One of the fascinating things about journalism is looking at the factual data that both sides of a controversy agree on and finding that the facts support the critics’ viewpoints.
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Common Core: It Lives!
Opposition to the Common Core education reform efforts of the Obama Administration has crossed political lines to a remarkable degree.
Blue Campuses Get Bluer
The Obama Administration’s former Homeland Security Chief has taken over the University of California. “Janet Napolitano had zero experience leading a college before she became president of the University of California last year,” Eric Kelderman wrote in The Chonicle of Higher Education.
Professoriate’s Self-Proclaimed Neutrality
With a straight face, professors mostly tell you that they avoid advocacy.
Higher Education’s Debt Kiss
The U. S. Department of Education wants for-profit colleges to prove that their graduates are gainfully employed. For their part, the for-profits claim that their non-profit counterparts would fail such a test.
Rocky Horror State U?
Why does a campus with such a diverse student body need a “Center for Student Diversity”?
Feminists Attack Wikipedia
Feminist groups at several universities recently took part in an effort called “Edit Wikipedia Day,” to address what they perceive as the sexist flaws in the website.
Michigan Students Protest Libs
In a bold move on today’s politically correct campuses, a group of brave libertarian students at the University of Michigan recently decided to stand up and tell the school that they were, in effect, “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.”
China’s Common Core
Although we often hear about how China is in hot economic competition with the U. S., we don’t hear as frequently how eerily similar their education system is to ours. “The Chinese government has always…
Parents Like Private Schools
The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice recently published an analysis entitled, “More Than Scores: An Analysis of Why and How Parents Choose Private Schools.”