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Although frequently branded as far-Right, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s proposals, at least on the education front, are surprisingly middle-of-the-road, or at least are becoming mainstream. At least two of them are gaining acceptance in some surprising environs. The February 27, 2015 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education carries a headline which reads, “Republican governors […]

M. Stanton Evans, the author of the Sharon Statement elucidating the guiding principles of Young Americans for Freedom, has passed away at 80. He leaves behind 10 books and 10,000 jokes. “When Stan’s own dad died, Stan said his father’s life was marked by ‘unfailing dedication to principle and unfailing kindness to people,’” recalled longtime […]

When she served as chancellor of Washington, D.C.’s public schools, Michelle Rhee’s policies provoked scorn from Capital City teachers, to put it mildly. Long gone from the D.C. scene, Rhee’s approach is still benefitting D.C. students. “Ninety-one percent of the students on opportunity scholarships graduate from high school compared to 77 percent of the students […]

University faculty were outraged by the president’s recent op-ed in a local newspaper, which criticized how flawed the higher education model was and how the university has to adapt to the new landscape.

The Sex Week edition for George Washington University’s student newspaper, the GW Hatchet, had several tasteless articles and editorials. Among them were: A testimonial about a girl who talks about her one-night stand and how it wasn’t all it was hyped to be Morning-after brunch “quiz” Screening for STDs and how it costs too much (actually, […]

Pell grants are a lifeline for many American students, costing billions of taxpayer dollars, but what do we have to show for it? A policy paper by the American Enterprise Institute’s Kevin James points out that Pell grants do not help students looking to transition to a career field. James noted that “almost one-third of […]

Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has nine question for Common Core opponents, which I would like to answer with eight questions of my own. First, Mr. Petrilli: Do you mean that you oppose the Common Core standards themselves? All of them? Even the ones related to addition and subtraction? Phonics? Studying the […]

Haidar Eid, an associate professor at al-Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip, who also has a blog with Al Jazeera, pre-recorded his remarks to the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada. Eid apologized for not being able to attend the convention:“Unfortunately, I have not been able to leave Gaza” for at least eight […]

Waiting lists are one sign of the desirability of school choice. Graduation rates are another, and they seem to rise in tandem. In Washington, D.C., the “waiting list for students in the DC area for charter schools was 20,000 students,” first-term U.S. Senator Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, pointed out in some brief remarks to kick […]

The question is, who ratted them out. You’d think the Reds at the likes of Columbia University wouldn’t mind spying on capitalist America.

Despite its claims of proletarian empathy, it turns out that the Modern Language Association (MLA) does not cut many breaks to those struggling within its ranks. At the MLA’s annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada this year, Margaret Hanzimanolis, an adjunct English professor at De Anza College in California, railed against membership fees to the MLA, […]

In one of the oddest moments at Vancouver’s 2015 Modern Language Association convention, a moderator thanked the local Native Canadian Indian tribes for hosting the convention. Moderator Penelope Kelsey, an associate professor of English at the University of Colorado, said, “Thanks to these three nations for allowing us to conduct this panel today” and went […]