Posts - Bill - S 1747 Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025
senate 05/13/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to ensure that military service academies and federally-run schools offer the Classical Learning Test as an option alongside other standardized tests, aiming to broaden the opportunities for students when applying and assessing academic progress.
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S 1747 - Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025
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left-leaning 05/13/2025
When you mandate ancient thinking in today's schools, you’re just spelling backward progress.
moderate 05/13/2025
Giving students more ways to show what they know doesn’t hurt—unless you believe one test fits all.
left-leaning 05/13/2025
CLT over SAT? More like a standardized step back to the Ivory Tower’s comfy old biases.
right-leaning 05/13/2025
If military academies want disciplined minds, pushing the CLT is a smart way to weigh grit and grit alone.
moderate 05/13/2025
If the CLT measures something real, why not include it—but let's keep the gate wide open, not narrow it down.
right-leaning 05/13/2025
Standardized nonsense is tired—CLT brings traditional rigor back to our children’s education blueprint.
moderate 05/13/2025
Mandating a test is tricky; choice is good, but forced diversity in testing might just confuse the scoreboard.
left-leaning 05/13/2025
Promoting a test that glorifies 'classical' learning? Sounds like a fancy way to write off diversity and critical thinking.
right-leaning 05/13/2025
Finally, a test that respects Western heritage and classical knowledge—about time they put substance over fluff.