As we noted in a previous post, when Hampshire College became the first institution of higher learning in the United States to shun SAT scores as an admissions requirement, the school’s president waxed rhapsodic about…
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The Cost of Common Core
It may not work terribly well but Common Core sure is expensive. “The treatment of textbooks as mountains of words is one of the signature elements of Common Core,” Peter Wood of the National Association…
A World Without SATs
Last year, Hampshire College became the first institution of higher learning in the country to categorically reject using SATs as an admissions requirement. The college’s president, Jonathan Last, waxed rhapsodic about the results of the…
The Real Nativists
The original piece was published by FGF Books on their website. FRONT ROYAL, VA — Some 30 years ago, Mrs. Alice du Pont Mills invited me to visit her in her expansive Virginia horse farm…
Academia’s Binder Full of Women
In the last presidential election, the Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, received much derision when he announced in a debate that as governor of Massachusetts, his team assembled “a binderful of women” as the top applicants…
UC Regents Listen to Jewish Community, Publicly Acknowledge Necessity of Addressing Antisemitism!
Regents scrap meaningless Principles Against Intolerance and form a committee to rework the language. Shana Tova! Great start to the new year! After hearing from dozens of students, faculty, alumni and Jewish groups yesterday at…
Pope Gets Academic Certification
[When the Holy Father finds himself on the same page with leading academics, he should worry—ed.] Al Jazeera posted an article, “Bernie Sanders, the pope and the moral imperative of systemic change,” by Gar Alperovitz,…
Planned Parenthood Lobbying as “Classics” Education
Posted September 22, 2015, by Mary Grabar at the Dissident Prof: After the series of undercover films by the Center for Medical Progress showing high-ranking Planned Parenthood executives negotiating the sale of fetal body parts,…
Students School UNC on 9-11
Fundamental law of physics: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. “At the start of the fall semester, a freshman student at UNC-Chapel Hill gave the syllabus for ENG 72:Literature of 9/11 a cursory…
Young Convinceables
Thanks to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the socialist running for president, we are learning that one of the latest examples of victim groups is students, who freely decide to go to college and in many…
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Christian Privilege Explored at George Washington University
But one privilege they missed was an open invitation to this meeting.
Brown University Student Group Pressures Administration to Invite Ideologically Diverse Speakers
A student group at Brown University is pushing the university administration to invite non-liberal speakers to its campus, due to the overwhelming number of liberal speakers that the campus hosts.
Monmouth University: 2/3s Think MSM News Fake
It looks like the only parts of universities that work are the independent ones, like the one that did this poll.
UMich Researchers Find More Charter School Gains
Of a piece with most of the research done so far, a team of researchers looked at a large chain of charter schools–the National Heritage Academy–and found even more test score gains among the students who attend them.
University of Pittsburgh Publishes Guide on Gender Inclusivity in Classes
University of Pittsburgh’s Women’s Studies Center published a “gender inclusive guidelines” guide to help students and professors to avoid using the wrong gender in classroom settings.
Do Charter Schools Serve Special Needs Kids?
We’ve heard for years that they don’t but parents of special needs children are learning differently.
Attendance at ‘White Privilege Conference’ Required for College Course in Colorado
A college course requires its students to attend the annual “White Privilege Conference” in order to get credit for the course, because the course’s materials build up to the conference and its workshops.
High School Achievement In Obama Years CAPped
After spending a decade cheerleading for President Obama, who considered it his favorite think tank, the Center for American Progress (CAP) has finally noticed the educational achievements of his administration, or lack thereof.
D. C. Financially Illiterate
And not just at the undergraduate level.
Hofstra University Students Debate Possible Removal of Thomas Jefferson Statue
At Hofstra University, students debated whether to keep a statue of American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson on campus grounds, or to remove it.
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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