Sol Stern 

Sol Stern (born 1935) is a senior fellow with the conservative Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor to its quarterly magazine City Journal. He is the author of Breaking Free: Public School Lessons and the Imperative of School Choice (2003), 1 and has written extensively on education reform. 2 The New York Times described him as a "cantankerous provocateur against liberal education policies, criticizing reading curriculums that de-emphasize phonics as well as public schools that focus on social justice." 3

Stern began his career with the radical magazine Ramparts. In 1967, he contributed the article " A Short Account of International Student Politics and the Cold War with Particular Reference to the NSA, CIA, etc." to the magazine. It included the allegation that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had supported the National Student Association, ties which later were confirmed by the organization itself. The CIA funded overseas' projects to the tune of $3.3 million, and recruited NSA staff members for intelligence work.4

Sol Stern was born in Haifa, Palestine in 1935, was raised in the Bronx from infancy, and attended the City College of New York, the State University of Iowa, and Berkeley. His departure from radicalism came after New Left attacks on Israel.5

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  1. ^ http://www.manhattan-institute.org/breakingfree/
  2. ^ http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/stern__s.htm
  3. ^ Sol Stern interview at the New York Times, published February 13, 2008
  4. ^ "Student Officials Seek to Abandon the Cold War Arena", Washington Post (1967-08-14). 
  5. ^ "Conservatives plant a seed in NYC", The Boston Globe (1998-02-22). 

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