Education

Whistleblower: There Is No Faculty Accountability in Universities 0
- Education
- April 24, 2018
I became interested in academic accountability within the university because I had no choice: the lack of accountability I experienced at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington obligated me to act. I had become embroiled in a situation where I was morally bound to report wrongdoing. But I had no idea that being a
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Duke Divinity State of the School Address Interrupted by Rapping LGBTQ Students Who Issue 15 Demands: ‘I am Somebody, and I Won’t Be Stopped by Nobody’0
- Education
- April 23, 2018
The chickens have come home to roost at Duke’s Divinity School. Protesting students claim the school is insufficiently diverse. More needs to be done, they say, to combat racism, transphobia, homophobia, and associated evils. All this despite a campaign by the administration to achieve these very aims in the course of which a distinguished faculty
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Homeschooling Freedoms Are Under Threat. Will Parents Defend Them?0
- Education
- April 17, 2018
Homeschoolers today have it easy. Many of us were in diapers when, in 1977, educator John Holt created Growing Without Schooling, the first newsletter to connect and encourage homeschooling families. Holt and other social reformers provided the support and facilitated the networks that would ultimately lead to homeschooling becoming legally recognized in all U.S. states
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Seven Reasons People No Longer Want to be Teachers 0
- Education
- April 16, 2018
The oldest profession – teaching – is no longer attractive. The Queensland Deans of Education revealed there have been alarming drops in first preference applications for this year’s teacher preparation courses. Queensland has experienced an overall 26 percent drop. Most alarmingly, UQ reported a 44 percent plunge. QUT saw a 19 percent drop. These figures
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The Lost Scrolls Lying at Our Feet 0
- Education
- April 12, 2018
In 79 A.D., the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in eastern Italy covered nearby towns in ash and completely buried many of them. One of the towns that was buried in the eruption was Herculaneum, which at the time was a popular vacation spot for wealthy Romans. According to some historical accounts, Julius Caesar’s father-in-law,
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Are Black Male Athletes Failing to Graduate Because of Racism?0
- Education
- April 10, 2018
The relationship between participation in sports and academic performance has many faces. Most of them are happy; for instance, many studies show that high school athletes outperform non-athletes academically by a large margin. At the college level, the relationships are more varied, depending on the school, the sport, and the demographic group. Still, college athletes
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