Stanley Kurtz
Stanley Kurtz | |
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| Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | Haverford College Harvard University |
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| Institutions | University of Chicago Harvard University |
Stanley Kurtz is an American conservative commentator, author and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. He has taught at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. He is also a contributing editor to National Review.[1]
Career
[edit]Kurtz was born to a Jewish family[2] and graduated from Haverford College and earned a Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University. He did his field work in India and taught at Harvard and the University of Chicago.
Kurtz is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former adjunct fellow with Hudson Institute, with a special interest in America's "culture wars." He has published extensively on family life, child rearing, religion, and psychology in various parts of the world.[3]
He is the education writer for the National Review and is an active member of the National Association of Scholars (NAS).
Works
[edit]His writings on the family, feminism, homosexuality, affirmative action, and campus "political correctness" have appeared in National Review, Policy Review, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal, and Commentary.[3][4]
Partisanship Out of Civics Act (POCA)
[edit]His February 15, 2021 model act, published by the NAS, entitled Partisanship Out of Civics Act (POCA),[5] has been cited by state legislatures when they draft bills to limit the teaching of critical race theory in schools, such as in South Carolina,[6] and Texas.[7][8] Kurtz supported the NAS Coalition to prevent the politicization of civic education.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Stanley Kurtz". eppc.org. Ethics and Public Policy Center. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ Jewish Daily Forward: "Peaceful, Gradualist ... and Radical?" By Gene Koprowski January 12, 2011
- ^ a b "Stanley Kurtz". Hudson Institute. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ "Stanley Kurtz". Ethics and Public Policy Center. Archived from the original on 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
- ^ Kurtz, Stanley (February 15, 2021). "Partisanship Out of Civics Act". National Association of Scholars. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "2021-2022 Bill 4392: Partisanship Out of Civics Act". South Carolina General Assembly. 124th Session, 2021-2022. May 23, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "House Bill 3079", Legislature of the State of Texas, June 15, 2021
- ^ Rawshan, Ray; Gibbons, Alexandra (July 2, 2021). "Why are states banning critical race theory?". Brookings. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Kurtz, Stanley (March 22, 2021). "NAS Debuts Coalition to Stop Action Civics". Retrieved October 22, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Column archives at the National Review
- Column archives at The Weekly Standard
- Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center
- Adjunct Fellow at the Hudson Institute
- Author profile at Simon & Schuster
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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