Andy Smarick

Get my serialized novel, COMMUNITY DAY, here: communityday.substack.com/p/community-da…

In my latest column, I discuss some of the breadcrumbs I scattered in COMMUNITY DAY.

Excellent essay by Brian Fitzpatrick on the continued lack of political diversity among college faculty. lawliberty.org/diversifying-t…

Lots of reading. Lots of writing. Lots of hard projects. Lots of caring but tough teachers. In-person engagement. Students and educators doing the stuff of learning.

The longer I've done this work, the more I've come to appreciate the basics. The tried and true.

There is always a fad in education. MOOCs, blended learning, open classrooms, whole language... We should appreciate that college-for-all was like that. Promises of dramatic benefits but ultimately major downsides. 1/x nytimes.com/2026/03/27/bus…

We need more scolds in public life.

I don't have the time, but if I did, I'd write a thinkpiece about the fearlessness and sense of duty of herding dogs. Especially those heroes that take on cattle.

Get ready for another religious-charter-schools case at the Supreme Court. oklahomavoice.com/2026/03/24/sta…

I'm continuing my discussion of the process of writing COMMUNITY DAY and my consideration of writing the prequel. This one is on the "forest and breadcrumb" approach.

The most dramatic step yet in the Trump admin's effort to decommission the US Dept of Ed. This one feels different. edweek.org/policy-politic…

Wait. What. The second largest industry for apprenticeships is public administration??

Good @Yascha_Mounk interview here with David Goodhart. The book I've been threatening to write for a while now (on the unusual roots of current American populism) is about these subject. writing.yaschamounk.com/p/david-goodha…

@emmma_camp_ communityday.substack.com/p/community-da…

Question for the group: has there been any great art about Covid? Any incredible literary novels or films? I can't think of anything off the top of my head but my cultural knowledge is not limitless.