Education
Williams College Students Claim 'Free Speech Harms,' Fight Efforts to Adopt the Chicago Principles
"Students were just screaming that we were trying to 'kill them.'"
This High School's 'Political Radicalism' Class Lets Students Hear From Far-Right and Far-Left Speakers
College campuses, take note.
Elizabeth Warren's Plan To Cancel College Debt Is a Giveaway to the Well-Off and Well-Connected
The Massachusetts senator wants to spend $1.25 trillion on a plan to wipe out student loan debt and make public tuition free.
Matt Welch Interviews C.J. Ciaramella About Pot Politics on Sirius XM Insight
Molly Jong-Fast, Phillip Klein, Rachel Lears, and Jaime Kirchick also join on channel 121 from 9-12 am ET. Call in to heckle at 1-877-974-7487!
Middlebury College Disinvites Polish Politician Ryszard Legutko, Fails Free Speech Test Yet Again
Protesters said it was "absolutely, unequivocally" not their intention to shut down Legutko. The administration panicked anyway.
Middlebury College Cancels Speech by Polish Politician-Academic
The speech had been cosponsored by three faculty-run programs at the College.
Does Yale Law School's Antidiscrimination Policy on Subsidies for Student Employment Discriminate on the Basis of Religion?
The answer is no, despite conservatives' claims to the contrary. But that does not entirely resolve questions about the wisdom of the policy.
Concordia University Disinvites Harvard Professor Harvey Mansfield Over His Conservative Gender Views
Administrator says they "were unable to reach consensus as to what we wanted to achieve with this event," which is pure doublespeak.
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow to Activist Students Who Shut Down His Talk: 'The Heckler's Veto Has No Place' Here
"Everyone who has been invited to speak at Harvard in recent memory-has been able to do so."
High School Suspends 2 Students for Posting Gun Range Photos on Snapchat, ACLU Files Suit
"Sharing our completely legal weekend activities on Snapchat should not result three days of in-school suspensions," Cody Conroy told Reason.
John McWhorter: America Has Never Been Less Racist
The Columbia University linguist discusses the Jussie Smollett hoax, Donald Trump, and "antiracism" as a new secular religion.
John McWhorter: America Has Never Been Less Racist
Columbia linguist John McWhorter on the Jussie Smollett hoax, Donald Trump, and "antiracism" as a new secular religion.
Teaching 5- and 6-Year-Olds Serious Basic Math
The second edition of "Breaking Numbers Into Parts": very highly recommended.
Activists Disrupt Law Professor's Talk at the University of Chicago
"This is not a terribly effective tactic of persuasion, loudly yelling so students can't hear."
Most Democratic Presidential Candidates Think College Should Be Free. Here's Why They're Wrong.
"Mayor Pete" Buttigieg is a rare and welcome exception to a trend that gives money to people who don't need it.
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."
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.
