MARTHA MAcCALLUM, KELLY McKENNA: America's next 250 years begin on the playground
As we enter the "dog days" of summer in this 250th, since our nation boldly asserted its independence, there is, as there should be, a good deal of reflection about who we are, what we truly value. It stimulates and restores learning power, and, as it turns out, many of our children are getting precious little of it.From the earliest days of the republic, education was never intended to be merely the efficient transfer of information. Reformers like Horace Mann, whose vision helped shape modern American education, argued that schools should prepare children not only for work, but for democratic life.
- ▪As we enter the "dog days" of summer in this 250th, since our nation boldly asserted its independence, there is, as there should be, a good deal of reflection about who we are, what we truly value.
- ▪It stimulates and restores learning power, and, as it turns out, many of our children are getting precious little of it.From the earliest days of the republic, education was never intended to be merely the efficient transfer of information.
- ▪Reformers like Horace Mann, whose vision helped shape modern American education, argued that schools should prepare children not only for work, but for democratic life.
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Opinion MARTHA MAcCALLUM, KELLY McKENNA: America's next 250 years begin on the playground We have all seen the evidence that children have become more isolated, depressed and anxious in a society that has all of us glued to screens By Martha MacCallum , Kelly McKenna Fox News Published July 27, 2026 9:00am EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video The nation is facing an ‘education depression,’ op-ed says ‘Fox News @ Night’ panelists assess what went wrong in students’ testing scores, despite higher funding for education.
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