Higher Ed
NOTE TO TRUMP ADMINISTRATION: DON’T DO THIS SELECTIVELY AND BASED ON IDEAS AND PROGRAMS YOU DON’T LIKE. Just defund all higher education unless it’s related to national defense. Education Department Issues Ultimatum To University Over ‘Extremist Political Project’
DO YOU STILL WANT BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS FUNDING THIS KIND OF THING? Colorado University Axes Plans For Children’s ‘Sex Ed Summer Camp’ Hosted By Abortion Clinic
THIS NEEDS TO BE ENDED NOW! ‘Death To The Police’: Antifa Mob Takes Over University Building, Lights Fires Over Gaza War
AMERICA’S DEAD ED Regarding salaries, teacher quality doesn’t matter to teacher union honchos, only the number of years they have on the job. Teachers can also increase their salary by taking “professional development classes,” the great majority of which have no impact on student learning.
On May 15, the Manhattan Institute published a brief on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Also known as the Nation’s Report Card, it is the gold standard assessment for measuring American students’ proficiency in various subjects. As a former middle school testing coordinator, I helped administer the exam once and saw the test delivered with the utmost professionalism. Students are randomly selected without cherry-picking, and the test is handled with great attention to detail.
I’D FEEL BETTER ABOUT THIS IF WE SWAPPED THE WORD “ENDS” FOR “FREEZES”: Bill Ackman says Trump is doing ‘precisely the right thing’ as admin freezes billions of dollars for Harvard.
ANALYSIS: TRUE: Higher Education Needs a New Vision of Leadership
SOUND THINKING HERE: Taking Institutional Neutrality Seriously on Campus
LOOK SOUTH FOR EVERYTHING GOOD IN AMERICA: Look South for progress in reading achievement.
THIS SORT OF THING NEVER SEEMS TO END: Meditate on this: Students win millions of dollars after school forces them into worship of pagan gods
STUDENTS DOING WORSE AND WORSE: The sandstorm: America’s Did Ed
EDUCATION REFORM BEGINS BY ABOLISHING THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: ‘Education Establishment’ and how it resorts to fearmongering
PRETTY SURE PSYCHIATRIC INTERVENTION IS NEEDED HERE: ‘Step up’: Teacher calls for the assassination of Trump, supporters
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT! Make Universities Great Again.
HARVARD IS A CLOWN SHOW: Harvard’s Disgraceful ‘Bothsidesism’ Confirms Its Systemic Anti-Semitism Problem.