American students seem to have trouble understanding the greatness of our country and need the for patriotism. One high school student tells the story of what happened in his very classroom.
Monthly Archives For February 2006
Losing Our History
When giving a history quiz to a number of college students, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni failed four out of five students.
Women Dominating Higher Ed
The “Boy Crisis” is also hitting higher education in the form of fewer numbers of men attending college as compared to women.
A Call for Action
Students fear retaliation from professors, they feel pressured to accept the teachers viewpoints and say teachers introduce political comments in non-political classes, according to a new survey by ACTA.
Accreditation Fails to Improve Teachers
Accreditation processes that don’t produce better teachers aren’t cost efficient and they don’t help our students.
Schreck
Mal Kline exposes the illusory nature of McCarthyism in academia by examining testimony of Dr. Ellen Schrecker.
Schools Need Tough Love Reform
Discussions of school reform often result is shouting matches and excercises in passing the buck rather than honest discussion and creative ideas about how to fix public education, but a group of educators that spoke at AEI recently have a problem with that approach.
Academia and Media Fraud
In school reports and newspapers, hoaxes and fraud get treated like fact all too often.
Happy Valentine’s Day
Bucknell conservatives are planning a benefit flower sale, while their liberal counterparts sell crude items and The Vagina Monologues.
Fighting Illini
A student responds to Mal Kline’s article, Fetishes at UIUC.