Felicity Huffman, 13 Others Plead Guilty in College Admissions Scandal
"I want to apologize to the students who work hard every day to get into college."
Education
GMU Student: 'The Hiring of Brett Kavanaugh Threatens the Mental Well-Being of All Survivors on Campus'
Some students want GMU to #CancelKavanaugh. Some professors want the school to investigate the justice.
Achievement Gap Between Rich and Poor Public School Students Unchanged Over 50 Years
Spending four times more in real dollars per pupil doesn't compensate for low-quality teaching.
Are Humans Predisposed by Evolution To Get Along?: Podcast
In Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, Nicholas Christakis says natural selection "prewires" us for peaceful co-existence.
Michigan State Students Filed Bias Incident Reports Over Some Really Petty Things
"A student complains twice in three days that someone posted a cartoon making fun of liberals in a residence hall and it offended her."
The Yale Professor Attacked by Angry Students Over Halloween Costumes Believes Evolution Wants Us To Get Along
In Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society, Nicholas Christakis says our common humanity outweighs divisive tribalism.
Beto Called Charter Schools a 'Good Idea' in 2012. He Was Right.
The presidential candidate suggested at the time that charter schools and traditional public schools can coexist.
Joe Biden Pushed Policies That Deprived Men of Due Process in Campus Sexual Misconduct Disputes
Biden has arguably failed to live up to the affirmative consent standard he sounded so fond of.
States Sue Over School Lunch Changes, Say They're Not Scientific Like the Obama Rules Based on Retracted Nutrition Studies
Plus: Pete Buttigieg says no to "free college," and the problems with Elizabeth Warren's plan to jail business execs
George Mason Students Want Visiting Professor Brett Kavanaugh Fired Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations
"As a survivor, as a student who comes to this university, and expects to have a good education, to experience a happy, safe place, I am insulted."
Nation's First Vegan Charter School Hits Roadblocks
The Florida school is running into trouble with the USDA and the school district over anti-milk marketing and school choice politics.
Arizona Students Arrested for Interrupting a Border Patrol Event Have Free Speech Rights, Too
"There is simply not enough information...to confirm that the protestors' conduct, taken as a whole, constituted unprotected disruption."
Cops Charge University of Arizona Students With Misdemeanors for Disrupting Event
"Student protest is protected by our support for free speech, but disruption is not."
Betsy DeVos Is Right: Feds Shouldn't Be Funding Special Olympics
The education secretary is wrongly getting dragged for zeroing out a gratuitous budget item.
Harris Would Hike Teacher Pay Across the Nation by 23 Percent
Plus: Is Obamacare canceled? Beware "national cyber strategy." And Baltimore attempts eminent domain to take down a racetrack.
About that Campus Free Speech Executive Order
A crude tool unlikely to do much good and that might do some harm.
Teen Girl Kicked Off Cheerleading Team for Saying 'Fuck Cheer' Wins First Amendment Lawsuit
Students have the right to complain about school.
Trump: 'Universities Have Tried to Impose Total Conformity. That Changes Starting Right Now.'
The president signed an executive order supporting free speech on college campuses.
Trump Will Sign Executive Order Requiring Colleges To Promote 'Free Inquiry' If They Want Federal Research Funds
"It is the policy of the federal government to encourage institutions to foster environments that promote open, intellectually engaging, and diverse debate."
Parents, Not Government, Should Decide How To Teach Their Kids About LGBT Issues
A fight in England between educators and Muslims shows the need for more school choice, not control.
University of Cambridge Cancels Jordan Peterson's Visiting Fellowship Because He Is Not 'Inclusive'
The university "is an inclusive environment and we expect all our staff and visitors to uphold our principles. There is no place here for anyone who cannot."
New Study: Trigger Warnings Are Effectively Useless
The coping devices had trivial effects "even for people with a history of trauma."
College Bribery Scandal Shows How School Systems Set Up Poor, Minority Students To Fail
Those without a financial leg up have a much harder time succeeding.
Conservatives Want UC-Davis to Fire a Professor Who Welcomed Violence Against Cops
Joshua Clover has a First Amendment right to say horrible things about the police.
Public Universities Are Paying NCAA Tournament Head Coaches $96 Million a Year
Here's how much each coach earns.
Sanity Restored to School Lunches?
It doesn't matter how healthy options are if kids won't eat them.
Universities Play the Victim in Admissions Scandal, but They're Far From Blameless
Higher education is a moral mess.
Time to Put the College Admissions System on a Rocket and Shoot It Into the Sun
Cheating scandal should have taxpayers asking whether it's right to subsidize the campus party lifestyles of celebrity scions who fake water polo careers.
Activist Students Demand Sarah Lawrence College Punish a Conservative Professor for Expressing His Views
"The College must issue a statement condemning the harm that Abrams has caused to the college community, specifically queer, Black, and female students."
Reed College Trains RAs to Recognize Covert White Supremacy. Examples: 'Colorblindness' and 'Assuming Good Intentions Are Enough.'
"It's provocative, and that was the intention."
A Mild-Mannered Radical
Former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' totally insane, very practical ideas about how to fix college debt, reform entitlements, and redefine social justice
23-Year-Old Coleman Hughes Is Reframing the Discussion on Race: Podcast
Meet the undergrad who is recovering the legacy of gay, socialist civil-rights activist Bayard Rustin while explicating Kanye West's conservatism.
Securing Free Speech on Campus, Part II
Universities should be proactive about articulating, defending and protecting the free exchange of ideas on campus
Political Correctness Is Ruining Academic Journals
The stupidity of these journals says a lot about what's taught at colleges today.
Securing Free Speech on Campus, Part I
If universities do not take steps to address their campus free speech problems, politicians will do it for them
Trump Vows That an Executive Order on Campus Free Speech Is Coming 'Very Soon'
An official tells Reason that a draft of the EO targets federal grants to universities and colleges.
A Harvard Law Professor Is Representing Harvey Weinstein. Students Say This Makes Them Unsafe, Demand His Resignation.
Ronald Sullivan's choice of clients is "not only upsetting, but deeply trauma-inducing," according to activist students.
A Conservative Got Punched in the Face for Protesting Hate Crime Hoaxes
"Encouraging violence"
