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Modern Education’s Terminal Illness Examined

By Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg

Jan 17, 2026
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If you’re like most people, you’ve probably noticed by now that our public schools are a complete disaster.

In 1983, the American education establishment was rocked by A Nation at Risk. The study confirmed the observable degeneration of our schools, captured by Chairman David P. Gardner‘s chilling statement: “If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted …

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