College isn’t what it used to be, that’s for sure. Although long-ignored voices of people of color are finally more likely to be heard, college is overall […]
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Is this the end of classroom libraries?
Schools must now contend with the practical effects of one of the Legislature’s many culture war bills. This one, Senate Bill 704, requires educators to provide a […]
Think again about disinformation board
How on earth does one spark controversy from that blandest of government creations, the internal working group? One way is to give it a scary, Orwellian name […]
Where’s Florida’s evidence for rejecting 41% of math textbooks?
When is transparency not so transparent? When it comes to selecting math textbooks for Florida schools. Republican lawmakers recently passed a law they said would give parents […]
Elon Musk and protecting free speech
Americans who subscribe to “traditional values” have had to put up with a lot from the left in the name of the First Amendment. From vulgarities on […]
Elon Musk is not what Twitter needs
by Timothy L. O’Brien Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter Inc. for $43 billion — but he has only about $3 billion in cash on hand. Most […]
Go ahead and improve Twitter, @ElonMusk
Anyone who ever has sent a tweet with a typo — and who among us has not? — craves an edit button. So the news this week […]
Book-burning a logical next step in the right’s classroom hysteria
Two school board members in Virginia last week called for the burning — yes, burning — of books in the school’s library that they deem sexually offensive. […]
