CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— John W. Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, is warning school officials in the Albemarle County Public Schools against failing to respect the constitutional rights of its students and their parents, particularly in regards to their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by government agents.
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But what a bed
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Graduates Chase Green Jobs
Colleges and universities are promising graduates “green jobs” at the end of their education, secure in the knowledge that if they fail to materialize, schools won’t be liable for damages under Truth in Advertising laws.
Cold Warrior From Berkeley?
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Public Schools Do Not Evolve
MOUNT VERNON, Ohio— The Rutherford Institute is defending a Christian teacher who was allegedly fired for keeping religious articles in his classroom and for using teaching methods that encourage public school students to think critically about the school’s science curriculum, particularly as it relates to evolution theories.
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From The College Fix: A doctoral student is accusing the University of Washington of creating a hostile work environment by letting anti-feminist provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos speak on campus in January. Alan-Michael Weatherford, a diversity and…
Ivy League Student said He Can’t Go to Class since His Professor Won’t Acknowledge White Privilege
From Tom McLaughlin’s blog: James Fisher said he couldn’t attend classes at the University of Pennsylvania because one his white professors refused to denounce his white privilege. Fisher is black, and he wrote an article about…
Scholar Charles Murray Reflects on the Middlebury College Disruptive Protest
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Women’s Studies Degrees have Expanded by 300% since 1990
From The College Fix: According to the National Center for Education Statistics, degrees in women’s and gender studies have increased some 300% in the last 27 years. “Many of the programs” in the field these days “explore…
Homecoming at University of Minnesota Bows to ‘Gender Inclusivity’
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Flyers at Scripps College Suggest Paying Minority Students for ‘Emotional Labor’
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‘A Day Without a Woman’ Strike Promotes the Liberal Idea that Women are Helpless
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Professor Physically Attacked by Black Bloc Agitators at Middlebury during Protest of Debate
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Jewish Students Counter Anti-Zionist Rhetoric at Columbia University
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