August 23, 2013

Political Correctness Takes Over at Macalester

George Leef

Five decades after attending, an alumnus visits and is amazed to find his alma mater transformed by politicization.

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August 22, 2013

Common Core State Standards: College and Career Readiness

William H. Young

William Young discusses the serious decline in literacy and quantitative skills among students currently entering college.

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August 21, 2013

"Residence Life" Resurrected

George Leef

George Leef on the divisiveness of a diversity-oriented housing program at UNC.

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August 20, 2013

Educational Malpractice Abounding

George Leef

George Leef on the real harms inflicted by mismatch in higher ed.

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August 20, 2013

Not So Immortal: The Compromised Life of Common Reading Programs

Peter Wood

Peter Wood on what common reading assignments say about the intellectual life of colleges.

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August 19, 2013

“Common Readings” at Colleges Uncommonly Political, Scholars Find

National Association of Scholars

PRESS RELEASE: The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has released Beach Books 2012-2013, its third annual study of common reading programs at American colleges and universities.

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August 19, 2013

Beach Books: 2012-2013

Peter Wood

A report on the books assigned in 2012–2013 as "common reading."

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August 15, 2013

Common Core State Standards: Mathematics Proficiency

William H. Young

William Young discusses CCSS proposals for revitalizing K‒12 mathematics education.

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August 14, 2013

Tales From an Ed School Survivor

George Leef

Mathematician and math teacher Barry Garelick writes about his unhappy experiences in the “math methods” course he took while pursuing his obligatory teaching certificate at George Mason......

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