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  • Prof: Why the charter school debate has moved beyond ‘better’ or ‘worse’

    Prof: Why the charter school debate has moved beyond ‘better’ or ‘worse’0

    The charter school debate is getting even more heated. Recently, charter opponents launched a campaign from the steps of the Massachusetts State House to warn that charter schools were “sapping resources from the traditional schools that serve most minority students, and creating a two-track system.” Similar opposition has been voiced by critics across the country as well. So when

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  • Prof: Why My University Shutdown My Website and Blog

    Prof: Why My University Shutdown My Website and Blog13

    You might think that student and faculty rights to free speech and academic freedom are overrated. Shouldn’t they have the same rights under the First Amendment that all of us have? Well, they do, but they don’t. Professors and students often communicate their thoughts on blogs on university websites on university servers. University administrators understand

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  • Prof: Today’s Students and Professors ‘Know Hardly Anything about Anything at All’

    Prof: Today’s Students and Professors ‘Know Hardly Anything about Anything at All’44

    Six months ago we shared a frightening observation from Patrick Deneen, a political science professor at Notre Dame who has also taught at Princeton and Georgetown. He described his students as “know-nothings… devoid of any substantial knowledge.” More recently, a respected author and English professor at Providence College in Rhode Island has echoed Deneen’s concerns.

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  • Prof: Most Students Don’t Know Thomas Jefferson was President

    Prof: Most Students Don’t Know Thomas Jefferson was President0

    As Intellectual Takeout recently noted, Americans are embracing bad government because they don’t know history. If you don’t believe it, just ask Professor Duke Pesta. According to The College Fix, Professor Pesta has long been concerned about the decline of general knowledge in America’s student body, and the informal surveys he conducts suggest there is

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  • Prof: Light Skin ‘a Handicap for Black Athletes’

    Prof: Light Skin ‘a Handicap for Black Athletes’0

    During an interview this spring, Golden State Warriors Draymond Green discussed why players around the league have long doubted or dismissed the talents of his superstar teammate, Stephen Curry. But it was Green’s last point, mentioned almost as an aside – “And of course, Steph is light-skinned so [players] want to make him out to be soft”

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  • Prof: Kids are Not Learning Anything

    Prof: Kids are Not Learning Anything0

    Ask British professor Dennis Hayes how government-run schools are doing and he would say they’re in bad shape. As he recently explained to The Independent, “the kids are basically not learning anything,” largely because the schools “confuse information with knowledge.” But Hayes isn’t simply bashing the schools without offering solutions. According to him, reintroducing subjects

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