Clearly, No Child Left Behind has caused schools to redouble their efforts to teach reading and math but at what cost?
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Academia Demonizes The Military
A veteran cop and author debunked widespread academic myths about the U. S. military at Accuracy in Academia’s recent Capitol Hill conference.
Insourcing The Science Gap
American colleges and universities can still claim that they are producing more scientists every year but they can juice those numbers by the manner in which they label various academic disciplines as scientific.
Inmates Run Academic Asylum
While the former foreign secretary for the Taliban attends lectures openly at Yale, ROTC cadets routinely feel compelled to change out of their U. S. military uniforms before returning to class.
Liberal Bias Yes and No
One news producer admits liberal bias.
Preschool Campaign Gets Ethics Issue
State-funded preschool in California is on the ballot for June, partly because of Hollywood director Rob Reiner’s unethical behavior.
Gay Agenda Taking Over California Schools
California legislators keep passing bills that harm traditional family, even now considering eliminating references to mom, dad, husband and wife in classrooms and texts.
Diversity Day Denied
Viroqua High School officials chose to cancel tomorrow’s Diversity Day activities after Liberty Counsel presented legal precedent requiring inclusion of the viewpoints of Christians and former homosexuals.
Prince of Georgetown
A national uproar over an Arab company buying some port operations forced
cancellation of the deal but when a controversial Saudi Prince spends $40
million to promote himself and his views through two major universities and takes out a
two-page ad in the Washington Post highlighting his efforts, hardly anyone in
the media bats an eyelid.
College Con?
Left unspoken in much of the debate over the exploding cost of higher education is the degree to which college and university administrators themselves may be padding their bills.
Recent Articles
Questioning Common Core
Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has nine question for Common Core opponents, which I would like to answer with eight questions of my own. First, Mr. Petrilli: Do you mean that you…
Scott Walker’s New Budget cuts $300 Million from Higher Ed
13% of the University of Wisconsin’s funds are being slashed by Governor Scott Walker, who is responding to estimates that the state’s budget will be some $900 million short by 2017.
Left Losing Wisconsin’s Teacher’s Unions
It’s getting harder and harder to find left-wing activists, even in public school unions in progressive Wisconsin. “In 2011, in the wake of the largest workers uprising in recent U. S. history, I was elected…
Marquette Suppresses Academic Freedom
As we have reported, a professor at Marquette, John McAdams, was suspended after criticizing a graduate student who said she would not tolerate criticism of gay marriage in her classroom His suspension is drawing criticism…
Harvard is Fighting the Obama Admin’s Rules
Great op-ed on why the Obama Department of Education is overreaching their boundaries with sexual assault rules. Schools like Harvard shouldn’t have to have such onerous regulation from the top, which actually do no one…
Hamas on Campus at UC-Davis
Chants of “Allahu Akbar” broke out while Jewish students were protesting the divestment-from-Israel vote among students. Real classy, no, not at all.
Common Core on the Ropes
The Common Core education standards are not advancing as supporters had hoped and the Obama Administration that promoted them bears much of the blame, according to a journal of the education establishment. “Common Core has…
White House Targeted College Savings
While the Obama Administration hatched a plan to make community college free, the White House plotted a change in the tax treatment of savings accounts parents use to pay for their children’s college education. “During…
Fracking College Degree to be Offered at Illinois Community College
Talk about an actual practical college degree, for starters.
Salaita goes after Illinois Donors in post-firing controversy
Steven Salaita, who did not get tenure at the University of Illinois for anti-Semitic remarks, is now suing the university’s donors for encouraging the university not to hire him.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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