Daniel Buck

Wisconsin

Editorial and Policy Associate at Fordham Institute

Assistant Principal, Father, Child of God | Senior Visiting Fellow, Fordham Institute & WILL | Author, "What Is Wrong with Our Schools?"

Articles

When Gender Theory Becomes State Education Policy

Jan 7, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Daniel Buck

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Transgender Ideology in Schools: State Education Policies Indoctrinate Students

Jan 6, 2025 | nationalreview.com | Daniel Buck
Three-Year Med Schools Are Coming — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Jan 3, 2025 | jamesgmartin.center | Daniel Buck

Much of medical education is careening into an ideological ditch.
The Key to Effective Knowledge-Rich Curriculum

Dec 6, 2024 | realcleareducation.com | Daniel Buck

The Key to Effective Knowledge-Rich Curriculum I found myself reading two excellent (if seemingly unrelated) books, Zach Groshell’s Just Tell Them and E.D. Hirsch’s Ratchet Effect over the past few weeks. Read Full Article »
The GOP Has a Better Plan for Schools

Nov 13, 2024 | realcleareducation.com | Daniel Buck

If there were an education commentary award for the greatest display of arrogant disregard, a recent column at Hechinger Report would certainly earn a nomination. Everything from how our schools frame American history to debates over gender, the author, Conor Williams, considers only a matter of “culture war vibes.” Where he is a “very serious researcher,” if you care about those things, well you’re just a knuckle-dragging neanderthal. Tsk tsk.
Students Lose, Teachers’ Unions Win in Massachusetts Election | National Review

Nov 12, 2024 | nationalreview.com | Daniel Buck
How should teachers cover the election? They shouldn’t.

Oct 25, 2024 | thehill.com | Daniel Buck

I student-taught during the Republican primary of 2016. One afternoon, I watched my mentor teacher, an avowed socialist, berate a student during class for daring to express support for Donald Trump. After the election, many of my colleagues breathed nihilistic tirades to their charges about the hopelessness of our country. One stood sentinel in the hall every passing period wearing a red shirt with a raised fist of solidarity. All this in a purple school district.
Get Tech Out of Schools

Oct 11, 2024 | nationalreview.com | Daniel Buck
From Crib Sheets to AI Cheats, Everyone’s Doing It

Oct 1, 2024 | educationnext.org | Daniel Buck

“It’s everywhere,” George Mooren, a sophomore at Kimberly High School in Kimberly, Wisconsin, told me when I asked about the prevalence of cheating at his school. Where a handful of students in every class used to take a sideways glance during a test or complete homework together, he and his older brother JR, a senior, said it’s now the majority of students the majority of the time.
Indiana’s Worthwhile Academic Experiment — The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

Sep 19, 2024 | jamesgmartin.center | Daniel Buck

Despite being an avid watcher of the K-12 sector and its various internecine dramas, I confess I did not have “high-school diplomas” on my bingo card of likely 2024 controversies. The topic inspires excitement like peeling potatoes. Nonetheless, earlier this year, Indiana proposed changes to the state’s high-school-diploma requirements, and the response was apoplectic.