LA Unified & Education Reform

Two weeks ago the Los Angeles Teachers Union called for its members to boycott the Los Angeles Times over the impending publication of  a study that rated the effectiveness of some 6,000 elementary school teachers.


Susan B. Anthony Revived

New York—The Susan B. Anthony List held an event on the 90th anniversary of women’s right to vote entitled “A Conversation on Pro-Life Feminism,” which attracted a wide variety of feminism enthusiasts.


J-School Modernizes…Eventually

The University of Colorado is considering shuttering its School of Journalism  and replacing it with a program that is better suited for the digital age.


Shariah On The Move

The Constitution might be sliding down a memory hold in most classrooms, even as it makes a comeback outside of them, but from coast to coast, Shariah law is on the rise, at least in public schools.


Freedom Works

Tabitha Hale and Brendan Steinhauser represented FreedomWorks, an organization that recruits and mobilizes large volunteer activists groups to fight for smaller government, fewer taxes, and more freedom at the Heritage Foundation’s Bloggers Briefing on August 24, 2010.


Alternatives to Assigned Readings

Students, particularly conservatives, can get a good idea of how much they missed in their education by reading  10 Books Every Conservative Must Read: Plus Four Not to Miss and One Imposter by Benjamin Wiker.


What Will They Learn

Exploring the respected notion of higher “general education” in America, the American Counsel of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) set WhatWillTheyLearn.com in motion, a project aimed at evaluating major public and private colleges and universities on seven key areas of knowledge; English composition, foreign language, literature, U.S. government or history, economics, mathematics, and the sciences.


The Philosophy of Plunder

When garden variety academics leave their ivory cocoons, they are really at a loss.


Y _ _ _

In a move described as a new “branding strategy,” the YMCA recently decided to change its name to simply the “Y,” which prompted Conan O’Brien to comment that “You know times are tough when even letters are getting laid off.”


Fact-checking The Elites

One of the reasons that Liberals have so many misconceptions about conservatives is that their knowledge of history seems to begin when they get up in the morning.


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