Liam Julian is a writer and education policy analyst who contributed essays and cultural commentary to The Weekly Standard between 2008 and 2012. His pieces for the magazine ranged from education policy topics, including arguments against national standards, to reviews of books, art, and architecture. He has been affiliated with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he has focused on education reform.
Last March the social--networking thickets caught fire, sparked by an online video called Kony 2012. Its creator, founder of the San Diego-based group Invisible Children Inc., was hoping to broadcast the misdeeds of the Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony. The short film was viewed tens of millions of…
“Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape” is at the National Gallery of Art through August 12. The conceit of the exhibit is that Miró was no sequestered surrealist but an artist readily engaged with politics and society—“an artist of his times,” as a wall caption puts it. Visitors reading that caption…
When I Am Playing with My Cat, How Do I Know That
I Found This Funny
American Glamour
A Moveable Feast
America's system of K-12 educational standards is confused and bothersome. Standards differ from state to state, and while some are quite good, many are dreadful, beset by sundry problems including mammoth omissions and factual errors.
Built of Books
Real Education
Education's End