March 4, 2009

21st Century Ignorance

Peter Wood

A new dictionary of educational lingo misses the latest fad: "21st century skills."

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March 4, 2009

Education and Intelligence--Part 3: Neuroplasticity

Tom Wood

In the third of this four-part series, Tom Wood looks at the "Copernican revolution in the brain sciences."

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March 3, 2009

Academic Freedom Is a Public Trust

Steve Balch

Steve Balch calls for public vigilence against abuses of academic freedom. Here are his remarks on accepting the Jeane Jordon Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award from the American Conservative Union Fo......

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March 3, 2009

Education and Intelligence--Part 2

Tom Wood

In the second of this four-part series, Tom Wood compares two key exams, NAEP and CLA. Both show that education improves intelligence.

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March 2, 2009

Education and Intelligence-A Response to Charles Murray

Tom Wood

Formal education actually improves intelligence, and we have the data to prove it. Should anyone be surprised?

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March 1, 2009

Sunday Blog

Peter Wood

A weekend experiment in short-form commentary.

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February 26, 2009

Never Mind Tocqueville, Let's List Slurs

Bill Rivers

A participant in the University of Delaware's now infamous indoctrination program recollects some not-so-fond memories.

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February 25, 2009

Green Fatigue

Ashley Thorne

In the real world, environmental alarmism is on the downturn. In the universities, it's just gaining momentum.

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February 25, 2009

More on "Bias Isn't Bias If It's Ours"

Continuing discussion prompted by an NAS article on social justice and education.

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January 24, 2024

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After Claudine

The idea has caught on that the radical left overplayed its hand in DEI and is now vulnerable to those of us who seek major reforms. This is not, however, the first time that the a......

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The Great Academic Divorce with China

All signs show that American education is beginning a long and painful divorce with the People’s Republic of China. But will academia go through with it?...

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University of Washington Violated Non-Discrimination Policy, Internal Report Finds

A faculty hiring committee at the University of Washington “inappropriately considered candidates’ races when determining the order of offers,” provided “disparate op......

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Where Did We Get the Idea That Only White People Can Be Racist?

A look at the double standard that has arisen regarding racism, illustrated recently by the reaction to a black professor's biased comments on Twitter....

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Ask a Scholar: What is the True Definition of Latino?

What does it mean to be Latino? Are only Latin American people Latino, or does the term apply to anyone whose language derived from Latin?...

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Ask a Scholar: What Is Structural-Functionalism, Conflict Theory and Symbolic Interactionism?

Professor Jonathan Imber clarifies concepts of sociologocal theory....