Faculty Lounge

It’s a well-known fact that the $20 billion dollar video gaming industry is producing products that glorify “guns, car theft and gang violence” that make parents cringe.

In a safety-obsessed society that bans dodge ball and tag for elementary school kids, perhaps it’s predictable that one of the newest fads on college campuses is something called Prison Ball.

Inquiring minds want to know if the U. S. Department of Education considered an Al Sharpton rally an educational experience.

Corporate America to East Coast Elitists: Take a hike!

Well, somebody got a job with a women’s studies degree.

In yet another attempt to avoid being judged by tangible standards like everyone else, some colleges are fighting legislation designed to hold them accountable for their efforts.

The nation’s largest teachers’ union—the National Education Association—has gone on record with reservations about the Obama Administration’s education reforms.

College graduates who inhaled the exotic curricula their alma maters offer up are learning a hard lesson: Nobody really cares about them off campus.

By a happy coincidence, President Obama is welcoming students back to school in a state with a tightly contested Senate race.

Believe it or not, the federal government is giving Race to the Top education grants to school districts more notable for the voting blocs they represent than the scores that they post.

A recent guest commentary in The Tower, the independent newspaper at Catholic University, leads to questions about what the Church’s institutions, including the Church itself, teach the faithful about the faith.

If test scores look too good to be true, they probably are.