Before becoming the U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth wrote half-a-dozen books. The only one that didn’t deal with military affairs and American warriors was his 2023 “ Battle for the American Mind ,” in which Hegseth and co-writer David Goodwin addressed the failures of American education. It discussed the century-long progressive movement that nearly buried classical Christian education, the recent critical race and sex theories introduced into public schools, and the horrible results that followed and are ongoing.

As if to underscore this thesis, the National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) released “the nation’s report card ” on Sept. 9, 2025, showing that math and reading scores of high school seniors have tumbled to record lows. Only 22% of these students tested pro

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