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Teachers should be allowed to teach their students how they choose.
It’s beyond me how a teacher, song or book can change a person’s life. What year is it (#484)?
Disruptive students in schools has reached a breaking point.
In the dean’s waiting room.
Don’t believe Democratic rhetoric to the contrary.
Recent immigrants aren't victims of historic oppression in America.
How many people really need a degree anymore?
The basketball coach has shown no remorse for his sins.
Solving the student debt crisis in our country.
College has served as both a gateway out of cults and a pipeline into them.
College admissions, like game shows, should value answering questions correctly.
Despite what Mr. Rogers and my family said, elementary school proved that I wasn’t special.
Expertise and credentials guarantee nothing, but most people are still better off sticking to the brute facts of their field of study.
Paint it Black: The devastating effects of disappearing institutions while finding out there’s no shortage of hot air.
As the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) embraces common sense regarding transgender athlete participation, will the NCAA be brave enough to follow suit?
Today’s college students have bigger problems than small dorm rooms.
Here’s a no-nonsense guide to writing the personal statement of your dreams.
Let private institutions live their delusions without us.
Teachers who paint.
Young people can learn the skills for a rewarding career without spending thousands upon thousands of dollars on a degree.
Everything you need to know in life is learned from being a theatre kid.
The New York Times’ Pamela Paul says schools are hazard-free. What year is it (#442)?
School days through the years. What year is it (#292)?
A discussion of post-structuralism and its implications, featuring Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
William F. Buckley, Jr. talks with Mel Gabler, Norma Gabler, and Pamela Bonnell about school textbooks and their alleged liberal slant.
48 minutes from the late professor on the late philosopher from the former's stellar series of lectures Fatal Strategies.
The Satanic Temple's extracirricular program for public schools. "We prefer to give children an appreciation of the natural wonders surrounding them, not a fear of everlasting other-worldly horrors." Via Metafilter.
During recent rennovations at Emerson High School in Oklahoma City, workers uncovered slate blackboards from 1917, complete with lessons and chalk drawings. Photos and more at NewsOK. Via Metafilter.
"When you’re wandering through a minefield with destructive options that lead to high loan debt and no degree, it’s worth having a map." Washington Monthly attempts a US News & World Report-style ranking of America's worst colleges. Via Metafilter.
