A recent report alleged that the College Board, the architects of the college entrance exams known today as the SAT, is becoming a profit-driven (yet taxpayer-funded) machine, instead of a business focused on the greater…
Topic: academia
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New York Educators Lowered the Standards to Pass Common Core Tests
From the New York Post: The state this year lowered the number of answers kids needed to get right on 11 of the 12 Common Core exams, fueling concerns that rising scores were inflated. In…
University of New Haven Disinvites Sheriff David Clarke due to Possible ‘Politically Polarizing’ Comments
Administrators at the University of New Haven disinvited Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke due to the possibility he might say something that could offend someone, and then tried to cover that up: When challenged, the university…
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A Guide to Fight for School Choice
The Institute for Justice (IJ) and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) issued a jointly-published guide on how lawmakers and activists can push for more school choice in their home states. In their second edition…
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Leftist Mob Surrounds Conservative Students, Rail Against Conservatism
The Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter at the University of Kansas was surrounded by leftist student protesters and were lectured by the protesters for over an hour:
UVA Professor ‘Agrees’ to Go On Leave after Criticizing ‘Black Lives Matter’
A college professor ‘agrees’ to go on leave after criticizing ‘Black Lives Matter’
Charter Schools Work in Massachusetts
The Pioneer Institute conducted a case study on Phoenix Academies, a successful charter school network in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Their focus is not on separating at-risk youth and children into grade levels, but tailoring…
Lawsuit Alleges that NYU’s Asian Campus was an ‘Educational Scam’
Wow…New York University scammed their students, according to a recent lawsuit filed against the university: The now-defunct Tisch Asia campus in Singapore promised students the same education they’d get in New York, the lawsuit says….
Rush Limbaugh Quotes AIA Blog
Our recent article on Donald Trump confusing academics was cited by talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh this past Friday! Take a listen at this link here and read the transcript below: “These people couldn’t…
University of New Mexico doesn’t have Enough Funding to Redesign Their School Seal
The seal of the university was criticized as racist, even when it was designed by an indigenous artist, but the university cannot redesign it anytime soon due to lack of funding.