Posts by Dr. Barry Nowlin

Liberal arts education is not opposed to job preparation – it strengthens it. Employers consistently say they need graduates who can think clearly, communicate effectively, analyze complex problems, and adapt to change. These abilities come from studying history, literature, philosophy, and the social sciences.

A society can teach people how to make a living, but if it never teaches them how to live, we risk becoming soulless, one-dimensional servants to AI rather than thoughtful citizens of a free nation.  

Character may regulate behavior. Virtue forms citizens!

Summer break, once designed for agrarian calendars, now feels like an outdated relic.

Republican legislators who take AEA money raise questions about whether they are controlled by special interests and expect influence in return for financial support.

Despite the inevitable opposition, let’s all stand up for the next generation and demand classical charter schools become an educational option for all Alabama children.

As a concerned grandparent who lives in Baldwin County, I feel compelled to speak on behalf of many families who are deeply frustrated with the conduct and priorities of our local school boards.

We need counselors and teachers who know our kids, not corporate psychiatrists, creating files and prescriptions behind closed doors.  

While we’ve been working, paying down our mortgages, and dealing with crazy Uncle Joe, many of us have unknowingly accepted something harmful to our children believing it to be beneficial. 

Clearly, the costs of public education have provided few, if any benefits.

Rather than reveal that some third-grade students had “fallen through the cracks,” State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Mackey euphemistically portrayed these students’ situation as “on the bubble.”