Hillsdale College

1776 vs. 1619: Hillsdale College Enters the History Wars

by Adam Hochshild

If conservatives are against "woke" history education, what, exactly, are they for? There's much to be learned from the curriculum created by the Michigan christian college, which presents a jarring contrast with the themes presented in the new Hulu documentary series based on Nikole Hannah-Jones's 1619 Project. 

Chair of Florida Charter School Board on Firing of Principal: About Policy, Not David Statue

Although the nudity of Michelangelo's David might not be the root cause of a principal's firing, the board of the Hillsdale College-affiliated charter school at the center of the controversy has interesting views about the educational enterprise. 

Hillsdale College's New Strategy in the School Wars Merges Curriculum and Privatization through "Choice"

by Megan Threlkeld

During the Progressive era, as today, American education reformers examined the connection between schooling and the cultural and political divisions affecting the nation. Today's conservative agenda, however, openly rejects the idea of public schools as a force for unity and democratic culture. 

How a Conservative Christian College is Leading the Fight Against Public Education

by Kathryn Joyce

Hillsdale College is building a national network of conservative education activists with the goals of establishing charter schools based around the school's politically conservative curriculum. 

Tennessee Charter School Curriculum, Drafted at Hillsdale and Favored by Governor, Rewrites Civil Rights History

Governor Bill Lee favors directing taxpayer funds to a network of charter schools using a curriculum developed at the conservative Hillsdale College that features substantial revisionism in the area of civil rights history. 

David J. Bobb: Howard Zinn and the Art of Anti-Americanism

David J. Bobb, director of the Hillsdale College Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship, in Washington, D.C., is author of "Humility: An Unlikely Biography of America's Greatest Virtue," forthcoming from Thomas Nelson. Upon the death of the Marxist-inspired historian Howard Zinn in 2010, eulogies rang out from coast to coast calling him a heroic champion of the unsung masses. In Indiana, then-Gov. Mitch Daniels refused to join the chorus and instead sent emails to his staff wondering if the historian's "execrable" books were being force-fed to Hoosier students. The recent revelation of these emails provoked an angry backlash....For Americans stuck in impoverished communities and failing schools, Zinn's devotion to history as a "political act" can seem appealing. He names villains (capitalists), condemns their misdeeds, and calls for action to redistribute wealth so that, eventually, all of the following material goods will be "free—to everyone: food, housing, health care, education, transportation." The study of history, Zinn taught, demands this sort of social justice....