Chris Clarke and I have sparred from time to time, but there’s no doubt he’s an intelligent man, and in his “Open Letter To The Progressive Blogosphere,” he makes many of the arguments about today’s “Progressive” movement that I’ve made here and elsewhere— and for which I’ve been chided, chastised, and demonized by many on the left side of the blogosphere, Mr Clarke (at times) included.  Writes Chris: There are

Score one for the “nativists,” I guess.  From the Rocky Mountain News: Students who don’t speak English score far below other students in math and reading, the Pew Hispanic Center said Wednesday. Colorado’s figures followed the national trend, according to a report released by the Washington-based affiliate of the Pew Research Center. Richard Fry, a researcher who prepared the report, said the findings aren’t surprising because they are based on

Of course, this would never happen here. The curriculum in state schools in England has been stripped of its content and corrupted by political interference, according to a damning report by an influential, independent think-tank. It warns of the educational apartheid opening up between the experience of pupils in the state sector and those at independent schools, which have refused to reduce academic content to make way for fashionable causes.