Friday A/V Club: Watch This Old Movie About Stranger Danger and Marvel at How Unsupervised Kids Used to Be
This film's fears can't conceal just how level-headed people were about allowing children a little autonomy.
Education
Kids, Turn in Your Federally-Funded Laptops for Imminent Destruction
They should Google "what the road to hell is paved with."
No Justice at Harvard: Accused Students Don't Get Attorneys, Cross-Examination
Alumni could be called to participate in due-process-free trials for years to come.
Is Campbell Brown Too 'Pretty' to File a Historic Lawsuit That Would Make It Easier to Fire Lousy Teachers in New York?
How teachers unions and their defenders are reacting to the latest anti-tenure lawsuit.
Kids or Criminals? Preschool Suspended a 3-Year-Old… Five Times
If there's any good news on this front, it's that the absurdity of many of these stories has prompted something of a backlash.
Mitch Daniels Battles the Campus Bureaucracy at Purdue
Since taking the job last year, Daniels has been fighting the good fight against bureaucratic bloat.
Are Teachers Underpaid? Let's Find Out
If teachers believe they aren't making what they're worth, let's free them from union constraints and let them find out what the job market has to offer.
Another Campus Falls to Anti-Smoking Zealotry—Even E-Cigs Are Banned
Some students are irritated about the ban, but who are they to stand athwart history?
Nationalize the Ivy League—What Could Go Wrong? (Hint: Lots)
Let's tread lightly here, comrades.
If Colleges Are Skeptical of Common Core, It's Probably Because the Standards Are Awful
Universities may be hesitant to put blind faith in Core-certified students, since teachers played almost no role in the development of the standards.
U. Wisconsin Denies Plan to Distribute Grades According to Race
Clearly all people contribute to diversity in one way or another.
Major Win For School Choice: Charter Students Smarter, Earn More
Market incentives and individual choice are the best tools for fixing American education.
Affirmative Action = Discrimination Against Asians, NYC Schools Edition
It's very difficult for low-income 13-year-olds to cobble together appealing resumes.
Ohio U. 'Not a Police State' Even Though Admins Banned Smoking, Will Force Cessation On Non-Compliers
Definitely not a police state.
Paying Teachers According to Seniority is Nonsensical and Ineffective
Paying teachers according to their degree attainment is also silly.
Maryland Tested Kids on Material It No Longer Teaches, Guess What Happened?
Scores were predictably low.
The Free Press Is Suing UMich For Routinely Violating Open Meetings Law
In the last year, the regents voted on 116 public matters, and only 8 of those times were there any dissenting votes.
Common Core Is Crony Capitalism for Computer Companies
Who wants to bet that Core-aligned standardized testing requires Windows 8?
Obama Administration Choking Off Student Loans, Which Is Good News
For-profit schools get deserved flak, but the public universities lock kids into years of debt, too.
Boise State U. Charged Libertarian Students Gigantic 'Security Fee' to Host Pro-Gun Speaker
Sadly, Boise State seems like quite the unfree hellhole.
Big Government and the Campus Rape Controversy
Former government officials find lucrative new work in higher education.
Breaking: Students Sue OSU Over Crazy Illegal Campus Gun Ban
Public universities can't trump state law and establish even stricter anti-gun policies.
Texas Celebrates Fourth of July By Ousting Corrupt UT Austin President
Thankfully, it looks like corrupt college administrators will no longer be able to keep the extent of their wrongdoing a secret from the public.
Philly School Reform Group Fights Seniority-Based Staffing Rules
Philadelphia students, teachers, and parents deserve better than seniority-based staffing delivers.
Mom Vows to Fight School That Charged Her Little Boy with 'Sexual Misconduct' for Harmless Playground Antics
The mother of the Nevada kindergartner who was formally accused of sexual misconduct has vowed to fight the charges.
Hearing Examiner: School Was Right to Suspend Little Boy Who Chewed Pop-Tart Into Shape of Gun
School policies prohibit "lookalike weapons" as well as real ones, even though no one was ever shot to death by a pastry.
'Affirmative Consent': The Sex Police on the Defensive
Even advocates aren't sure exactly what affirmative consent means or how it will work. What could go wrong?
In Major Announcement, FIRE Says It Will Sue Every College With a Speech Code Until Speech Codes Die Forever
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announced a major litigation effort Tuesday against universities that maintain clearly illegal speech codes.
LA Schools Realize Giving Every Kid an iPad Was a Costly Disaster, Will Give Every Kid a Laptop Instead
The entire thing was an unmitigated disaster-a clear example of real life trumping the good intentions of bureaucrats.
