When a progressive think tank and America’s leading business group get together and critique education in the United States, it’s official and getting more so—public schools may be getting progressively more expensive but they fail to deliver the service they claim to offer.
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New Leaders, New Funding?
A new, experimental policy discussed this week at the Center for American Progress (CAP) suggests reforming schools from the top down through engaged, talented principals.
Wrong on race again
When you compare the racial attitudes of Woodrow Wilson, FDR and Ronald Reagan, guess who comes out on top?
Harvard history of discrimination
Given Harvard’s history of discrimination against Catholics, Jews, and Gays, it is surprising that the privately funded university on the Charles would open itself to more cries of foul by providing Muslim women private time at a gymnasium, thus excluding dues-paying male members.
Anti-Catholic Education
The faithful are increasingly likely to face hostility to their beliefs in secular educational settings, the Catholic League’s 2007 Report on Anti-Catholicism shows.
The NAFTA Controversy
What happens when professors put their pet theories into practice, then offer to fix them when they go wrong after they have been enacted.
Abstinence vs. Condom Culture
When public officials blame abstinence education for the rise in STDs among teenage girls, they ignore the instruction offered in three-quarters of American schools.
California Court Bans Homeschooling
On February 28, 2008, the Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles issued a ruling in a juvenile court proceeding that declared that almost all forms of homeschooling in California are in violation of state law.
Title IX Conquers Science
When feminists attempted to open up college sports opportunities for women via federal Title IX regulations, national enforcement of these rules had the perhaps unintended consequence of hastening the demise of men’s teams at the collegiate level. Now they are attempting something much more ambitious—the feminization of science.
UMich Free Press Victory
ANN ARBOR, MI – Administrators at the University of Michigan on March 4 declined to pursue a policy designed to restrict distribution of student publications.
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Biology Professor Blames NRA for San Bernardino Terrorist Attack
Seriously?! Yes, a University of California-Irvine biology professor said that during a class on biology.
Embattled Yale Professors Quit Teaching Classes after Halloween Comment Outcry, for now
Via the College Fix: The associate master of Yale’s Silliman College, whose controversial email about Halloween costumes sparked vociferous campus protests, has decided to quit teaching classes at the school. In emails to Business Insider…
The Case for Syrian Christians
When the media reported that Ted Cruz wanted to only admit Syrian Christian refugees into the United States, the junior senator from the Lone Star state found himself once again in the midst of a…
Johns Hopkins to Spend $25 Million the next 5 Years for Diversity Reasons
More diversity spending, but will it solve anything? Probably not. Johns Hopkins University does not have the racial baggage of other elite schools, as its president told the community a few weeks ago. It was…
Another Bad Policy Idea: Student Loan Forgiveness for Gov’t Employees
Good take from our friend George Leef: Under PSLF, students who find jobs that are officially regarded as doing “public service” can get their college debts erased after 10 years of such work. College grads…
Nebraska Students want a Gun Free Zone
Both faculty and some students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln oppose reversing the prohibition of concealed carry on college campuses and other public locations.
More Planned Parenthood Myths
Planned Parenthood continues to lure collegians to its side but might be missing a fact or two when they sign up new supporters. For example, despite its claims to the contrary, Planned Parenthood’s primary activity…
Harvard University Reviews Family Seal due to Ties to Slavery
This is worth investigating and worrying about over at Harvard? As college students across the country press their institutions to confront the experiences of campus minorities, law schools and their students and alumni are increasingly…
Communist Students say Capitalism is Violent
Uh, do they know history at all? Communist China, North Korea, Soviet Union were pretty violent regimes compared to capitalist societies.
Common Core Computer Crack-Up
What do Common Core and Obamacare have in common, other than the enthusiasm they engender in the White House and widespread disappointment they generate outside of it? Both programs have fatal computer glitches. “New Hampshire-based…