Three years after the Department of Education announced a contest called Race-to-the-Top for $4.35 billion in stimulus funds, some parents, teachers, governors, and citizen and public policy groups are coming to an awful realization about the likely outcomes.
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Academics Celebrate Obama Prematurely
Even given the longstanding urge of academics to treat Democratic presidents the way the Catholic Church once treated saints, the academic Left may have been a bit hasty when it rushed to canonize the current occupant of the White House.
Obama In The Classroom
President Obama’s approval ratings in his last academic post were not as high as we’ve been lead to believe.
AIM to Address MidEast
This Friday, September 21st, Accuracy in Media will be webcasting live a major conference in Washington, D.C. called, “ObamaNation: A Day of Truth.”
None Call It Terror
The view of violent uprisings in the Middle East, and collateral threats in the United States, is a bit different in the Ivory Tower than it is closer to the action.
My Own Private Chicago
At least one college professor is looking at the Chicago teacher’s strike with envy.
Unsustainable Silent Spring
The fiftieth anniversary of the seminal book Silent Spring was bound to inspire at least one tribute from academia.
Raging on Rand
Here’s how you get read out of academia for unorthodoxy.
Usual Suspects Miss Point
Ninety Georgetown faculty members and administrators have gone public with a letter attacking Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s budget proposal but the bill of particulars in the missive does not match up to the content of his plan.
The Ultimate Empty Chairs
The reaction to movie icon Clint Eastwood’s “debate” with an unoccupied stool representing President Obama at the Republican convention has, predictably, extended to the faculty lounge.