Thomas Sowell is 91 years old, with a long record of accomplishment that includes the publication of many books that demonstrate an unusually brilliant clarity of thought and graceful yet economical expression of that thought. A few years ago he … Continue reading →
Commenter “MBunge” writes: I saw a poll in Virginia that found something like 70% of Democrats believe schools boards should have more say about children’s education than parents… Does anyone really think 70% of Virginia Democrats believe that? Do Virginia … Continue reading →
…well, think again: Let’s hear from “scholar of education history and policy” Jack Schneider and education podcaster Jennifer Berkshire, who you may remember from her passionate argument against “parents’ rights”. This is good stuff, people: “Yet what’s actually radical here … Continue reading →
Condi Rice spoke about CRT during an appearance on the TV show “The View”: “My parents never thought I was going to grow up in a world without prejudice, but they also told me, ‘That’s somebody else’s problem, not yours. … Continue reading →
The plot thickens. Loudoun County is an affluent suburb of Washington DC: Loudoun County is part of the Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC–VA–MD–WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2018, Loudoun County had a median household income of $136,268. Since 2008, the county has … Continue reading →
New York City will be phasing out its gifted and talented program in the public schools. I’m surprised it lasted this long. I am a product of this program (or an earlier but similar program) in the NYC public schools. … Continue reading →
You’ve got to hand it to the left – they follow a well-thought-out if nefarious plan, and they take the long view. Lately, though, they’ve been accelerating, and that might cause problems for them because the frog that is the … Continue reading →
Hmmm: AG Garland has weaponized the FBI and other DOJ departments against parents protesting against critical race theory in the schools. Garland mentioned threats, harassment, and intimidation, but did not cite any examples. Looks like Garland has a conflict of … Continue reading →
Andrea Widburg (“Bookworm”) has written an article describing the new campaign of the DOJ at the behest of the National School Boards Association: One of the recurring news stories over the last few months is that parents are speaking out … Continue reading →
Take a look and/or have a listen. The full audio interview with Bari Weiss can be found at the link, but there also are printed excerpts. Here’s a bit: BW: The word racism has been redefined, particularly by Ibram X. … Continue reading →
There’s been an ongoing discussion in yesterday’s feminization of education thread concerning when the leftist rot in education actually began. That put me in mind of a post I wrote back in 2017, which I now reproduce here, about some … Continue reading →
This isn’t really a surprise: Men are abandoning higher education in such numbers that they now trail female college students by record levels. At the close of the 2020-21 academic year, women made up 59.5% of college students, an all-time … Continue reading →