David Randall

David Randall is Director of Research at the National Association of Scholars.

March 17, 2026

The Passing of a Decent Man

Habermas’s theories offer a needed defense of reason in an illiberal academy.
March 17, 2026

Against Boutique Education

Fellowships are valuable, but they can’t replace universities.
March 3, 2026

He Was an A+ Student After All

Grade inflation has gotten so bad that a 1968 C+ might clear the bar for a Yalie A today.
February 11, 2026

Calling the Citation Police

NAS’s Citations Nondiscrimination Act takes aim at ‘citational justice’ and its effort to rewrite scholarship for power.
February 9, 2026

Too Many ‘Shoulds’ and Not Enough Power

AEI’s higher-education proposals struggle to move reform forward.
February 9, 2026

Justice Is Not Enough

On February 9, 1775…
February 6, 2026

Can Civic Education Be Saved Without Saving Education?

James Traub’s “The Cradle of Citizenship” perceptively documents the collapse of reading in public schools but underestimates how politicized pedagogy makes meaningful civic education reform unlikely
December 31, 2025

March On

On December 31, 1775…
December 22, 2025

Remedial Nation

Students can’t read or do math because teachers were never taught the subjects they teach.
November 16, 2025

A Plan to Restore Civics in Virginia
November 13, 2025

Liberty Froze in the North
October 30, 2025

Oklahoma Should Build on 2024 Draft Social Studies Standards, Not Return to the Flawed 2019 Model
September 30, 2025

Oklahoma’s New Standards Strengthen Social Studies and Science—Now They Must Be Carried into Classrooms
September 25, 2025

He Was Half-Mad, but Full Hero
September 1, 2025

Freedom Is the Long Game
August 20, 2025

The Irreproducibility Crisis Is Producing an Irresponsibility Crisis in Government
$The Math Standards Ready to Trend on TikTok$

August 18, 2025

The Math Standards Ready to Trend on TikTok
July 10, 2025

Weaponized Science Needs a Reckoning—CEI Offers One
July 3, 2025

First, He Looked
June 30, 2025

Ohio Crushes Woke Profs’ Revolt, Signs Law to Depoliticize Colleges and End DEI
June 19, 2025

There Are Many Washingtons in Washington
May 27, 2025

No Credit for DEI—Legislation for Accreditation Reform
May 22, 2025

A Republic If You Train It—Legislation for Classical Teacher Training
May 20, 2025

This Model Law Builds a Wall Against China’s $175 Billion Infiltration of American Education
May 10, 2025

Liberty’s No Bargain
May 5, 2025

Florida and NAS Forge New K-12 Standards to Expose Communism’s Dark History
April 28, 2025

Public Universities Should Serve Citizens—The In-State Enrollment Act Enforces It
April 25, 2025

Activist Pseudodisciplines Are a Parasite—The Program Review Act Is the Extraction Tool
April 18, 2025

They Let Revere Go
March 25, 2025

States Must Pass the Professional Association Liberty Act to Defend Academic Freedom from Woke Censorship