California gives an astounding slap in the face to parents: So it’s come to this. In order to pass divisive legislation, the California Democrat Supermajority has devolved into fisticuffs when they are opposed. According to Capitol correspondent Ashley Zavala, Assemblyman … Continue reading →
Who needs UNRWA when you have the Portland school system? From Chris Rufo: The lesson plans [from the Portland Association of Teachers, a state teachers’ union affiliate] (The union did not respond to a request for comment.) are steeped in … Continue reading →
I went to law school a long long time ago. I wasn’t quite sure why I went, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. I had taken the LSAT, which is the equivalent of College Boards for … Continue reading →
I’m surprised this took as long as it did – which was not very long, actually. The black perp, who had been athletic director at the school, combined race hoaxing with workplace revenge in order to frame his white principal: … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Ace.] We can’t have students feeling bad about their grades – unless they’re smart and high-achieving students. Then it’s okay. So let’s eliminate the tails, says California. All students will be equally – or almost equally – mediocre: … Continue reading →
So sad: [Seattle] began phasing out its Highly Capable Cohort schools and classrooms for advanced students in the 2021-22 school year because they found it had too many racial inequities. School bosses said black and Hispanic students were underrepresented at … Continue reading →
This trend is of interest: The future of the controversial classical education movement will be showcased later this month [it already has occurred] when Columbia University senior lecturer Roosevelt Montás is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at a national … Continue reading →
Here’s an in-depth discussion. The COVID lockdowns were a factor. But certainly not the only factor; “meritocracy” is now a dirty word in US education. The learning loss debacle is the latest chapter in the decade-long decline in public schools. … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote a post about some of the shocking results among respondents ages 18-24 in the recent Harvard Harris poll. But I missed a few viewpoints that group expressed in the poll that are especially revealing. See this chart … Continue reading →
Very disturbing: 67% of people aged 18-24 in this Harvard-Harris poll view JEWS—not Zionists, not the Israeli government, but specifically Jews, all Jewish people—as a class of OPPRESSORS!! This is the new form of antisemitism. ?????????????????????????https://t.co/lrjBKE6Ute pic.twitter.com/yN48Vs6F0I — John Aziz … Continue reading →
Gilad Erdan tells the UN General Assembly members how morally bankrupt they are, although he realizes the vast vast majority of the representatives there – and their governments – could not care less. One of the things I find most … Continue reading →
I agree with this: The issues in Academia go well beyond anti-Semitism; they go directly to the heart of what it means to be educated rather than indoctrinated. For the last several decades, progressive activists have transformed the former into … Continue reading →