At Accuracy in Academia, we have long complained of academic historians who ignore primary sources in favor of secondary ones. What gets lost in that process from the former approach to the latter one is,…
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Delaying Common Core the Chicago Way
Opposition to Common Core continues to spread well across party lines, no matter how much the educational establishment tires to minimize the blowback. “Illinois state officials have threatened to withhold funding from school districts that…
No Panes in Glass Ceiling
A pair of researchers from Cornell decided to test the theory that there is a bias against women pursuing academic careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and found that there is none. “Results…
Abyss of Islamo-Fascism
Here’s one thing you can’t blame on President Obama: the politically correct approach to radical Islam on American campuses was well under way before he took office. “The Achilles’ heel of democratic societies, as the…
The Really Lost Generation
If the raccoon coat-wearing youth of the 1920s really were the lost generation, what would you call millennials? Generation Opportunity, “a national, non-partisan youth advocacy organization,” crunched the employment and unemployment data for March in…
Head Start Still Unfinished
Try as they might, when proponents of early federally funded pre-school education ala Head Start try to make the case for their cause, they can’t quite seal the deal. “There is one study that shows…
Charter Schools in Blue States: It Works
More evidence indicates that school choice works, even in so-called blue states. The Boston-based Pioneer Institute undertook a study of charter schools in the bay state and found that “Case studies of five high-performing charter…
Decade of Silence
Gay rights groups are promoting a day of silence on campuses around the country on April 17. Across the country, they would like those who merely passively do not endorse their lifestyle to remain silent…
Barry University Suspends Student for Video
Laura Loomer, a student at Barry University, was suspended on Monday. Her crime? Embarrassing the university, by recording an undercover video for James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas in which she duped employees into expressing support for…
Academic Freedom, Conservatively Speaking
Believe it or not, it is possible to make a conservative case for academic freedom without mixing opposites. In fact, one of the conservative movement’s sages, Russell Kirk, made the case quite eloquently more than…
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Cal-Berkeley Allocates $800,000 for Illegal Immigrant Student Financial Aid
University of California-Berkeley announced it will allocate $800,000 to a financial aid program for illegal immigrant students.
University to Spend $1.2 Million on Why Women Don’t Go into STEM Fields
Indiana University at Bloomington, the flagship campus of the state university system, is spending $1.2 million into a project studying why there aren’t more women working in STEM fields (i.e. science, technology, engineering and mathematics).
Justice Ginsberg Says Colleges Go Too Far
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg says that colleges go too far in disrespecting the rights of the accused.
Human Soul Studies
A writer on The Imaginative Conservative actually attempts to assay, A Short History of the Human Soul, and does an impressive job of it.
The Original Comeback Kid
On President’s Day, we not only remember George Washington and Abraham Lincoln but also another president born in February. American presidents of both parties, all too often, need to be appreciated at a distance. Of…
American High School With ISIS Flag
The local police called the FBI in for help.
FBI Failed to Prevent Florida Shooting
Gun Control may or may not have prevented the shooting in Florida but the FBI could have.
JROTC Students Rescue Classmates
The tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida would have been even worse were it not for a pair of JROTC students.
Bronx Principal Bans Black History
Ironically, what set her off was not BLM, the Black Panthers or even Kwanzaa but the Harlem Renaissance.
Graduation Rates Are Deceptive
And more reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz than the three Rs or even John Dewey.
Book Review
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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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
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