Could the second half of that equation be a solution to the first? Don’t bet on it.
Topic: Virginia
Norfolk School Disses Parent’s Rights
A concerned parent in Norfolk who got no response from her daughter’s school decided to send a recorder to school to determine whether the nine-year-old girl was being bullied. Now the mom faces legal pushback for exercising her parental rights.
Virginia Poll: Half of Residents Prefer Protecting against Discrimination Over Free Speech
50% of Virginia residents prefer protecting against discrimination over protecting freedom of speech, per a poll by VCU.
Textbook Gets Bill of Rights, Right
In a bit of shocking news, a Virginia textbook got the Bill of Rights, right.
Schools Close in Virginia after 300 Teachers Won’t Work for ‘A Day Without Women’ Protest Day
Over three hundred teachers said they planned not to work on “A Day Without Women,” a protest that grew out from the Women’s March on Washington. This from The College Fix: The Alexandria City Public…
Virginia High School in Hot Water over Politically Correct Signs
From The Daily Caller: An Arlington County School Board member stood by allowing teachers to post politically-suggestive messages in classrooms during a Wednesday interview on a Washington-based radio station. The signs, posted by teachers, were…
UVA Professor ‘Agrees’ to Go On Leave after Criticizing ‘Black Lives Matter’
A college professor ‘agrees’ to go on leave after criticizing ‘Black Lives Matter’
University of Virginia has $2.3 Billion Fund, Lawmakers Look toward Tuition Freeze
UVa has a fund worth $2.3 billion. Did they overcharge for tuition…?
Virginia School Board Nixed Plan for Parental Input in Transgender Policy Process
Fairfax County Public Schools has been embroiled in controversy after parents in the county and community have opposed the transgender push by school board members, and now the board is going to avoid any public…
Former Virginia Governor: Higher Ed has a Lot of Issues
Jim Gilmore, who ran as a Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 cycle and had served as Virginia’s governor, wrote an op-ed describing the problems that higher education and academia are facing today. It’s worth a read.
Faculty Lounge
LGBT Activist goes to Harvard, Interprets Bible as Approving of Monogamous, Gay Relationships
Student Government Puts CRs on I.C.E., I.C.E. Baby
CUNY Law School Dean: Eight-Minute Disruptive Protests during Guest Speech is ‘Reasonable Exercise’ of Free Speech
Are Foreign Students Gaming Affirmative Action?
College President Resigns Before Plagiarism Investigation Concludes
Black Lives Matter Exposed
Book Review
Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
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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