Public school teachers should realize one thing when they feel compelled to share their political views with students: Those pupils might be the children of syndicated columnists.
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There He Goes Again
In this midst of nostalgia for him, it is worth noting that during his lifetime, elites claimed that Ronald Reagan was factually challenged. Just as frequently, he proved them wrong.
Perry May Eclipse POTUS
He may or may not get elected president, but Texas governor Rick Perry may wind up having more of a lasting influence on education than the last two occupants of the White House ever did.
Higher Education Crackdown Backfires
Attempts by the U. S. Department of Education to tighten the reins on the Ivory Tower may already be backfiring on the very colleges and universities that welcomed the move.
The Week in Academe
Here are the highlights so far.
9/11 Denial In Academia
We have written on the academic ambivalence towards the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks upon the United States here, here, and here. The actual memorial even brought outright denial from academe.
College & Captivity
Academics love captive audiences, whether they find them on a college campus or within prison walls.
Best-Laid Plans Backfire
Academics salivate at the chance to put their pet theories into practice but when they actually are able to, they’re usually the last ones to recognize the unintended consequences of their schemes.
Roosevelt University’s New Deal
Chicago-based Roosevelt University, a school that prides itself on “social justice” seems to have dispensed precious little of it to an adjunct professor it dismissed last year.
The Sociology of 9-11
Then there are those professors who take the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks upon the United States to vent their spleen about all that they see wanting in the U. S.