Millions of Kids Are Chronically Absent From School. The Problem Isn't Going Away.
While frequent absences were a problem before pandemic school closures, the lasting effects of online learning have led to consistently high absenteeism rates.
While frequent absences were a problem before pandemic school closures, the lasting effects of online learning have led to consistently high absenteeism rates.
How identity politics and institutional cowardice have undermined the free speech on which our society relies.
Federal courts continue to be split on this question.
The court concludes that, because the plaintiff hadn't applied to be hired, he didn't have standing to challenge the policy.
Aaron Sibarium discusses the downfall of former Harvard President Claudine Gay on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Republicans should remember that they have spent years railing against censorship on college campuses.
that it’s probably not “‘trying to advance the public exchange of ideas’ essential to a healthy democracy.”
The lawyers also argue that the speech in the newspaper was “not made pursuant to its right of free speech, but to instead to advance the personal agendas of male faculty members at Notre Dame [and others].”
Plus: Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?
There's increasing evidence that standardized tests accurately measure student achievement and are helpful, not hurtful, to disadvantaged applicants.
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DEI statements are political litmus tests.
The United Federation of Teachers argues that the near-5,000 page environmental report on New York's congestion pricing plan isn't thorough enough.
Schools are already bad enough for kids. Let's not make it worse by taking tips from the people who've insisted you take your shoes off at the airport for 20 years.
While the new version of the financial aid form was supposed to simplify the process, it has instead been riddled with technical problems and considerable delays.
The media response to Claudine Gay's ouster has been ludicrous.
The former governor argues that beating up on businesses "is only sharpening the knife that the left will eventually use on us."
The former governor argues that beating up on businesses "is only sharpening the knife that the left will eventually use on us."
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Francis Collins’ remarks highlight the folly of attaching "infinite value" to a life saved by government regulation.
The next president should put more effort into fixing the college's abysmal free speech ranking.
Restricting speech about the world's most pressing problems does not make them go away, nor does it settle any disputes.
Post-COVID educational declines are here to stay.
Big government has been ruinous for millions of people. Charities aren't perfect, but they are much more efficient and effective.
Academic malfeasance by Harvard's president deserves media coverage and condemnation, not excuses.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
The biographer of the Nobel laureate says he made us "free to choose" in areas far beyond economics.
According to an analysis from the Associated Press, 50,000 children in 22 states were still missing from schools in fall 2022.
In-state tuition isn’t enough if they can’t work legally.
A graduate student was forced to take down two pro-Palestinian signs from the door of her art studio, but others were allowed to keep up their own political messages.
School choice is supposed to prevent politicians from pushing their ideas into the classroom.
The Bluest Eyes and 13 Reasons Why top the list of controversial books in Florida.
Plus: White supremacists and plagiarism, Milei and shock therapy, checking in on California, and more...
"The job of academia is the discovery of truth. Universities should not be in the bullshit business."
In her article, University of Pennsylvania professor Claire O. Finkelstein absurdly argued that colleges treat free speech as "near-sacred."
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Liz Magill and two other university leaders provoked bipartisan outrage by defending freedom of expression on campus.
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
Some of the worst-performing elementary schools in California retrained teachers to teach reading with phonics. A new paper says the change worked.