The Academic Freedom Podcast #9 with Hiram Chodosh
A conversation with the president of Claremont McKenna College, the school at the top of the free-speech rankings
Education
Are the Parents of the Michigan School Shooter Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter?
The charge requires proof that James and Jennifer Crumbley knew their son posed a threat and could have prevented the attack through "ordinary care."
Academic Freedom at Public Universities is in Trouble
Legislatures and regents across the country are restricting intellectual freedom
Public Schools Should Stop Threatening Unvaccinated Kids
Los Angeles Unified School District's 34,000 unvaccinated teens should not go back to virtual learning.
University of Florida Suppresses Speech Ron DeSantis Might Not Like, Report Alleges
Keeping professors from testifying in lawsuits isn't the school's only free speech problem
The Second Great Age of Political Correctness
The P.C. culture of the '80s and '90s didn't decline and fall. It just went underground. Now it's back.
A State Attorney General Demands that a Professor be held "Accountable" for a Tweet
The Louisiana state attorney general seems unclear on the nature of free speech
The ACLU's Push To 'Cancel' Student Debt Shows How Far It Has Strayed From Defending Civil Liberties
The organization's embrace of a wide-ranging progressive agenda undermines its reason for existing.
The 'Build Back Better' Bill Will Spend a Lot of Money To Make Our Problems Worse
You can support pre-K education and affordable child care and worry about climate change while understanding that policymakers need to get out of the way.
School Choice Returns to the Supreme Court
The justices heard oral arguments this week in Carson v. Makin.
The Value of Ideological Diversity in Academia
Universities are better off if the faculty do not all think alike
"Trouble Brewing [at Yale] After 'Dehumanizing' Artisanal Coffee Remark"
"The letter condemns Satel for having 'the audacity to challenge Reverend Al Sharpton, an exemplary individual and activist.'"
5th Circuit Temporarily Restores Greg Abbott's Ban on School Mask Mandates
The appeals court is skeptical of the claim that the Texas governor's order illegally discriminates against people with disabilities.
Public Schools Are Causing Irreparable Harm to Themselves
As public schools push them out the door, many families are embracing change in how they educate children.
Support Reason for More Coverage of Gubmint's (Turrible) COVID-19 Policies!
While the press and politicians try to make the virus a political morality play, Reason keeps its head even while screaming at anti-scientific restrictionism.
School Districts Are Using Their COVID-19 Relief Money on Vape Detectors, Tennis Courts
"Some districts are investing big money in initiatives that don't appear at first glance strictly COVID-related."
Socialist Students Want Arizona State University To Expel 'Racist Murderer' Kyle Rittenhouse
So much for education being a universal human right.
The Academic Freedom Podcast #8 with Howard Gillman
A conversation with the chancellor of the University of California at Irvine about academic freedom
Against the Education Status Quo
After doing the jobs of teacher, coach, and cafeteria monitor for more than a year, many parents resented being told to sit down and shut up.
Pandemic Restrictions May Harm Infants' Cognitive Development, New Study Finds
But contrary to media reports, there's no specific evidence that masks are the culprit.
Controversial Researcher Driven from Campus at Old Dominion University
The Academic Freedom Alliance called on Old Dominion to protect professor from threats
A "Witch Hunt" at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes UIC for its treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn
Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to the University of Rochester
English professor threatened with discipline for reading aloud from Randall Kennedy's article on the n-word
The New Omicron Variant Is Sparking Demand for the Same Old COVID-19 Restrictions
Plus: Left-wing Arizona State students want Kyle Rittenhouse preventatively expelled, Senegalese water sellers protest the country's plastic ban, and more...
Shortage of Adult Workers Makes Teens Employable Again
Minimum wage laws priced young workers out of the market before the pandemic and may do so in the future.
Private Property Rights Made the First Thanksgiving Possible
Something to be grateful for.
Los Angeles Prepares to Kick 44,000 Unvaxxed Kids Out of School Buildings
California is leading the country in student vaccine mandates that will disproportionately harm the education of poor and minority students.
Bluebook Adopts Rule Requiring Slavery Parentheticals
"For cases involving an enslaved person as a party, use the parenthetical '(enslaved party).'"
University Official Fired for Discriminating Against Police Chief Who Voted for Trump
The official was the Vice President for Student Affairs and Diversity at the University of North Dakota.
New York Creating Race-Based School 'Affinity Groups' To Combat Racism
A Manhattan public middle school is asking students to segregate themselves next week as part of a "two day celebration" against segregation.
Study: School Choice Programs Save States Money
As Democrats push back against more choice in schooling, the evidence in its favor keeps piling up.
"Yes, This Is a Witch-Hunt: A University's Office for Access and Equity Launches a Full-Scale Persecution Campaign"
From leading liberal constitutional law professor Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern), in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley Gets 41 Months in Prison
Plus: Detroit schools close on Fridays just because, Scott Alexander offers a plausible ivermectin theory, and more...
