In a recent interview with Campus Reform, Sen. Cruz said that during his higher education career he took courses with Marxist teachers, and while he staunchly disagreed with those teachers, he was “perfectly happy” to…
Topic: education
New Jersey Politicians: We Don’t Want ‘Huck Finn’ in Schools
Two state legislators in New Jersey do not want the Mark Twain book, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” to be used in schools due to the use of the N-word.
Hamilton College Offers Course on Social Justice Promotion as a Teacher
Social justice in education is apparently the focus of a course at Hamilton College.
Good News/Bad News On Immigrant Education
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) finds that newly arrived immigrants are better educated than their predecessors. Unfortunately, they are more likely to be on Medicaid and food stamps.
Bush & Obama Education Reforms
In the Race to the Top is No Child Left Behind?
Gender Neutral Declaration of Independence Read in Arizona School
A gender neutral reading of the Declaration of Independence took place at an Arizona elementary school, shocking at least one parent.
Elementary and Middle School could be Full of Microaggressions, Professors Warn
Micro aggressions could be running amok in grades K-8, warned college professors.
HBCUS @AEI
Did you know that the Koch brothers have given historically black colleges and universities millions?
History Lessons Teach Children to be Scofflaws and That’s OK
History lessons teach children a “healthy contempt for authority,” writes Reason.
School Boards Get Political
School boards are increasingly political and are anti-charter schools, writes AIA Executive Director Malcolm Kline.
Faculty Lounge
University of Louisiana-Lafayette Updates Free Speech Policy after Criticism from Student Group
Virginia State University has Vague Wording of “Public Morals” in Handbook
China to Suspend Advanced Placement History Tests by 2020
Hollywood Criticizes Bowling Green State University for Changing Theater Building Name
Cal Poly Professor Created Attendance App by Using GPS Location Data
Black Lives Matter Exposed
Book Review
Why Angela Davis Should Remember the Jonestown Massacre
Not that anyone should forget but the revolutionary radical turned credentialed academic has a special reason to remember the mass suicide/homicide that occurred 40 years ago in the country of Guyana on November 18, 1978.
Coming to a university near you
Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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