Our understanding of white America is subject to a number of outdated assumptions that need rethinking.

The United Nations World Summit—the largest gathering of heads of state in history—will convene this month to review and debate Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s plan of reform for Turtle Bay. What are the prospects and challenges for effective UN reform? Is the September summit likely to produce meaningful changes...

School choice supporters have been disappointed by the results of standardized test scores. It is time to acknowledge that standardized test scores are a terrible way to decide whether one school is better than another.

Irving Kristol not only helped change the country, he changed lives--he certainly changed mine.

All children in a free nation have a moral claim to attend schools that will help them discover and develop their gifts. And while difficult choices must always be made, we should be wary of shaping schools in ways that explicitly favor some of our children while shortchanging others.

The romantic belief that every child is capable of academic success has been proven incorrect.

The Supreme Court should scrap an antiquated and unconstitutional rule.

Reading polls right is more art than science.