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Those dumb Trump supporters…

The New Neo Posted on January 30, 2020 by neoJanuary 30, 2020

…did pretty well on a test of verbal and science ability compared with Clinton supporters. The test is called the GSS: We don’t have great data on the intelligence of Trump supporters, but the best available is in the 2018 … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 13 Replies

Who cares about the actual truth…

The New Neo Posted on January 2, 2020 by neoJanuary 2, 2020

…when you can teach children a higher truth, and especially one that makes them hate the US and its Founders? The better to delegitimize the Constitution, right? The NY Times is in the education business: The NYT has long tried … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, History, Press, Race and racism | 18 Replies

“Shakespeare who?” ask Canadian students

The New Neo Posted on November 20, 2019 by neoNovember 20, 2019

The greatest English writer who ever lived is a dead white man, and so several school districts in Canada have decided to disappear him: The Greater Essex County District School Board in the Windsor, Ont., area is supplanting its grade … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 59 Replies

University students have increasing emotional problems

The New Neo Posted on November 18, 2019 by neoNovember 18, 2019

This isn’t going to be a post bashing college students for being fragile flowers. It’s true they are more fragile than they used to be, but here’s a serious discussion in The Guardian, of all places, about the phenomenon. Reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 31 Replies

Professor Jacobson: on students and free speech

The New Neo Posted on November 13, 2019 by neoNovember 13, 2019

Professor William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection has been doing tremendous work promoting free speech. Two years ago he spoke at Vassar on the subject, amidst turmoil from activists spreading lies about him and seeking to silence him. Recently he reflected … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Liberty | Tagged free sp | 34 Replies

Exposé of Maspeth High

The New Neo Posted on September 24, 2019 by neoSeptember 24, 2019

The NY Post has run a series of articles on Maspeth High School, where the administration and teachers have allegedly given students a pass. Literally. No matter what they do. You can read about it here, here, and here. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 9 Replies

Meritocracy and equality

The New Neo Posted on September 19, 2019 by neoSeptember 19, 2019

In the George Packer article I wrote about on Saturday, he sharply criticized “meritocracy.” We hear quite a bit of that sort of thing these days. First, let’s define the word: Meritocracy…is a political system in which economic goods and/or … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Liberals and conservatives; left and right | 41 Replies

Getting an education in the Big Apple: George Packer’s honesty, a parent’s dilemma

The New Neo Posted on September 14, 2019 by neoSeptember 14, 2019

It’s easy to mock George Packer for what he writes in this Atlantic essay about choosing a school for his son in New York City. But I find his essay heartbreaking as well as complex. He’s a well-meaning liberal who … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Liberty, Me, myself, and I | 101 Replies

Republican college students…

The New Neo Posted on September 5, 2019 by neoSeptember 5, 2019

…keep their views quiet at times due to fear of lowered grades. No surprise there. I was thinking recently about an incident that happened to me around 2005. I was having dinner with a guy who was—ahem—interested in me. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Liberals and conservatives; left and right, Politics | 46 Replies

California’s proposed anti-Semitic curriculum to be revamped

The New Neo Posted on August 15, 2019 by neoAugust 15, 2019

[NOTE: Please see my earlier post on California’s proposed curriculum.] The pressure from the public worked—for now anyway: The California State Board of Education (SBE) announced on Aug. 12 that the proposed anti-Israel Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) will be … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Jews | Tagged anti-Semitism | 15 Replies

The fruits of the Gramscian march: California’s high school curriculum and anti-Semitism

The New Neo Posted on August 12, 2019 by neoAugust 12, 2019

Unfortunately, this is unsurprising news: The California Department of Education is facing backlash after permitting a host of anti-Israel activists to build a statewide educational curriculum that demonizes the Jewish state and is said to be fostering hatred of Jewish … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Israel/Palestine, Jews | 30 Replies

Disparate-impact theory: school discipline and race

The New Neo Posted on July 25, 2019 by neoJuly 25, 2019

Here’s a discussion in National Review about a report recently issued by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. It’s entitled “Beyond Suspensions: Examining School Discipline Policies and Connections to the School-to-Prison Pipeline for Students of Color with Disabilities.” Although this … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Race and racism, Violence | 37 Replies

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