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Fifteen years ago, I told my dear friend Katharine Birbalsingh that Michaela would one day compete with England’s best schools. iPINIONS reports that its latest A-level results suggest I wasn’t just encouraging her. I was forecasting a mission built on discipline, high expectations, and a refusal to indulge the soft bigotry of low expectations. Read… Read more.
The real jitters on the first day of school don’t come from new classrooms or fresh pencils. They come from kids carrying the weight of politics, culture wars, and adult anxieties on their shoulders. iPINIONS unpacks why today’s “back to school” feels heavier than ever. Read my take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/real-first-day-of-school-jitters Read more.
Florida superintendents have been advised by the state to drop their Advanced Placement Psychology classes unless they exclude any topics related to gender or sexuality, according to The College Board, which oversees the AP program. (USA Today, August 3, 2023) I reiterate my clarion call for all major colleges outside Florida to declare that they will not… Read more.
Graduate students use Critical Race Theory (CRT) to examine the myriad ways race and the legacy of racism affect a person’s life experiences in America, especially with respect to education, employment, housing, healthcare, and the criminal justice system. But Republican propagandists have reframed it as a liberal plot to impose the guilt of 19th century… Read more.
Indeed, no good deed goes unpunished. This familiar expression aptly describes the unwarranted criticisms of Oprah Winfrey’s school for African girls. Criticisms of Oprah’s school for African girls For years, the media hailed Oprah as a saint. Now they seem hell-bent on reminding her that she’s all too human. Except that they are using a school she built to tear her… Read more.
