As the Washington Examiner reported, one school is trying to change the education environment in poor, western Baltimore: …the Green Street Academy, a public charter school that opened its doors to a new building this…
Topic: education
Planned Parenthood Lobbying as “Classics” Education
Posted September 22, 2015, by Mary Grabar at the Dissident Prof: After the series of undercover films by the Center for Medical Progress showing high-ranking Planned Parenthood executives negotiating the sale of fetal body parts,…
Ohio Dad’s Common Core Math Check Makes News
As Fox News reported, the picture of the father’s check went viral as he wrote Common Core math on a check (which was not to be cashed and he did hide the important information) and…
Key ObamaCare Architect Jonathan Gruber said Pre-K Education doesn’t have Long Term Gains
As the College Fix said, you wouldn’t believe who said that pre-K education isn’t effective: A new study via the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) concludes that universal pre-school/child care is not the panacea…
Study: Minority Teachers have Higher Quit Rate than Others
This is a legitimate concern: An Albert Shanker Institute study has found that “[t]eachers of color continue to be underrepresented” in the United States, with, notably, nine large cities seeing drops in the number of…
Obama’s College Scorecard Ignores Conservative, Christian Colleges
Hillsdale and Grove City were not on the scorecard put out by Obama’s Department of Education.
Common Core Disses Bilingual Education
The bad reviews of Common Core keep pouring in, and not just from the right of center. “Among bilingual educators there has been much debate about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS),” Jeff Bale writes…
Bias Watch: Georgetown University
Occasionally, students actually notice when they are in a biased course. “I felt a certain idealistic giddiness upon enrolling in ‘Prisons & Punishment,’ a government course introduced during my senior year of college,” Danny Funt…
Victory for Free Speech at Dixie State University
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) just won another case for free speech on college campuses, this time against Dixie State University’s censorship of flyers.
Increased Computer Use in the Classroom could be Bad for Learning
A study recently pointed this out, as Academe Blog noted.