A high school teacher who has worked in Oregon and Manhattan is determined to pass on his history of the Great Depression. “By the end of Roosevelt’s first two terms in office, nonagricultural private-sector workers…
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Common Core Disses Bilingual Education
The bad reviews of Common Core keep pouring in, and not just from the right of center. “Among bilingual educators there has been much debate about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS),” Jeff Bale writes…
The Truth about the Magna Carta
The details surrounding the Magna Carta are often overlooked, but it remains a revered document. Author David Starkey explained the importance of the Magna Carta while promoting his latest book, Magna Carta: The Medieval Roots…
Bias Watch: Georgetown University
Occasionally, students actually notice when they are in a biased course. “I felt a certain idealistic giddiness upon enrolling in ‘Prisons & Punishment,’ a government course introduced during my senior year of college,” Danny Funt…
Larry Summers Stands Up for Labor Unions
Lawrence Summers, former U.S. Treasury Department Secretary and current Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University, defended the concept of labor unions and blasted the South at a recent panel discussion at the Center…
Increasingly Uncommon Common Core
As more states learn what Common Core involves, fewer of them want anything to do with it. “The number of states participating in the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) Common…
Libertarianism and Conservatism Not Incompatible
Supposed sages in academe and beyond have been trying to create a schism between Libertarianism and conservatism that need not exist. “Freedom and virtue have declined together and must rise together,” author M. Stanton Evans…
The Decline of English Departments
The John William Pope Center’s Jay Schalin recently published a report detailing the decline of America’s college English departments. More and more, traditional English literature classes and other similar icons of the English language in…
Antidote to White Flight: Charter and Private Schools
Liberal activists concerned about the “white flight” from cities over the past four decades may want to consider a new approach that relies upon charter and private schools to reverse the flight pattern. Santa Ana,…
M. Stanton Evans: Freedom And Virtue Must Rise Together
Stan always had a way with words:
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Make CU Great Again
One of the many ironies or paradoxes of life in academia is that freedom of speech never is more complex than when it is discussed by people who speak for a living.
Harvard University Announced Fellowship for Student Leaders ‘committed to the Latino community’
The Kennedy School at Harvard University announced a new fellowship for students, specifically student leaders who are “committed to the Latino community” to honor a deceased chief diversity officer.
NYT Writer Scolds Progressive Parents
Progressives have been preaching integration while segregating their own progeny for so long that even the New York Times is starting to notice.
University of Rochester Pushes Fraternities, Athletes to File ‘Gender Exclusivity Waiver’
University of Rochester allegedly sent around a “gender exclusivity waiver” to its fraternities and athletes to file at their respective organizations.
AAUP Dishes On Duncan
It is worthy of note when someone from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) criticizes a Democratic U. S. Secretary of Education, even if the latter’s tenure has expired.
School Violence Down In North Carolina
Although zero is the only universally acceptable number for violent incidents in schools, it should be noted that in North Carolina as in the nation as a whole, the number of violent incidences has actually gone down although not all the numbers are good .
Speech Codes on FIRE
This year, the Washington Examiner started a series on campus speech codes, whether they call them that or not, but the news is mostly good.
Dartmouth College Published ‘Feminist Geography’ to Combat ‘Masculinity’
Dartmouth College published an online guide, “Feminist Geography,” to combat alleged “masculinity” in the geography field.
Professor: Don’t Listen to President Trump due to ‘Rambling Incoherence’
A journal article, written by a professor in Paris, claimed President Trump is an “inaudible” public speaker full of “rambling incoherence.”
Amy Wax or Melissa Harris-Perry, Sublime or …
Boy that’s a tough call;>)
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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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