Newmark's Door

"It’s Time to Face the Facts on School Closings"

"The prevalence of remote learning in schools educating our most vulnerable students was no accident."

"EdWatchDaily.com"

"Watching the education apocalypse in slow motion." Sample:

Bates College considering requiring ALL students to take course on 'white supremacy," 'power and privilege,' 'colonialism'. 

"Our Homeschooling Odyssey"

Interesting account from noted economist Bryan Caplan.

"MIT Abandons Its Mission. And Me."

Par for the course nowadays, but still shocking and awful.

"Well Said"

A cool tweet to answer a dopey statement of Bernie Sanders.

"College Has Become Merely a Racket"

George Leef:

College has become a very expensive credentialing mechanism that adds surprisingly little in the way of useful skill and knowledge for students. 

See also "Journalism Schools Produce 'Useless' Degrees, Leaving Graduates Deep In Debt".

"Time to Yank Your Kids Out of Public Schools"

My wife and I are soooooo glad that our kids are done with school.

"2021 College Free Speech Rankings"

Interesting: there are 154 institutions ranked. George Washington, my undergrad alma mater, ranks 32, UCLA, my graduate school, ranks 8, and NCSU, my former employer, ranks 24. 

"The Case Against ‘Excellence’ at Universities"

Despite the title, the argument here is that abandoning the SAT and ACT for college admissions probably won't have the results reformers expect.

"Charter schools boomed during the pandemic"

Among other numbers cited are these: "Charter enrollment is up 65% in Alabama and 78% in Oklahoma."

See also "California Parents Contributing to the Homeschool Boom".