While National Newswatch does not keep an archive of external articles for longer than 6 months, we do keep all articles written by contributors who post directly to our site. Here you will find all of the contributed and linked external articles from Paul W. Bennett.
Canada’s best known school system founder Egerton Ryerson and the United States’ Horace Mann are each towering figures in the history of public education in North America. Both men received praise during their lifetimes – and for decades after – for leading the fight for universal tax-supported schooling. Their successes in Massachusetts and Canada West/Ontario, respectively, inspired the spread of...
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s international bestseller, The Anxious Generation (2024), alerted the public to the rise of “phone-based childhood” and its role as a prime contributor to the mental health crisis facing our children and youth. What was, until recently, a battle waged by education authorities and schools to limit, control, or eliminate cellphones in schools has been recast as...