Happy December! The ILYBYGTH International offices moved this week to the Situation Room to monitor the “War on Christmas.” But we still had time to gather these stories we thought you might like:
“Education is a business.” Libertarian abandons public schools, at Reason. HT: MM.
History majors keep declining, at AHA.
- Does this mean history is becoming a plaything of the elite? Here at ILYBYGTH.
Background on the missionary-killing Sentinelese at NYT.
Creationism? Evolution? Glenn Branch looks at fifty years of struggle for better evolution education at SA.
How Berkeley students are freeing speech, at IHE.
Oh, wow. The weird, wild scam history of evangelical Olivet University, at NYT. HT: MG.
Tennessee study: Big boost for students who have an African American teacher, at NBER.
Is education a civil right? Students in RI sue for theirs, at the Atlantic.
How to avoid solving educational problems, c. 1942, from Larry Cuban.
When I think of (and listen to) current debates about problems like inequality, racism, and poverty as they influence what teachers do, how schools operate, and effects on students, I recall many times when I heard and saw school board members, superintendents, principals, teachers, and parents engage in what Diederich [described in 1942].
Creationism, eh? New poll about evolution and teaching creationism in Canada, at NCSE.
I Love You but You're Going to Hell 