Emerson College Suspends Student Group for Distributing "China Kinda Sus" Stickers
Criticism of a foreign country (or at least this foreign country) is now apparently forbidden by Emerson.
Education
A.G. Merrick Garland Tells FBI To Investigate Parents Who Yell at School Officials About Critical Race Theory
School boards want some perturbed parents branded domestic terrorists.
Teachers Union Boss Accidentally Endorses School Choice While Rushing To Support Masking in Schools
Normally, Randi Weingarten isn't a fan of giving parents more control over their kids' education.
A Disinvitation at MIT
The Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes MIT for capitulating to the cancel mob.
A First Aid Kit for Professors under Threat
What should you do if the mob tries to cancel you?
Tenure Rules at the University System of Georgia
The board of regents proposes sweeping changes that would significantly weaken tenure protections for faculty.
A Radio Interview on Academic Freedom
WBUR's On Point dedicated an hour to a discussion of the threat to academic freedom on college campuses
"What If Trigger Warnings Don't Work?"
"New psychological research suggests that trigger warnings do not reduce negative reactions to disturbing material—and may even increase them."
The Academic Freedom Podcast #5 with FIRE
A conversation with researchers at FIRE about the free speech climate on college campuses
Universities Are Teaching Intolerance
We need more alternative paths to education and employment.
'Equity,' 'Multiculturalism,' and 'Racial Prejudice' Among Concepts That Could Be Banned in Schools by Wisconsin Bill
A bill touted as banning "critical race theory" in schools would actually ban a huge array of speech around culture, race, and sex, its sponsor says.
Vaccine Mandates Coming for K-12 Students
San Diego becomes latest school district to require teen jabs. But is it good policy?
New York Firing Health Care Workers as COVID-19 Heads Northeast
The vaccine mandate on health care workers, ahead of the broader mandate on the rest of us, is putting America in uncharted territory.
Parents Are Filling the Political Vacuum for Charter School Support
Charter enrollment grew by 7 percent last school year, double the prior year.
Judge Explains First Amendment Basics to Wisconsin Sheriff Who Threatened Teen with Jail for Instagramming Her COVID Infection
No, law enforcement and school officials cannot order students to remove posts about exposure to the coronavirus.
The Houston Chronicle Cites Iffy Data To Make the Case for Mask Mandates in Schools
When you are already convinced a policy makes sense, any evidence will do.
Virginia Tech Computer Policy Banning "Intimidation, Harassment, and Unwarranted Annoyance" Is Unconstitutionally Vague and Overbroad
So holds a federal district court.
Mass Student Loan Forgiveness Is Already Happening
Biden is using executive authority to write off debts for some borrowers, while a Bush-era law could have even bigger implications.
School Choice Helped a Homeless Teen Grow Up To Run a Nonprofit. Now She Wants To Help Others.
"If you would have told me when I was 12 years old, I would run this organization, I would have said you were crazy."
Quarantined L.A. Schoolkids Have Lower COVID Rates Than Vaccinated Teachers
Media persists in pediatric scare stories even while the country's largest dataset shows tiny yet still-declining rates, including among the needlessly quarantined.
College Campuses Have the Craziest COVID-19 Restrictions of All
Here's why that should terrify the rest of us, too.
Toddler-Masking Biden Says Governors Are 'Playing Politics With the Lives of…Children'
The president bemoans the incivility of politics while accusing Republicans of being "cavalier" about the potential for dead kids.
Fixing America's Poorly Functioning Public School Systems Might Require a Bulldozer
It's time for some out-of-box thinking about school reform. What if we let the market do more work and relied on the state for less?
Taxing the Rich Isn't Enough to Pay for Democrats' Welfare State. They'll Need To Soak the Middle Class Too.
There simply aren't enough rich people to finance all the new spending.
There's Little Rationale for Masking School Kids, but Teachers Unions Are Demanding It
The National Education Association strong-armed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Opposing Racism Doesn't Require Promoting Victimhood
The ideas put forward by Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi are fundamentally "anti-black."
University Presidents and Campus Speech Controversies
University presidents have a responsibility to stand up for academic freedom
Forget Classroom Battles: Homeschooling Is Easier Than Ever
Families looking for alternatives to battlefields of the culture war have a bonanza of educational options.
The Good and the Bad in the 666 Bills That Took Effect This Week in Texas
While libertarians will be inclined to applaud some of the new laws, others exemplify familiar conservative excesses.
The Secret To Vaccinating Children: Off-Label Vaccinations
It’s legal for doctors to give kids the Pfizer vaccine, but Pfizer isn’t allowed to say so.
California's Recall Is a Revolt Against Gov. Gavin Newsom's Progressive Agenda
Leading candidates Larry Elder, Kevin Faulconer, and Kevin Kiley cite homelessness, crime, housing costs, and energy shortages as evidence that one-party rule is failing the Golden State.
20 States Sue Over Title IX Guidance on Gender Identity
Plus: Biden's Afghanistan speech, Texas abortion ban takes effect, Instagram's creepy new plan, and more...
The Academic Freedom Podcast #4 with David French
A conversation about fighting for free speech on campus and the trouble with legislative restrictions on it.
Biden Keeps Pushing Dubious Arguments for CDC Supremacy
The president seems determined to anoint the agency’s director as the nation’s COVID-19 dictator, no matter what the law says.
The New York Times Assumes a Scientific Consensus on School Mask Mandates That Its Own Reporting Shows Does Not Exist
If all sensible people agree that students should be forced to wear masks, why do other countries reject that policy?
Amherst College Orders Vaccinated Students To Be Double-Masked Indoors
The college's absurd COVID-19 countermeasures are the strictest in the nation.
Learning To Live With Coronavirus
How the past two years of COVID-19 can better inform how we go about the next two
Department of Education Will Launch Investigations Targeting States That Banned Schools From Mandating Masks
Not everything potentially beneficial should be mandatory and not everything potentially harmful should be banned. And not every dispute about costs and benefits should be decided by the federal government.
