Covid-19 has taken the world by storm. Death toll and Covid-19 case numbers flash on TV screens as people around the world worry about what the future may hold. As millions of Americans continue to…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
School officials stand by teacher after LGBTQ, racial equality survey controversy
In Smithfield, North Carolina, school district officials are defending their decision of sending a LGBTQ rights and racial equality survey to schoolchildren, without prior approval or permission from parents. The main contentions from the parents…
School districts condemn U.S. Capitol mob violence
After mob violence engulfed the U.S. Capitol, public school districts across the country issued scathing condemnations of the violence while ignoring their priority: focusing on educating students during a pandemic. Across the country, public school…
Cancel Culture puts pressure on Pro-Trump University of Michigan Regent to resign
Cancel culture is coming for conservatives far and wide, and the controversy in Michigan is no different. Left-wing and anti-GOP activists demanded that a regent should resign over his ties to the Republican Party and…
The Call for Apolitical Public Education
Although America’s political parties are as divided as ever, it would be expected that the education of our country’s youth would be spared from the conflict. However, the year 2020, composed of brimming racial tensions,…
America’s Schools: The Left’s Head Start in the Ideological Battle for the Youth
While public schools are expected to remain neutral in political matters, teachers unions have become a powerful political force. Those in control of state education systems have illustrated their desire to implement a progressive agenda…
Terror U: Who is Suppressing Academic Freedom in Palestinian Universities?
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. In January of…
California Dreaming: Politicians Benefit while State Residents Suffer
Not so long ago, everyone wanted to live in California. The temperate climate, the beaches, the Rose Parade, Hollywood —– the mystique attracted millions to the state over the years. Today, it’s a far different…
High school cheerleader’s Snapchat swearing case makes it to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court could soon see one of the more interesting free speech cases involving a high school student, her school’s cheerleading team coach, and her school district. Law and Crime suggested that the case…
Ideological opposites in Congress try to protect single-sex college organizations
After Harvard University tried to shut down single-sex college organizations such as fraternities and sororities, two of its graduates proposed a bipartisan bill to prevent higher education institutions from trying to ban these organizations from…