Education
14-Year-Old Faces Felony Hate Crime Charges for Posting 'Slave for Sale' Craigslist Ad
"Anyone, regardless of age, accused of such disgraceful actions will be charged accordingly."
Philly Police Union Attacks Eagles Football Player for Opposing Police Brutality
Malcolm Jenkins brought the data, but the Fraternal Order of Police prefer to bully him into shutting up.
50 Student Activists—Including 'Current and Former Editors'—Protested Against The Harvard Crimson for Being Too Objective
Progressive activists want the newspaper to stop practicing balanced journalism.
Cory Booker Pushes for Greater Democratic Support for Charter Schools
Less pandering to education unions; more choices for parents.
Young America's Foundation Excommunicates Michelle Malkin for Defending Nick Fuentes
"There is no room in mainstream conservatism or at YAF for holocaust deniers, white nationalists, street brawlers, or racists."
Brooklyn School Integration Is Totally Working! (Except for Some Non-Compliant Families, but They Probably Hate Diversity)
Middle-school enrollment is down 7% after a trailblazing admissions overhaul; politicians declare victory while insulting those who left.
Police Investigate a High School Student for Making a Joke About Trump
"We’re still doing interviews, speaking with students, learning what was said and the context of the comment."
The Daily Northwestern's Apology Shows the Activist Threat to Student Journalism
A New York Times reporter says "the situation was way more complicated than it first appeared." No, it wasn't.
U.S. Secret Service Wants Schools To Treat Unhappy Students as Potential Violent Threats
Most teens who are depressed or bullied will never respond with mass violence. You wouldn't know it from these threat assessment recommendations.
Republicans and Democrats Rev Up Spin Machine for Start of Public Impeachment Hearings
Plus: the effects of restrictive zoning on education access, DACA's uncertain future at the Supreme Court, and Mayor Pete's miraculous surge
Pete Buttigieg Has a $1 Trillion Plan to Drive Up Housing, College, and Labor Costs
Dramatic increases in federal spending will not “unlock access” for the poor. It will only help those with the right connections.
Joe Biden's Record on Campus Due Process Has Been Abysmal. Is It a Preview of His Presidency?
The 2020 hopeful used bogus statistics to change the way colleges treat students accused of sexual assault.
The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them
A newspaper staffed by the country's most famous journalism school says it shouldn't have covered a Jeff Sessions event.
Radical Activists Hijacked Donald Trump Jr.'s Talk at UCLA. But They Weren't Leftists.
Campus conservatism must take the threat of the far right seriously.
Student Government Votes to Support Activists Who Think The Harvard Crimson Shouldn't Even Quote ICE in Stories
"The Undergraduate Council stands in solidarity with the concerns of Act on a Dream, undocumented students, and other marginalized individuals on campus."
Williams College Students Urge Boycott of the English Department, Claiming It Promotes Racist Violence
"The English Department has a long, well-documented, disturbing history of racism, sexism, transphobia, and other violences."
"It's OK to Be White" Flyers Lead to Promise of "Severest Disciplinary Action" by Western Conn. State U.
Same for "Islam is right about women" flyer -- both are labeled "hate-filled flyers" by the University, and apparently the police and the FBI are investigating the distribution of the flyers.
College and the First Amendment: Free Speech Rules (Episode 7)
Episode 7 of Free Speech Rules, from UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh
'Mattress Girl' Emma Sulkowicz Walked Into a Libertarian Happy Hour. No, This Is Not a Joke.
Mattress girl's unlikely friendship with Reason folks is the subject of a recent piece for The Cut.
NCAA Okays Paying Student Athletes, Republican Senator Immediately Wants to Tax Their Scholarships
Sen. Richard Burr's proposal would heavily deter any student-athlete from getting paid.
Barack Obama Slams Woke Scolds and Hashtag Activism
"This idea of purity and you're never compromised, and you're always politically 'woke,' and all that stuff, you should get over that quickly."
Student Charged With Manslaughter for Texting Boyfriend to 'Go Die'
The 21-year-old faces criminal punishment for text messages to her suicidal boyfriend.
Anti-Vaping Propaganda in Schools Undermines Critical Thinking and Spreads Dangerous Misinformation
Students should avoid e-cigarettes because they "have chemicals in them," a lesson warns.
Canceling Halloween Is the Cruelest Thing To Do to Kids
Such actions remind kids that government authority is stupid, arbitrary, and worth fighting at every opportunity.
Federal Prosecutors Are Punishing Actor Lori Loughlin for Exercising Her Right To Defend Herself
Plea deals aren’t about mercy these days. They’re about intimidating defendants into giving up the right to a trial.
Colorado School Suspends 17-Year-Old After She Posted a Non-Threatening Gun Photo With Her Older Brother
She didn't break the law or threaten anybody, but her school still panicked.
Why 'Free College' Is a Terrible Idea
A bachelor's degree isn't a prerequisite to a satisfying career—it's a costly way of signaling the fortitude to withstand suffering.
The Connecticut Hate Crimes Law Used To Charge Two Idiot College Students Would Ban Family Guy Too
The state's hate crimes law—a "rarely enforced relic dating to 1917"—eviscerates free speech.
How to Fix the Student Loan Mess
There is a better solution than the ones politicians offer.
Activist Students Demand The Harvard Crimson Apologize for Asking ICE to Comment
"Getting both sides isn't always what is fair."
Elizabeth Warren Is Running Out of Fake Money to Pay for Her Terrible Ideas
Warren says her wealth tax math "clearly" adds up. It doesn't.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Accidentally Makes the Case for School Choice
It’s far from clear how any of the reforms championed by AOC and Bernie will truly challenge the public education status quo.
Seattle Public Schools Will Start Teaching That Math Is Oppressive
A new ethnic studies curriculum will teach students that "ancient mathematical knowledge has been appropriated by Western culture."
Chicago Teachers Go on Strike to Demand Higher Pay, Smaller Class Sizes, New Schools, More Staff, and Affordable Housing
More than 300,000 students in Chicago were out of school on Friday as the teachers strike continued.
The Movie Miss Virginia Powerfully Dramatizes the Urgent Need for School Choice
Virginia Walden Ford talks about her role in integrating schools in the 1960s and leading a movement to escape failing public schools four decades later.
Want Your Kids To Hate Reading? Have Them Keep a Reading Log
Reading logs rarely instill a love of reading in children. We ought to just drop the act.
Charter Schools Don't Cater To All Parents. Robert Pondiscio Explains Why That's Good.
How the Other Half Learns reveals how Success challenges supporters and opponents of education reform.
Is It 'Morally Disturbing' When Charter Schools Skim Highly Motivated Families?
Robert Pondiscio's provocative new book, How the Other Half Learns, challenges supporters and opponents of education reform.
A 12-Year-Old Girl Pointed Finger Guns at Other Kids. Cops Handcuffed and Arrested Her.
"The safety of our children in school is paramount, today more than ever," said the police chief.
Harvard Discriminates Against Asian-Americans, and 'Implicit' Bias Training Won't Fix That
Race-based admissions will likely make a return visit to the Supreme Court.
Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle Will Receive $50,000 to Speak at the University of Florida
"We are confident that all members of the university community will demonstrate the highest ideals of our university."
