I REMEMBER WHEN LOYALTY OATHS WERE CONSIDERED BAD: Better promote ‘diversity,’ ‘inclusion’ if you want tenure at this Ohio college.

NEW FRONTIERS IN DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: California Bar Should Lower Cut Score To Benefit Students Of Color.

SCIENCE-BASED CURRICULA: Transgender activists gearing up to rewrite Harvard Medical School’s curriculum.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: “Killing some white people isn’t genocide; it’s killing some white people.”

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Man Booted From School Board Meeting For Naming Teacher Who Called Covington Boys ‘Hitler Youth.’ 

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Rahm Emanuel, racism, and Chicago Public Schools’ massive, underreported sex abuse scandal.

“GRADING AIN’T JUST GRADING” SAYS AU

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: University Educator: Mowing Your Lawn & Acting Respectable Is Racist.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Will Half Of All Colleges Really Close In The Next Decade?  Yup.

WE HAVE A LOT OF IMMIGRATION-RELATED PROBLEMS THAT NOBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT, FOR SOME REASON: Immigrant Truancy in America: ‘No One Wants to Talk About It.’

COLOR ME UNSURPRISED: A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens. Not as new as all that, but still worth mentioning.

Academic Absurdity of the Week: Writing is Racist.

BUT HE’S GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND IN VIRTUE SIGNALING: David Hogg is heading to Harvard despite an SAT score of 1270. The bottom 25% at Harvard have an average SAT score of 1460.  They may come to regret this:  David Hogg’s Appearance At Penn State Met With Protesters.  And let's not forget

Refighting the Usage Wars.

THOSE WHO CAN’T DO, TEACH. THOSE WHO CAN’T TEACH BECOME UNION LEADERS: Poor Randi Weingarten. She declared the United Federation of Teachers’ endorsement of Hillary Clinton without a union vote (“Shut up” she explained) and is now performing electoral cunnilingus on Elizabeth Warren. Except her skills in writing clearly leave something to be desired:

Global Attack on Gender Studies.

Why Studying Mark Twain Is Essential To Understanding America Today

OH FER CRYIN’ OUT LOUD: It’s Now Racist To Ask Students To ‘Be Respectful In Class.’

Texas Law School Student Suspended Because He Has Guns?  You idiots. This isn’t some dumb undergrad. This is a law student.

The New York Times is reporting that Education Secretary DeVos plans to remind the Obama-era school discipline policies.  What the NYT doesn’t seem to understand is what good news that is.  These policies were not just wrong on the law, they have been bad for students and teachers.

The Liberal Arts Weren’t Murdered — They Committed Suicide.

A good start, but the period needs to be close to the front: Cut federal funding from colleges that don’t require Western civ courses, academic group urges.

Hopefully not too late:  NOT A MOMENT TOO SOON: MA governor brings back civics education in public schools.

Would Marie Curie Have Changed The World If She’d Learned Common Core Math?

Major Publisher’s Newest High School Catalog Is All About Leftist Indoctrination

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: Columbia University Seminar to Promote ‘Inclusive Grading.’

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Peter Thiel predicts ‘reformation’ of higher education in speech to student journalists.

It Doesn’t Matter If You Love The Constitution If Your Neighbors Don’t Know What It Says

TEACHING PC VIEWPOINTS AT GUNPOINT.

California Teachers Unions Oppose Paying Teachers More Because It Would Introduce Too Much Competition Into Public Schools: New at Reason

Preschool: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

DESPITE A RACIAL-SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN, Andrew Gillum did worse with black voters than Bill Nelson. Maybe naked racial appeals don’t play as well? Or maybe they were offset by DeSantis’ school-choice support. 

how about some school posts.

FROM A MEMBER OF THE PARTY WHICH DESTROYED URBAN PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OPPOSES SCHOOL CHOICE TO ESCAPE IT: Obama’s Education Secretary Says Not in Trump’s ‘Best Interest to Have a Well-Educated Citizenry.’

THE MAN WHO RUINED AMERICAN EDUCATION: Creator Of U.S. News Rankings Dies At 89.

I DOUBT THEY HAVE EVER DONE SO: “Constitutional law professors have been wondering aloud how they can neutrally teach case law after signing a letter opposing Kavanaugh’s elevation.”

A Better Test: Two entrepreneurs take on the college-entrance-exam duopoly.

How Public Schools Indoctrinate Kids Without Almost Anyone Noticing

DIVERSITY IS FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: How an ultra-exclusive public school has avoided a citywide diversity push. “The children of Cynthia Nixon, Samantha Bee and Louis C.K. got into this popular public middle school, while hundreds of others are shut out every year. . . . One mother said that during an admissions interview, her daughter was asked what her parents did for a living.”

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: College For Everyone? Even The Left Has Doubts.

OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: Should We Scrap It?  Well DUH!

 HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Will handing curriculum design to industry solve the skills gap?  IMHO Couldn't hurt.

PROFESSORS WHO WANT TO DISMANTLE THE BASIS OF SCIENCE, OTOH, THOSE CAN CAUSE REAL HARM TO CIVILIZATION:  Professor: Learning Math Can Cause ‘Collateral Damage’ to Society.

SO MUCH FOR LEARNING THEORY: “Another Nail In The Coffin For ‘Learning Styles.'”  My prediction: They’ll still be pushing this in colleges of education a decade from now.

FISKING A MEME: Teachers unions using viral media to make demands the average taxpayer wouldn’t have the nerve to ask for. So I fisked it

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: 10 Things Teachers Did Not Have to Deal With 10 Years Ago.

Twofer:  Put students on the adulthood track and From ‘early college’ to careers

GIVING HIGH SCHOOL KIDS A TWO-HOUR LUNCH SO THEY CAN GRAB A NAP? WHAT COULD GO WRONG?   Here’s proof that teens really just need a nap.  Actually I'd appreciate one.

THIS IS SO SURPRISING FOR LEFTISTS.  WHERE IS THAT SHOCKED FACE?   Obama Regs on For-Profit Colleges, Finance, Railroads, and Airlines All Profited His Best Friend.  Not funny.  Those regs cost me the best job I ever had.

IT’S LIKE THEY’RE JUST BEING EXPLOITED FOR SUBSIDIES AND TUITION MONEY: The Growing College Graduation Gap. “The surge in poorer students going to college hasn’t led to any meaningful change in the number of college graduates from poorer backgrounds.”

ACCOUNTABILITY: A Kansas bill could make schools liable for shootings if they don’t arm teachers.

WE DON’T NEED NO THOUGHT CONTROL: Seventh-Grade Assignment: Write Letters to Lawmakers Begging for Gun Control.