In their efforts to educate special needs children, public schools often miss one key facet of the school experience—education. Leanna Carolla, a public elementary school teacher in the Sacramento area, saw this trend first hand…
Monthly Archives For April 2015
Texas College Students Upset at Pro-Life Display
A pro-life display, with crosses representing the number of abortions a day, has riled up at least 200 people at the University of Texas-Arlington who signed a petition to ask it to be removed.
Ithaca College Starts Online Microaggression Reporting System
Microaggressions are a thing, at least at Ithaca College. Seriously?!
University of South Carolina Wrongly Suspends Student for Racism
The University of South Carolina has suspended a student, apparently for writing the N-word on a white board in a study room on campus, revealed in a photo that was posted online: This controversy has…
Honors Student Journalist gets Suspended for Helping with Project Veritas Video
As Campus Reform reported: “Barry University has suspended a student reporter for her participation in a Project Veritas video that featured a university coordinator assisting in the creation of an ISIS club on campus.” “The…
Columbia Journalism Publishes Investigation of Rolling Stone UVa Story
The bottom line? The Rolling Stone didn’t verify or fact check Sabrina Rubin Erdely’s story, her source “Jackie” and went ahead in publishing a false gang rape story. And what did Erdely say, after all this?…
Adjunct Professors want a Raise of $1500 Per Course
But, this plan could backfire in spectacular fashion as it could put some adjunct faculty ahead of full-time, tenured faculty in earnings and salaries. Uh, you should probably rethink this.
Cal State doesn’t Recognize Christian Group for Wanting Christian Leaders
A conservative Christian group was denied recognition by the California state system because they wanted to elect Christian leaders. Not a joke because this is serious business.
The Left Protests Common Core
Opposition to the Common Core education reforms embraced by the Obama Administration is growing, and not just on the political right. The latest issue of the decidedly left-wing journal Rethinking Schools carries two items on…
More Christopher Columbus Bashing, This Time at Univ. of Michigan-Flint
Associate professor of anthropology, Beverley Smith, blasted Christopher Columbus and put up a “wanted” poster in the program’s faculty board. That sounds like a fair take, right?