Bring memorization back to schools

This is a bylined opinion piece from The Hill, a T2 national outlet, so it carries moderate credibility for expressing a coherent perspective—though opinion pieces are explicitly not news reporting. Daniel Buck frames memorization of literature as culturally enriching rather than merely utilitarian, which reflects a conservative educational philosophy; the piece lacks empirical data, citations to learning science, or engagement with competing pedagogical approaches that might explain why memorization-heavy instruction has fallen out of favor in modern curricula. Readers should note this is persuasive argumentation grounded in the author's classroom experience rather than systematic evidence, and the piece doesn't address counterarguments about cognitive load, equity of access to "great literature," or learning outcomes data.