be afraid to do the same. → Read More
Social justice crusaders are putting kids in foster care system at risk
The new book, "No Way to Treat a Child: How the Foster Care System, Family Courts and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives," by Naomi Schafer Riley, looks at how bureaucracy and social-justice crusading endangers kids within the child-welfare system. → Read More
‘Baby, Unplugged’ Review: Back to School, Back to Screens
Are educational apps really going to improve a child’s academic skills or, with their busy images and graphics, are they closer to a videogame? → Read More
The Impact of Critical Race Theory on Children
IWF Senior Fellow Naomi Schaefer Riley joins Jewish News Syndicate editor-in-chief Jonathan S. Tobin to discuss the damage that critical […] → Read More
In the communes of the future, what about the children?
The reason that the residents of these communities like them is exactly the reason they are not suitable for children. → Read More
Put Kids' Interests First
The bonds with foster parents is not strong, or other factors take precedence. They are only interested in money and reputation. → Read More
Giving Colleges Unrestricted Donations Is Noble. It’s Also Risky.
MacKenzie Scott’s generous aid to schools that help low-income students would benefit from more strings attached. → Read More
The summer of the free-range parent
When Scott Sampson was about 4 or 5, his mother took him to a frog pond. He scooped up several tadpoles, with their “bloblike bodies, and long, slimy, transparent tails,” he writes in his book “How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love With Nature.” Captivated by these creatures, … → Read More
Biden Tuition Plan Boosts Colleges, Not Students
Richer subsidies will push up costs without improving education. There’s a smarter approach. → Read More
Blinders on | American Enterprise Institute
What if we could just snap our fingers and get rid of racial disparities in the child-welfare system? Boosters of a recent experiment in “race blind” decision-making, launched first in Nassau County, say we can do just that. Sound too good to be true? It is. In 2010, Nassau County initiated a policy of “blind … → Read More
K-12 Education Will Never Be the Same After Covid-19
If it turns out that support for sports was all that was holding public schools together, the system is in trouble. → Read More
Covid Makes Doctorates Harder to Get—and That’s Good
For decades, universities have taken advantage of graduates with humanities Ph.D.s and dim prospects. → Read More
Xavier Becerra’s Nonprofit Problem
They don’t spend donors’ money on his priorities. As Biden’s health secretary, he could try to coerce them. → Read More