Academic and Medical Malpractice Teaching middle-schoolers and deciding which books to allow in classrooms are low on Jason Riley’s serious goals list. Far more consequential than a Black history curriculum, he writes in the WSJ, is the inability of middle schoolers to read or do math at grade level. In Florida, where GOP governor and […]
The Tragic Decline in American Education
At LewRockwell.com, Taki Theodoracopulos explains the declining state of American education, with a focus on public speaking. He writes: I am writing this dispatch from the birthplace of “oracy,” the art of public speaking first perfected by the Athenian Demosthenes, a speaker so eloquent and influential he managed to force the great Aristotle to move […]
HOMESCHOOL: The Fight Against the Woke School Agenda
At the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, former congressman and presidential candidate, Dr. Ron Paul, discusses the trend in moving to homeschool and the importance of fighting the woke agenda in schools to liberty. He writes: “Woke” culture has become so prominent in the American education system that it would not be surprising […]
Can a Tenured Professor Sue Responsibly, Lovingly?
Taking Legal Action against a Student Publication You know it’s bad when Sesame Street is being thrown into the mix. The (Irish) Rover is a Catholic, conservative student-run publication at Notre Dame. A Notre Dame sociology professor, Tamara Kay, studies Sesame Street’s “cultural transfusion around the world.” Kay is suing the Rover for its coverage […]
The Axing of a Happy, Benign Tribalism
In NRO, Jay Nordlinger writes on varied subjects: human rights, sports, dictatorships, politics, music, travel, deaths, national affairs, etc. – a cornucopia of life and world events. In his latest post, Mr. Noerdlinger defends legacy admissions. Several weeks ago, a story from Amherst College in Amherst, MA, caught his attention: “Amherst College Ends Legacy Admissions […]
How to Create “Enormous Cognitive Dissonance”
Awaken Dogmatic Slumbers One novel way is to give a few facts to undergrads, suggests Michael Munger. Mr. Munger, a professor of Political Science, Economics, and Public Policy at Duke University and a senior fellow of the American Institute for Economic Research, talks about his “go-to discussion strategy,” where he shocks students out of their […]
Freefalling at Stanford
Originally posted March 24, 2023. Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? “Who watches the watchers”? Just in case your Latin is as rusty as mine, the literal translation is, “who will guard the guards themselves?” The phrase has a universal, timeless application referring generally to problems with people with power:: such as tyrannical governments, uncontrollably oppressive dictatorships, and police or judicial corruption and overreach, […]
Crybabies in Sarasota
Why Teach Western Civ According to trustees at New College of Florida, they are being censured for espousing a classical, Western Civilization approach to general education. Only hidebound conservatives would impose that obsolete curriculum upon 21st-century students—or so the claim goes. Mark Baurelein responds: Read more carefully. Consider, says the College’s trustee, the syllabus of […]
Florida Seeks to Expand the Protection of Children
Florida’s legislature is seeking to expand its protection of children and parental rights by extending last year’s Parental Rights in Education bill beyond third grade all the way to high school seniors. The Blaze reports: A proposed Florida State Board of Education rule would expand a ban against teaching about gender identity and sexual orientation […]
SPIES ON CAMPUS: The Chinese Have Invaded the Quad
America’s secrets are in danger. Chinese students and professors, and some Americans who are simply willing to take Chinese money, are giving American secrets to the communist regime. They aren’t stealing these secrets in military facilities or corporate R&D labs, they’re stealing them on America’s campuses. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), a member of the Senate […]
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