November 17, 2009

The Offending Cartoons Will Be Published After All

George Leef

But not in the book Yale University Press is publishing. Duke University professor Gary Hull includes them in a new book he has just brought out. Bravo, Professor Hull!

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November 17, 2009

Ed Schools Failing Math

Ken Daniszewski

Sandra Stotsky has an excellent article in City Journal discussing how our education schools are failing to deliver on math education - because they have become over committed to some progressive id......

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November 17, 2009

What Makes College Worth the Cost?

Ashley Thorne

Expected future earnings? A rigorous and complete education?

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November 16, 2009

FIRE Publishes Speech Policies Guide

Ashley Thorne

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has published a guide to help administrators craft school policies in such a way as to protect First Amendment rights on campus. "Correcting......

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November 16, 2009

A National Curriculum

David Clemens

A common fear about the accountability movement is that edu-babble such as “alignment,” “assessment,” and “best practices” will erect an authoritarian, standardiz......

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November 16, 2009

NTNU Board Rejects Boycott of Israel

Candace de Russy

The trustees of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), reports the Jerusalem Post, have unanimously voted against severing ties with Israeli universities, and no one rose to argu......

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November 16, 2009

SustainaReligion

Ashley Thorne

Climate change faith has been ruled a protected “philosophical belief” in the UK.

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November 13, 2009

NAS.org Articles for 11/13/09 Week

Ashley Thorne

Don't miss this week's articles on NAS.org: Should Everyone Go? Ashley Thorne, Nov. 9 President Obama's goal - that by 2020 America would have the highest proportion of college graduates......

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November 13, 2009

A Liberal Professor Humors His Conservative "Whipper-Snapper" Students

Ashley Thorne

Via Campus Reform, I read an interesting post today on a blog called Hugo Schwyzer. The author, an anonymous "community college history and gender studies professor, animal rights activist and Episc......

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November 13, 2009

Do Too Many Students Go To College?

George Leef

The Chronicle Review recently ran a lively discussion on that question, featuring nine people with widely divergent views. In today's Pope Center piece, I comment on it and offer my own answers......

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