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Ignoring the Evidence

The University of California has decided to drop college admissions tests—that is a bad idea.

3 Dec 2022 · 5 min read

At Canadian Universities, Race and Gender Quotas Have Become a Way of Life

In their recruitment efforts, some schools now flat-out exclude white males who don’t self-identify as disabled or LGBT.

Margaret Wente

2 Dec 2022 · 10 min read

Co-Opting Toronto’s Public Education System in the Name of Social Justice Activism

Why Canada’s largest school board is seeking to administer an ideologically skewed census to its students.

Ian Cooper

15 Nov 2022 · 13 min read

Bloated College Administration Is Making Education Unaffordable

Our campuses are stuffed with non-academic office workers. If elected to Harvard’s Board of Overseers, I‘ll propose firing most of them.

Harvey Silverglate

2 Nov 2022 · 3 min read

Anti-Male Bias at the NHMRC

Imposing gender quotas for research funding is counterproductive and sets a dangerous new precedent.

Lawrence M. Krauss

20 Oct 2022 · 4 min read

Sex and the Academy

The inclusion of women in higher education is a great achievement for Western liberal societies. How is this changing academic culture?

Cory Clark / Bo Winegard

8 Oct 2022 · 13 min read

$Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus$

Math for Future Scientists: Require Statistics, Not Calculus

The case for ending calculus requirements for science majors.

Robert C. Thornett

15 Sep 2022 · 7 min read

Universities Have a Sustainability Problem

The era of disconnected, infinite knowledge production should draw to a close.

Robert Frodeman

5 Sep 2022 · 7 min read

Walkout at Milton Academy

When high-school students can’t tolerate hearing the name of a book title, we know there’s a problem in education.

Randall Kennedy and Harvey Silverglate

8 Aug 2022 · 3 min read

The Real Challenges Facing Public Education

Critical Race Theory is a distraction and 'equity' is just a buzzword. A new book by an award-winning teacher argues that the real challenges facing public education go much deeper than political ideology.

Shane Trotter

1 Aug 2022 · 9 min read

The ACT Discriminates

...but not in the way you might expect.

Frederick R. Prete

16 Jul 2022 · 12 min read

What Is the Point of Tenure?—A Roundtable

Tenure creates a dual world where some professors enjoy more freedom than others.

Bo Winegard, Charles Negy, and Alexander Riley

12 Jul 2022 · 12 min read

The Emptiness of Constructivist Teaching

In teaching students that all knowledge is constructed through their own interactions, we fail to give them satisfying answers about the world and its meaning.

Patricia Rice Doran

29 Jun 2022 · 8 min read

The Disgraceful Firing of Joshua T. Katz

Joshua Katz knew it was dangerous to go public with his objections to a Princeton faculty letter, but he did so because his conscience demanded it. For this, he has paid an intolerable price.

The Quillette Editorial Board

26 May 2022 · 12 min read

Direct Instruction Works. So Why Is It Controversial?

In 2016, I was sitting in the classroom of a Melbourne school as Dr. Kerry Hempenstall described the early stages of a reading program. He projected a series of letters on the screen. First, he displayed an “f.” “This is an ‘f’,” he said. Then he displayed an “f” written

Greg Ashman

14 May 2022 · 7 min read