Tag: "Education"
So Sad: It’s Possible that Snooki Will Book a Commencement Address Before the President
Normally, a President is overwhelmed at this time of year with invitations to speak at high school commencement exercises all over the country. Not this year. No, folks, this year the bloom is off the Hopenchange rose. The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school [...]
If You Notice That Paul Krugman is Hesitant to Sit Down, Here’s Why
I linked to Iowahawk’s brilliant takedown of Paul Krugman in this morning’s CtBT post, but I want to give it a bit more attention because it is absolutely brilliant. Krugman tried to run out the growing progressive meme that Wisconsin students get a better education because their teachers have full collective bargaining. The problem with [...]
When Voting Raised Its Ugly Head, Dems Bravely Turned Their Tails and Fled
In a day, the situation in Wisconsin has gone from merely ridiculous to bizarre. The state Senate was set to vote on Governor Walker’s “budget repair bill” except that all the Democrats were gone. Senate rules require a quorum of 20 and when the Republican Leader called the quorum, only the 19 Republicans showed up [...]
This is The Week that Should End Public Sector Unions
The most exceptional thing has been happening in Wisconsin over the past few days. Governor Scott Walker has introduced a bill that will save the state about $300 million dollars over the next ten years – a sorely-needed chunk of slack in a budget that has, like so many other state budgets, gotten entirely out [...]
In Defense of the Renaissance Man
My friend Elizabeth Scalia has an interesting column at First Things today on our over-dependence on academic credentials in the job market and elsewhere that is worth your time today. Here’s her opening. He has authored over a dozen books, written a syndicated newspaper column and countless essays and articles covering a broad range of [...]
Why Can’t College Students Argue? Don’t Ask Me, I Don’t Control Academia.
For many years, our society has accepted that the fundamental qualification for any sort of decent career must begin with a college education. Tens of thousands of families spend millions of dollars, often times incurring five- or six-figure debts, to send their beloved children to institutes of higher learning, confident they will graduate with a [...]
Why College? Heck If I Know.
Timothy Carney, in today’s Washington Examiner, makes the case against college, and a good case he makes. I’ve long suspected too many kids go to college and finish college — that college is a waste of time and money for many, and our economy and culture would be better if, as a whole, America spent [...]
Iran Joins the “Our Schools Love the West Too Much” Club
Iran has a problem with its schools that might seem familiar to some of us. Its curricula are not in line with the religion of the ruling class and so the schools must change what they teach. Iran will not allow its universities to begin teaching certain disciplines it deems too “Western,” and existing courses [...]
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