4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (533+ words) The university increasingly resembles a medieval guild: a protected inner circle surrounded by a much larger population hoping for admission. In 2011, I went to New York to cover Occupy Wall Street. Among the protesters I met was a young man…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (610+ words) Chinese, Russian, and Islamic agendas are increasingly evident in America’s K-12 schools and colleges. The pervasive homegrown progressive forces, which emphasize politics, sex, and race—all from a radical perspective—have become entrenched in our education system in recent years....

5+ day, 23+ min ago   (258+ words) Americans’ dissatisfaction with the quality of K-12 education in the U.S. has dropped to 32 percent, a new low in Gallup’s 27-year trend and down 11 percentage points over the past two years. According to Gallup News, the trend appears to be…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (254+ words) The Trump administration is considering a change to federal child care subsidies that would allow some married couples to receive government assistance when one parent stays home to raise their children. The proposal, a priority for Vice President JD Vance,…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (672+ words) My old friend Jeremy Black, the dazzlingly prolific English historian, has an excellent piece in this month’s edition of The Critic on the history profession’s newfound infatuation with “theory.” In some ways, as Black notes, the interest in theory is…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (356+ words) The Treasury Department and IRS are readying plans to revoke the tax-exempt status of schools that engage in race-based or discriminatory practices under the guise of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. The Daily Caller reports that the Trump administration…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (668+ words) Grade inflation, along with dumbed-down curricula and tests, persists throughout U.S. schools. When teachers assess students, they must accurately report what students learn. Yet too often, this doesn’t happen. In the Grading for Equity procedure, teachers don’t factor in homework, extra…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (193+ words) Academia, as it is currently constituted, is incompatible with the societal need for civics and humanities “education.” The case of Syracuse University is, I think, instructive here, offering both an explanation of how the preoccupation with knowledge “discovery” is ultimately…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (722+ words) Sweden is putting books, handwriting, and human attention back at the center of education—and reminding the rest of us that technology should serve children, not master them. For years, parents were told the future of education was digital. Out…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (941+ words) Jason Arday was found dead on August 14 at his home in south London, one week after resigning his professorship in the sociology of education […] Source Jason Arday was found dead on August 14 at his home in south London, one week…...