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| When schools were considered vital to Democracy | Written by Johann Neem, chair of Western鈥檚 History Department |
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| Western鈥檚 Johann Neem Appointed to American Historical Review鈥檚 Board of Editors | ||||
| Dissecting a Glowing Report on Online Learning | Johann Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University The report 鈥溾 (2018) concludes that combining face-to-face with online courses鈥 |
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| A time for school choice? If so, let鈥檚 make sure we ask the right questions | Will we have public schools a decade from now? What will they look like? For the first time since the 19th century, or perhaps since debates over鈥 |
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| Skills don鈥檛 matter (outside their context) | Skills do not matter. Let me say that again. On their own, skills do not matter. This is worth saying in response to Thursday鈥檚 |
Most attention on the tax legislation enacted last month has focused on its impact on Americans鈥 wallets. But it was also a victory for school choice and a massive blow to public education. It initially included measures to benefit home-schooling families and the final version benefited鈥 |
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| The new tax law poses a hidden threat to American democracy | Most attention on the tax legislation enacted last month has focused on its impact on Americans鈥 wallets. But it was also a victory for school choice and a massive blow to public education. It included measures that will benefit home-schooling families and those who use private schools鈥 |
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| The war on Christmas is a civil war | Earlier this fall, I walked past a fellow parent at my son’s baseball practice wearing a t-shirt stating “I am being politically correct,” and emblazoned with phrases such as “God Bless America” and “Merry Christmas.” I tried鈥 |
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| The past, present, and future of democratic education in America | In the decades between the Revolution and the Civil War, Americans began to develop a robust school system. Yet back then, like today, disagreement was pervasive regarding the kind of education that was needed, who should pay for it, and how schools should be鈥 |
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| Commentary: WGU accepts financial aid without aid of a faculty | By Johann H. Neem In 2011, after much controversy, the Washington’s Legislature recognized online Western Governors University, a Utah-based nonprofit with no professors, as a state public college. Soon after, WGU became eligible to receive State Need Grant funds,鈥 |