Episodes

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Instead of teaching our students that America is a democracy, we should be teaching them the truth: that America is a Constitutional Republic. Join us on today’s program as I delve into the differences between a democracy and a constitutional republic, and why one is detrimental to a nation and the other is the best form of government a nation can have...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Bernie Sanders has made it clear that the Democratic Party no longer belongs to the Democrats. It has been infiltrated and is now solely owned by the Socialists. Sanders says if James Carville doesn’t get on board with the complete communist takeover of the Democratic Party, he can go start his own party. The infiltration of the Democrats is complete...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – “Your Highnesses may believe that in all the world there can be no better or gentler people. Your Highnesses should feel great joy because presently they will be Christians and instructed in the good manners of your realms, for a better people there cannot be on earth,” wrote Columbus. Ae modern historians and educators lying to us about...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – In order to build this culture, teachers are part of a learning community where they are encouraged to continue their own learning journey. “Every couple of weeks, students have an early release day so teachers can engage in seminars about the great works of literature, theology, philosophy, math, and science,” Ortner noted...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – After recent multiple Supreme Court decisions surrounding girls’ sports and parents’ rights, including a decision in June that bars male participation in girls’ sports and rejects the notion that doing so would violate Title IX, Keeler is hopeful. The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied Keeler’s requests last month because they didn’t...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Despite spending more money on education than ever before, U.S. reading scores hit their lowest level on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) testing. Clearly, what we’re doing is not working. More money isn’t the answer. More education in technology isn’t the answer. More immersion in behavior curriculum isn’t the...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – At a time when young Americans are expressing positive impressions of socialism in record numbers, it is more important than ever for students to learn and understand the devastating human consequences of communist and socialist regimes. Linda McMahon urged classroom instruction on the destructive ideology of Communism...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The Supreme Court is “distinctly American in concept and function,” as Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes observed. No other court in the world has functioned as long and with one main purpose —to interpret and protect the Constitution. The ideas espoused during the Great Awakening were the underpinnings of the words in the Declaration of Independence...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Teacher shortages expose flaws in salary structures that reward seniority and advanced degrees over effectiveness. A new report urges schools to prioritize merit pay and higher salaries for hard-to-fill positions, while teachers’ unions oppose reforms aimed at improving student outcomes and retaining effective classroom educators...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – NYC homeowners received notices that they may owe Mamdani’s luxury property tax. State Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi ruled that the city must review all the information available to it and produce the records backing its claim before it arbitrarily decides a property is a second home subject to the tax...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Trump’s Department of Education formally removes Biden’s expanded Title IX regulations, restoring the 2020 rule governing sex discrimination in federally funded schools. The change follows court rulings and emphasizes protections for women and girls, including privacy, safety, and athletic opportunities, while clarifying legal responsibilities for...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Teen accounts will be unavailable from midnight to 6 a.m. Messaging and push alerts face extra limits overnight and during school hours. In addition, cosmetic filters are banned for teen users. Parents should take advantage of those productive pauses and trade their phones with their children for a good book. Perhaps it’s time to reclaim...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – A federal judge rules that Oklahoma cannot reject a Jewish charter school’s application solely because of its religious character. The preliminary injunction allows Ben Gamla’s application to proceed without approving the school, reinforcing First Amendment religious freedom protections and challenging religious exclusions in the state’s publicly funded charter school program...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Allegations that a teacher singles out and disparages a conservative eighth grader at a nationally ranked Florida school raise questions about parental rights, classroom debate, and political bias. True educational excellence requires teachers to protect students’ dignity and cultivate independent thought across differences in belief...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – 1619 Project writer learns the hard way the failing lesson of Socialism. She offered up her daughter’s education to better the experience of Black students in city schools. “So you had money to send me to one of the best schools, and you chose not to?” Najya yelled during one of their fights, according to the essay. “Because other kids are...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – School personnel began referring to the girl by a male name and using male pronouns without the parents’ knowledge. When the parents discovered what was happening, they strongly objected to what was transpiring behind their back. A school counselor reported the parents to the MA Department of Children and Families...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The judge said the policy failed to provide discernible criteria for what programs would be considered DEI initiatives and likely to lose funding. She further chastised the department for failing to consider the impact of canceling the grants on those who relied upon the funding. “The Directive does not acknowledge the fact that thousands of teachers...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – What the study can predict about our society is that we will have fewer and fewer deep thinkers among us. A decline in reading will inevitably produce a decline in deep, complex thinking. As the capacity for deep thought fades, public discourse will grow more emotional, irrational, and tribal. We’re already witnessing these results take place on...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – BMCC is a taxpayer-financed institution. They’re forcing taxpayers to pay to promote Marxism, whose goal is the violent overthrow of the US government. It’s a threat to our society. The invitation, enticing college students to attend, plays upon the fears of young people by painting a “brutish and bleak” future if we continue to operate our nation under the...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – If Socialists keep getting elected to positions of power in our government, our Constitution will become a relic. Ours is the longest-serving Constitution in the history of governments. Two hundred thirty-nine years is impressive for one governing document, especially when the average lifespan of global constitutions is only 17 years...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – California students earn soaring GPAs while math and reading proficiency decline. Teachers face pressure to inflate grades, leaving graduates with a false sense of achievement. Behind the straight A’s, concerns grow over academic honesty, weakened standards, and whether schools adequately prepare students for college demands...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The current Constitutional structure of our three branches of government does not benefit socialists because they believe the Supreme Court exists to do the will of the people rather than uphold the will of the Constitution by protecting inalienable rights. Turley points out that socialist thinking runs contrary to our nation’s founding principles...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Initial findings show that students from Singapore, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Canada, and the UK continue to outperform U.S. public school students in reading, science, and math. Compared with the 2022 results, U.S. scores in science remained the same, but for math and reading it’s a different story...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The honeymoon is over, and NYC residents are coming to the conclusion that Communism doesn’t pay . . . unless you’re at the top of the food chain. Two lawsuits have been filed against New York City by the Multicultural Business Coalition (MBC). This group represents roughly 1,000 minority-owned bodegas, delis, and supermarkets. Their complaint argues...