Education
Don't Ban Critical Race Theory. Legalize School Choice.
"It's the taxpayers that are funding this."
UW Administrator Says Prof Created "Toxic Environment" with His Land Non-Acknowledgment
The Director of the UW School of Computer Science & Engineering said Prof. Stuart Reges's statement is "not relevant to the content of the course he teaches"—but the school encourages professors to include its own preferred view, which is just as irrelevant to the course content.
Emory Law School Student Government Refuses to Recognize an Emory Free Speech Forum Student Group,
citing the "harm that could result from ... discussions," especially about "race and gender."
Closing Schools To Protect Kids Made Them Sick
Children forced to Zoom into school ended up with suboptimal immune systems—the opposite of herd immunity.
Colleges Use Omicron as Justification for Shutdowns and Surveillance
Even on campuses where the student body is 99 percent vaccinated, college administrators are bending to COVID-19 hysteria.
Americans Aren't Buying Biden's Agenda
According to a recent poll, only 22 percent of people believe that the current state of the economy is "good" or "excellent."
Bitcoin Doesn't Care About Your College Degree
Bitcoin educator and author Jimmy Song on higher education, the morality of money, and why he thinks bitcoin complements Christian theology
Kids Stay Home as Chicago Teachers Revolt
Plus: Looking back on the Capitol riot, library book bans, and more...
Emory Law Journal Refuses To Publish Conservative Professor's Dismissal of Systemic Racism
"The editors found my views to be 'hurtful' and refused to publish them," says Lawrence Alexander.
Can Democrats Keep Schools Open During Omicron?
New NYC Mayor Eric Adams quashes a micro-rebellion among some teachers union members, but school closures Monday hit a record for 2021-22.
CDC: 61% of Teenagers Hospitalized for COVID-19 Had Obesity
A new study of 915 childhood COVID-19 hospitalizations found that most involved underlying conditions.
Good Riddance to Ralph Northam and Terry McAuliffe
Virginia is moving on without the Democratic duo.
Poll: 90% of Chicago Public School Teachers Would Go Back to Virtual Learning
The union is preparing to strike if its demands are not met.
The Year's Highlights in Blame Shifting
Politicians and cops found creative ways to dodge responsibility in 2021.
Do Kids Really Need To Wear Masks at School?
“We essentially reorganized our society around the control of a single infectious disease, when in fact, health is plural," says Stanford professor of health policy Jay Bhattacharya.
Nikole Hannah-Jones Doesn't Understand 'The Idea That Parents Should Decide' What Schools Teach
The 1619 Project author thinks Terry McAuliffe had it right.
The CDC Director's Slippery Response to Criticism of School Mask Mandates Further Undermines Her Agency's Credibility
Rochelle Walensky willfully ignores the weaknesses of a study she repeatedly cited to justify "universal masking" of students.
Karol Markowicz's Escape From New York Should Worry Blue-State America
This Brooklyn-bred New York Post columnist and her family are fleeing to Florida due to bad education policy and COVID mismanagement.
Good News: Biden Says Schools 'Must' Stay Open. Bad News: Many Won't.
The president rightly points out that the federal government has sloshed billions of dollars to make K-12 schools even safer than they already were. Yet many are about to close.
Dismissed Professor vs. Student Libel Lawsuit Leads to Sanctions Requests, Denied All Around
"The statements include that Hubbard ... has been 'advocating for pederasty (pedophilia) for as long as he has taught at the University of Texas.'"
If Harvard Cared About Equality, It Would Abolish Legacy Admissions, Not ACT and SAT Requirements
The university is making standardized tests optional for admissions through 2026.
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
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.
