This Terrible Florida Sheriff Thinks Schools Should Be Arresting More Kids for Dumb Reasons to Stop Shootings
Mike Chitwood arrests 11-year-olds and then complains that officials aren't calling them more.
Education
College Official on Why We Must Believe Alleged Crime Victims: It May Not Be the Truth, 'But It Is That Person's Truth'
"Let's believe what that person said."
Penn State Lets Students Keep Their Scuba Club, But Only After They Swear Never to Host Scuba Trips Again
Club leader tells Reason, "We have an impeccable safety track record."
Penn State's 98-Year-Old Outing Club Is No Longer Allowed to Go Outside
"Student safety in any activity is our primary focus."
The Hidden Legacy of Columbine: Ignorance About School Violence
On another National School Walkout day, 57 percent of teens are worried about dying in a school shooting. They shouldn't be.
Duke Students Who Hijacked Alumni Event: Punishing Us Would Hurt Us Mentally
Activists who stormed the stage were shocked when alumni in the audience dared to heckle them.
Ohio State University Wants to Expel a Woman for Nonconsensual Group Sex
But a judge thinks her due process rights were violated, since her accusers didn't even show up to the campus tribunal.
College Republicans Get In Huge Trouble for Posting 'I.C.E. I.C.E. Baby' Signs
But dumb, offensive speech still isn't violence.
Fresno State Shouldn't Fire a Professor for Saying She's Glad Barbara Bush Died
Randa Jarrar reveals hypocrisy on the right.
CUNY's Law Dean Is Wrong About the Attempted Shutdown of Josh Blackman
The student handbook makes it clear that students broke university policy.
Antifa Group Calls for 'Revolutionary Violence' Against Black Sociology Professor
"Reactionary violence, like rape and domestic violence and torture, can only be responded to with revolutionary violence."
Los Angeles Schools Facing $15 Billion Debt for Retiree Health Care
An unreleased analysis of the school district's post-employment benefits shows liabilities climbed from $13.5 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion in 2017.
CUNY Students Tried to Shout Down Josh Blackman. Here's Why They Failed.
"We're not children! You can't talk to us like that!"
Organized Heckling at CUNY School of Law of Prof. Josh Blackman Talk on Free Speech
Josh Blackman is one of the leading young libertarian/conservative law professors in the country.
This Stanford Alum Says She Was Raped 8 Years Ago, Demands a Title IX Investigation
"Time is an issue, and I feel like they were just very much dragging their feet."
23 Cornell Professors Say Their School Violated Due Process
Faculty take a stand against an unfair investigation.
Ben Sasse Asked Mark Zuckerberg Whether He Defines Hate Speech Like College Students Do
"You used language of safety and protection earlier. We see this happening on college campuses all across the country."
Student Thinks University of Michigan's Race Requirement Exists 'To Get White People To Be a Little Less Racist'
And yet we wonder why conservatives have soured on higher education.
Why the Federal Government Can't Mandate an Ideal School Suspension Rate
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos might rescind Obama-era guidance on school discipline.
Columbia Student Offended by Professor Who Said Negro Was Correct Term in the '60s
"I didn't pay attention in class after that."
Students Watched an Art Professor's Experimental Film. Then They Accused Him of Sexual Harassment.
"The people in that room all agreed that I had committed sexual harassment by showing my class this film."
Is There a 'Rape Culture' on College Campuses? Watch the Debate.
Journalist Cathy Young faces off against sociologist Michael Kimmel-with opening standup from comedian Dave Smith.
Kentucky Teacher Protests Are Political Theater Without Substance
Teachers have shut down schools across the state, allegedly to protest pension changes. But those pension reforms are pretty mild.
Mandatory Transparent Backpacks Violate Students' Privacy Rights
"My school is starting to feel like a prison."
Video of Cato Institute Book Forum on Keith Whittington's "Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech"
The Forum features a talk by the author, with commentary by me.
Wellesley College's Freedom Project in Trouble for Promoting Wrong Kind of Diversity
The voices of intolerance have spoken.
March for Our Lives Kids Don't Know Just How Safe Schools Are
Students say your right to own a gun conflicts with their right to feel secure.
At the March for Our Lives, Kids Say Their Right to Feel Safe Trumps Your Right to Own a Gun
"Certain guns, like AR-15s, shouldn't even be accessible to the public."
Bryan Caplan's Case Against Education
A new book raises fundamental questions about the value of education spending.
Donald Trump Calls the Campus Free Speech Crisis 'Highly Overblown'
"I think the numbers are actually much different than people think."
Are Vegan Men Just Reinforcing Their White Masculine Power? A Sociologist Thinks So, But I'm Skeptical
"I find their performances of masculinity often defy the conventional feminization of meatless diets."
University of Virginia Hires 'Social Sentinel' to Monitor Students' Social Media Posts
"They are being watched, and that's a problem."
Political Correctness Strikes Again: High School Teacher Fired for Offensive Comments About Troops
"The classroom should never be a place where students feel that they are picked at, bullied, intimidated."
Loyola Chicago Cuts Off Comedian Hannibal Buress's Mic After Politically Incorrect Performance
"He violated the mutually agreed upon content restriction clause in his contract."
YouTube Comedian Convicted of Hate Crime for Making Dumb Video of a Dog Saluting Hitler
"Keep fighting for free speech, the great meme war," said Count Dankula.
Some Pundits Say There's No Campus Free Speech 'Crisis.' Here's Why They're Wrong.
"Everything we think about the political correctness debate is wrong," says Vox's Matt Yglesias. Not exactly.
Trump's Anti-Speech Agenda Gets a Boost From Lefty Lawyers and Academics
Declining support for unfettered debate among politicians, academics, and the public doesn't bode well for the future of free speech.
Live Debate 3/19 in NYC: Is There a Rape Culture on College Campuses?
On Monday, March 19 in New York, Cathy Young and Michael Kimmel will debate whether campuses are unsafe for women. Buy tickets today or watch live!
