Education
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Latest from Rutgers: There is no such thing as ‘free speech’
Rutgers, New Jersey’s state university, has been in the headlines repeatedly of late for outrageous statements made by members of its faculty…
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Which recent name in the news has become focus of course at prominent law school?
There is much that can be learned from the life of Freddie Gray. One conclusion that might be adduced from his…
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College administrator’s fix for over-policing: Stop treating shoplifting as crime
An administrator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggested at a recent roundtable conversation that, in order to combat “overpolicing” in…
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At-risk teen slashed with machete, buried alive by fellow students
It is still unclear whether the unspeakably gruesome murder of a student in the Homestead, Fla., chapter of the Job Corps — a live-in…
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What would happen if schools bucked the trend toward diversity? See for yourself
In 2000, the left-leaning National Institute for Urban School Improvement issued a white paper (maybe rainbow paper is a more…
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You’re hired! Donald Trump for school boss?
Could Bill Gates or Donald Trump run a school district better than a lifelong professional educator? The Texas State Board for…
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How do teachers feel about Obama’s effort to regulate suspensions of minority students? New poll has the answers
American teachers show significant opposition to an Obama administration effort that pressures schools to suspend and expel fewer black and Hispanic students.…
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Fake, P.C. #NativeHistory ‘map porn’ storms Facebook
Infected with the Confirmation Virus.
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Meet the Human Rights Campaign’s gender-inclusive classroom guide
It’s the first day of school. The teacher, sporting an ear-to-ear smile, looks out at the fresh young faces of her…
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University ban on saggy pants assailed as racist
A college’s attempt to crack down on the wearing of saggy pants is being attacked as racist against black people. Henderson State…
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Find out why people are freaking out about this sorority’s recruitment video
A new recruitment video released by the sorority Alpha Phi at the University of Alabama has gone viral, attracting negative…
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NYS ed commissioner threatens schools, parents over Common Core opt-out numbers
It’s how Democrats do business in the Obama era. Any time schools, parents, and students mount a protest to the…
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University of Texas urged to remove statue of Woodrow Wilson
A panel at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) has issued a report recommending that the school remove its statues honoring…
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19-year-old coed joins Ferguson protests, but not in the way you might expect
Lexi Kozhevsky, a 19-year-old nursing student at St. Louis University, made the decision Monday night to head over to nearby Ferguson, where angry demonstrators…
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Duke students: White people are basically all Charleston shooter Dylann Roof
A group of Duke University students on a study abroad have written a collective editorial accusing all white Americans of “holding the…
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Another radical Rutgers professor sounds off on social media with a mind-boggling tweet
It’s hard to say which is the most liberal college in the known universe, but Rutgers, the state university of…
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College students today are unable to laugh about anything
A new article for the Atlantic magazine delves into the antiseptic world of college stand-up comedy, where the humor of a joke…
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College lays off hundreds, spends $950K on renovations to president’s mansion
It’s not only the U.S. president who lives like a king while claiming to identity with the “little people.” The University…
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This ‘poetry’ lesson resulted in teacher being pulled from classroom
Confusing doggerel and poetry is nothing new in American schools in the age of political correctness and inclusiveness. But one…
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College Board, pressured by critics, will eliminate ‘anti-American language’ from U.S. history exam
The pendulum has swung back in the other direction. After being bullied by liberals into revising its take on American history…
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New York State cracks down on guns … toy guns
The New York State Attorney General’s Office announced a settlement with major retail stores that will further ban the sale of…
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Texas fails school-choice test
Free marketer Milton Friedman would surely be perplexed by the state of education in Texas. The late Nobel Prize-winning economist…
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Teachers union demands Chris Christie resign as governor for saying THIS
The head of New Jersey’s biggest teachers union is calling for Gov. Chris Christie’s head after he said the union’s national…
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New House bill would protect college students accused of campus rape
A trio of House Republicans have introduced a new bill that seeks to guarantee due process when college students are…
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You won’t believe which word a PC college language guide deems offensive
Only in America is such a thing possible! A “Bias-Free Language Guide” in use at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) labels…
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Amherst College’s unbelievable response to a rape lawsuit
Amherst College, battling a lawsuit from a student who claims he was wrongly expelled after a bogus sexual assault allegation, has…
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Saying ‘free tampons would slow gender inequality’ is so un-PC
Many moons ago, when “Saturday Night Live” was still occasionally funny, the show featured a skit that revolved around a fictitious…
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Interview with author Heidi Kingstone: A women’s perspective of life in Afghanistan
On July 8, Afghanistan’s first female nominee for the country’s supreme court, Anisa Rassouli, failed to win enough votes in…
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New transgender guidelines will allow boys to play on girls’ sports teams and vice versa
Various entities across New York could earn a gold medal in gymnastics for all the back-bending they’re doing to accommodate…
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Health plans at NJ colleges will now cover genital makeovers
Nose jobs are still on your own dime. But if you are enrolled at one of five New Jersey universities and…
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Republicans crush Democrats’ effort to impose Obama’s global warming agenda on schools
Senate Republicans soundly defeated an attempt by Democrats to get the federal government more involved in state’s Common Core standards…
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