As the weather heats up, so do the interwebs. Here are a few stories we might have missed over the past week:
Stanford students call for greater ideological diversity on their elite campus.
Will individualized classroom material always help students? Not always. Dan Willingham explores a new study of adaptive vs. static practice.
Poaching teachers to North Carolina from low-pay Oklahoma.
University of Chicago researcher finds—surprise!—left-wingers and right-wingers read very different science books. HT: V(F)W
How to get fired: One Texas middle-school teacher gave out “Most Likely to Be a Terrorist” and “Most Likely to Blend in with White People” awards.
Republicans pressure Secretary DeVos to sweeten the education budget.
Buzzfeed claims Trump is inspiring school bullies nationwide.
How did she learn to be Betsy? The New York Times looks at Secretary Devos’s evangelical schools and those of her children.
Whoops! It looks as if Liberty’s Jerry Falwell Jr. spoke too soon. He won’t be leading a higher-ed task force after all.
Say whatever you want, as long as it makes us look good: The University of North Carolina shuts down a history class that publicized its recent athletics scandal.
Dan
/ June 12, 2017You missed the brief takeover of the Finnish coalition government by extreme right wingers who are many things, including Creationists. (Precipitated by an immigration policy dispute.) https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finnish_govt_implodes_centre_ncp_say_deal_off_with_finns_party/9664904
Background: http://www.migranttales.net/the-ps-steers-further-right-exposing-its-shameless-islamophobia-racism-bigotry-and-ultranationalism/