Faculty Lounge 30% of Millennial College Grads Live at Home Spencer Irvine February 24, 2015 This isn’t good if America is trying to build a society of future homeowners and self-sufficient workers.
Faculty Lounge Oklahoma could Ban AP Classes in High School since it’s Common Core 2.0 Spencer Irvine February 20, 2015 State representative Dan Fisher may have a point here, as recent years have shown that Common Core is spawning adjustments…
Faculty Lounge Not-So-Prestigious Law Schools Enroll More Minority Students, Study finds Spencer Irvine February 14, 2015 The study found that more minorities enrolled in less-than-prestigious law schools than the top ones, leading to concerns over diversity…
Faculty Lounge Middle School Students given “Fifty Shades of Grey” Word Search Spencer Irvine February 13, 2015 The Monessen, Pennsylvania middle school students’ parents were shocked to see their children have an assignment with words from the “Fifty Shades…
Faculty Lounge Obama doesn’t get what Community Colleges are For Spencer Irvine February 10, 2015 President Obama visited a community college and pushed for his free community college plan, but he overlooked how graduation rates…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts are headed to Legislature, making U of Wisconsin Nervous Spencer Irvine Walker proposed $300 million in budget cuts for the University of Wisconsin system, which is not a lot considering their…
Faculty Lounge Bobby Jindal unveils Plan to Repeal Common Core Spencer Irvine He’s taken up the anti-Common Core mantle, and good for him.
News, Perspectives Pell Grants don’t help Career-Oriented Students Spencer Irvine February 5, 2015 Pell grants are a lifeline for many American students, costing billions of taxpayer dollars, but what do we have to…
Perspectives Questioning Common Core Malcolm A. Kline February 4, 2015 Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has nine question for Common Core opponents, which I would like to…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker’s New Budget cuts $300 Million from Higher Ed Spencer Irvine 13% of the University of Wisconsin’s funds are being slashed by Governor Scott Walker, who is responding to estimates that…
Perspectives Left Losing Wisconsin’s Teacher’s Unions Malcolm A. Kline It’s getting harder and harder to find left-wing activists, even in public school unions in progressive Wisconsin. “In 2011, in…
Perspectives Common Core on the Ropes Malcolm A. Kline February 2, 2015 The Common Core education standards are not advancing as supporters had hoped and the Obama Administration that promoted them bears…