Talk about going against the grain: A pair of political scientists from Bradley University actually found that Sarah Palin helped John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.
Faculty Lounge
Special Needs Funding Mushrooms
Special needs students are often ignored in national education policy discussions, but are an important part of the American education system.
Why Not the Best Teachers?
“Right-sizing the Classroom: Making the Most of Great Teachers.”
What’s an Effective Teacher?
Today, 27 states and the District of Columbia require annual, yearly teacher evaluations when only 15 states had that requirement in 2009.
Burying History @ Cornell
Currently academics debate whether they should be “sages on the stage” or “guides on the side.” It never occurs to them that they might not be very good in either role.
STEMming What Tide?
One thing that Accuracy in Academia has in common with its big sister organization, Accuracy in Media, is that, upon investigation of various claims made in our respective bailiwicks—just about everything we’ve been told by elites is wrong.
Michelle Goes to College
This past Tuesday, Mrs. Obama told a group of sophomores at a local Washington, D.C. high school that they could follow her own path of graduating from high school and attending a top university.
Assessing America @ Columbia
A casual read through Columbia University’s catalogue will give a fairly clear idea of the esteem America is held in on that Ivy League campus, which is to say, not very much.
White House Early Indoctrination
Cecilia Munoz, the White House Domestic Policy Council Director, visited the National Journal and Bill and Melinda Gates-sponsored event on education, “The Next America” to give her take on education.
Enigma of Common Core
Two online courses on teaching the Common Core education initiative of the Obama Administration that are just about as vague as the program.