Reopening Our Schools

Mark Gruzin shares his thoughts about his inaugural issue of The Line, civil discourse and the teaching profession....

Hanna Skandera suggests understanding teachers’ needs is critical to fulfilling the promise of education for students....

Within these pages we will reflect on the goals and values of education throughout our history, wrestle with what our education objectives are — or should be — and challenge ourselves to consider whether our current approach is working. Are...

This issue of The Line grapples with the expectation that education must be delivered to students no matter where they are born or live. But there is no question that the characteristics of community can influence opportunity to receive a...

A Letter from the Editor-in-Chief The construct of liberty and the gifts of the freedoms that emanate from it go as far back as the thinking of Aristotle. John E. Deasy, Editor-in-Chief Dear Readers, Human civilization had been wrestling with...

Throughout our national history, the ideal of democracy has been a touchstone of what we mean when we talk about what makes America different and special. We point to a Constitution whose clarity about individual freedoms and civil rights is...

Ideas Wither without Civil Discourse. John E. Deasy, Editor-in-Chief I was recently thinking about the “motto” of the Washington Post: “Democracy Dies in Darkness” and mulling over what would be our motto at The Line, if we had one. And...

A Letter from the Frontline Education CEO   Dear Readers, In advance of this second print issue, The Line editorial team conducted an online poll about school choice. The poll asked this question: can there be strong public schools and...

Upon reading every article and written contribution to this issue, I am struck by one thing: not one contributor was humiliated, castigated, threatened, demonized, fired, ostracized or denigrated for their position or opinion. None of our respected contributors used inflammatory...