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American education, for whatever reason, is prone to falling fast for fads that we eventually regret. Wall-less “open” classrooms were once all the rage until we realized they were loud and chaotic. “Personalized,” fully online schooling was predicted to revolutionize learning until we realized the academic and interpersonal costs of putting a child in front of a screen all day.
Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He writes regularly for his Substack “Governing Right.”
