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Gloria Akayi Asoloko Headshot

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January 18, 2021
Economics}

2020 Gilder Fellow Wins African Writers Award for Drama

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January 18, 2021
Economics}

Discovery Institute is excited to announce that Gloria Akayi Asoloko (known as "Akayi"), an alum of the 2020 class of Gilder Fellows, is the new recipient of the African Writers Award for Drama for her first play "Who Knows Amanda?" Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
January 13, 2021
Economics}

Woke Elementary

_{Christopher Rufo
January 13, 2021
Economics}

An elementary school in Cupertino, California—a Silicon Valley community with a median home price of $2.3 million—recently forced a class of third-graders to deconstruct their racial identities, then rank themselves according to their “power and privilege.” Read More ›

Funny girl fond of chemistry filming video while making experiment

^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 11, 2021
Education}

When Remote Learning Works

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 11, 2021
Education}

When the coronavirus took the world by surprise in the early months of 2020, schools were among the first entities to close their doors, ceasing operations as normal. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
January 6, 2021
Economics}

Radicals in the Classroom

_{Christopher Rufo
January 6, 2021
Economics}

The San Diego Unified School District has been radicalized. In recent months, the district has announced mandatory diversity training for teachers, added a new “ethnic studies” curriculum focused on racial grievance, and even abolished the requirement to turn in homework on time—all in the name of becoming, in the words of school board member Richard Barrera, “an anti-racist school district.” Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Economics}

The Bill Walton Show: Silver Linings

_{Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Economics}

As we wrap up one of the most chaotic years in modern memory, members of the BWS team gather virtually to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on our lives. What will the future hold when it comes to masks? The economy? Life in general? While 2020 is one most of us would like to forget, we manage to find several “silver linings” heading into 2021. Read More ›

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^{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

The Euthanasia Cancer Spreads

_{Wesley J. Smith
December 31, 2020
Human Exceptionalism}

The West is tearing itself apart. The symptoms are evident in our bitterly divided politics and the attempts to punish those with heterodox views. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education}

President Trump Issues Executive Order Expanding Educational Opportunity

_{Keri D. Ingraham
December 30, 2020
Education}

President Trump’s December 28 executive order expands educational opportunity by providing emergency learning scholarships to disadvantaged K-12 students to access in-person learning. These grants meet an urgent need among low-income, special needs, and minority students who have been disproportionately affected by school closures. Read More ›

^{Steven J. Buri
December 22, 2020
Discovery Institute}

Discovery Institute: World Changers

_{Steven J. Buri
December 22, 2020
Discovery Institute}

When Bruce Chapman and George Gilder founded Discovery Institute nearly 30 years ago, they envisioned it as a “distributive think tank,” one in which technology would unite the collaborative work of scholars around the country. It was a forward-thinking model that has served us well in 2020, a year in which Zoom meetings have replaced in-person gatherings, both personal and professional. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics}

Indoctrinating an Entire School System in PC Racism

_{Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics}

What’s the goal here? Simply put, to transform Seattle schools into activist organizations. At the conclusion of the training, teachers had to explain how they will practice “anti-racist pedagogy,” address the “social-justice movements taking place” and become “anti-racist outside the classroom.” Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics}

Homelessness

_{Christopher Rufo
December 15, 2020
Economics}

This short film will help you understand the homeless and poverty crisis from the inside-out — what drives it, what perpetuates it, and why nothing seems to help. Read More ›