Education
Americans Don't Want Schools To Punish Off-Campus Speech
Only students support extending the power to penalize speech, raising concerns about what they’re learning in school.
Universities Should Free the Vaccinated From Covid Restrictions on Campus
New CDC guidelines strengthen the already compelling case for doing so.
More on the New Taboo: Accurately Quoting Source Documents in University Classrooms
Rutgers Law School, the National Coalition on Censorship, and the Washington Post.
"How Often Do You Think People Make False Accusations" Related to Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination, or Retaliation?
"All the times," "sometimes," or "rarely"? A prominent public university's training module requires faculty to give a particular answer.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of 'School Hesitancy'
Shocker: When you keep schools closed, lie about them being death mills, then call opening advocates white supremacists, parents may not be in a hurry to send their kids back to part-time Zoom-in-a-room.
Recent Developments in Controversies About Quoting Slurs from Court Cases
A CNN story on the Rutgers law school controversy; the settlement agreement in the firing of Central Michigan University professor Tim Boudreau; and the views of Prof. Nadine Strossen, former President of the ACLU.
We Reply to Anonymous Above The Law Columnist's Response to Our "The New Taboo: Quoting Epithets in the Classroom and Beyond"
Above the Law refused to publish our reply, so we're publishing it here.
Teachers Unions Use Political Clout To Keep Classrooms Closed
The public school system is a travesty that does not—and cannot—put students first.
Canceling Student Debt Would Be an Insult to Trade Workers
"The push for college came at the expense of every other form of education," says Mike Rowe.
College Soccer Player Suing Coach Who Benched Her After She Refused to Kneel During Protest
Punishing players for kneeling, or not kneeling, is a First Amendment violation at public universities.
John McWhorter on Cursing, Anti-Racism, and Why 'We Need to Stop Being So Afraid'
Columbia University linguist John McWhorter on "anti-racism" as a new, misguided civic religion and his new book on curses, Nine Nasty Words.
In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at Math
The new framework aims to keep everyone learning at the same level for as long as possible.
White House: Schools Should 'Probably' Open in the Fall. Also: 'Maybe,' and 'It Depends.'
Amid message confusion, report shows teachers union fingerprints on the CDC's school reopening guidance.
Voters Have Defeated a Texas School District's Plan To Punish Students for Microaggressions
The opposition to Southlake's plan was understandable.
The Equity Mess
Despite their professed goals, Democrats' pandemic policies have widened disparities between races, classes, and genders.
"Tenured Professor Abruptly Fired After Raising Allegations of Anti-Semitic Speech by Linfield University's President"
"[Daniel] Pollack-Pelzner ... is [also] one of many Linfield faculty members and students who have pushed back against the allegedly poor handling of sexual abuse and [harassment] claims by the administration."
This School Punished a Cheerleader for an Off-Campus Snapchat. Does That Violate the First Amendment?
The Supreme Court weighs the power of school officials to punish students for off-campus speech.
Biden Brings Back Plan for Free Community College
This is a subsidy for the schools, not the students.
Biden Seeks $1.8 Trillion for Public Child Care, Preschool, College
Plus: ACLU opposes menthol cigarette ban, student Snapchat case comes before Supreme Court today, and more...
"The New Taboo: Quoting Epithets in the Classroom and Beyond" Now Published
The article is co-written by Prof. Randall Kennedy (Harvard), a leading scholar of race and the law, and me.
School Choice Picks Up Steam After Pandemic Closures
Unresponsive government institutions fuel state-level measures to help parents and children pick learning models that suit them.
New York's Failed Political Class Puzzles Over Why Voters Seem To Prefer Outsider Andrew Yang
When government doesn't deliver, voters look for unpolished candidates from outside government. Go figure.
Montana Becomes Latest State To Protect Free Speech With the FORUM Act
Now 14 states have legislation explicitly protecting free speech on campus.
Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed
The latest data underscore an appallingly partisan split on what should be a more science-based decision.
Can Schools Punish Kids for Off-Campus Snapchats?
"The notion that a school can discipline a student for that kind of...non-harassing expression is contrary to our First Amendment tradition."
Restore Pre-Pandemic Freedom, For the Children
Deprived of social interaction for a period of time that constitutes a significant percentage of their short lives, kids are falling apart.
When Everything Is 'Systemic Racism,' People Will Tune Out the Term
Leveling that grave accusation at every aspect of American life will produce disengagement, alienation, and reaction.
University of Oklahoma Diversity Training Forces Students and Faculty To Affirm the School's Political Views
The mandatory online training requires users to select the “right” speech before they finish.
Georgetown Law Prof. Lama Abu Odeh on the "Progressoriat" and "Georgetown's Cultural Revolution"
"Terror and dread fill academic workers, professors, and staff alike, and it is everywhere."
Kindergartners Abandoning Public School in Fall 2021, Too
A shocking 12 percent enrollment drop in New York City points to possible long-term structural impacts of the pandemic.
These N.C. Lawmakers Want To Police How Kids Express Their Gender
The latest anti-trans salvo isn't just a treatment ban. It forces school officials to snitch on kids who don't act or dress as their birth sex.
A Medical Student Questioned Microaggressions. UVA Branded Him a Threat and Banished Him from Campus.
Kieran Bhattacharya's First Amendment lawsuit can proceed, a court said.
University Trying to Block Distribution of Faculty Senate Meeting Video Excerpts Using Copyright Law
An interesting controversy involving Portland State University.
MSU Conference on Freedom of Speech and Intellectual Diversity on Campus
A free online conference sponsored by the LeFrak Forum on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy at Michigan State University.
