A recent study concluded that colleges’ teaching preparation is an “industry of mediocrity.”
Articles By: Spencer Irvine
Leaning Tower of PISA
A bipartisan research council found that American students are just average.
Fracking = Growth, Study Says
A Cleveland State University study found that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, leads to economic growth in the regions where it is used.
CAP Likes Common Core
There is an interesting split on the Left over the Obama Administration’s Common Core education reforms.
River of Denial
Speakers at a recent forum on online radicalization of Muslims sponsored by the New America Foundation proved once again that denial is not just a river in Egypt.
Humanitarian Aid: Epic Fail
If America is a free-market system, then why does it impose a central planning model on humanitarian aid?, a George Mason University economist asks.
Where Terrorists Connect
The internet has increased the “lone wolf phenomena” and little to nothing is being done to counter online jihadist websites and propaganda.
NCLB Official: Mistakes Made
Perhaps for the first time, a Bush Administration official has admitted that there were problems with the last president’s No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education reforms.
Gov’t caused 2008 collapse
John Allison’s book, The Financial Crisis and the Free Market Cure: Why Pure Capitalism is the World Economy’s Only Hope, skewers the federal government.
“Thought Leaders” Extol China Schools
None questioned the source of the information on China’s educational progress—the Chinese government itself.