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^{Eric Hedin
February 27, 2021
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design

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Canceled Science

_{Eric Hedin
February 27, 2021
Academic Freedom, Intelligent Design

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Eric Hedin was enjoying a productive career as a physics professor at Ball State University when the letter from a militant atheist arrived and all hell broke loose. The conflict spilled first onto the pages of the local newspaper, and then into the national news. The atheist attack included threats from the Freedom from Religion Foundation, which targeted Hedin after Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
January 28, 2021
Economics

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Spoiled Rotten

_{Christopher Rufo
January 28, 2021
Economics

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The United Nations International School has succumbed to the new racial hysteria. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
January 20, 2021
Economics

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“Antiracism” Comes to the Heartland

_{Christopher Rufo
January 20, 2021
Economics

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For years, Americans have watched as educators have pushed deeply divisive “antiracism” programs in coastal cities such as Berkeley, Portland, and Seattle. Now “antiracism” has come to the heartland. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
January 13, 2021
Economics

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Woke Elementary

_{Christopher Rufo
January 13, 2021
Economics

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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 ›

^{Christopher Rufo
January 6, 2021
Economics

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Radicals in the Classroom

_{Christopher Rufo
January 6, 2021
Economics

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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 ›

^{Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics

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Indoctrinating an Entire School System in PC Racism

_{Christopher Rufo
December 18, 2020
Economics

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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 ›

Authentic school grounds. School backpacks and bags piled up outside a run down looking classroom. Lesson learning taking place inside room.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 22, 2020
Education

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A Mass Educational Exodus

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 22, 2020
Education

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School closures began last March, and today over half of K-12 public schools remain closed to in-person learning. According to a report from Bellwether Education Partners, upwards of three million students have cut ties with schooling. Read More ›

^{William A. Dembski and Sean McDowell
November 17, 2020
Intelligent Design

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How is the Intelligent Design Movement Doing?

_{William A. Dembski and Sean McDowell
November 17, 2020
Intelligent Design

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Was the ID movement a success? What did it get right, and how has it changed? In this video, Sean McDowell interviews one of the leading intelligent founders, William Dembski. Dembski reflects back upon the movement and offers suggestions for moving forward. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 14, 2020
Education

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Staggering Learning Loss

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 14, 2020
Education

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Students fortunate enough to have their school move toward a hybrid learning model may begin to return to campus two days per week. However, many districts implementing a hybrid learning format are only allocating four days a week to some form of student learning. Why? Read More ›

A humanoid robot waiter carries a tray of food and drinks in a restaurant. Artificial intelligence replaces maintenance staff. The concept of the future. 3D rendering

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 2, 2020
Education, Natural and Artificial Intelligence

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The Future of Work is Coming — Will U.S. Graduates Be Ready?

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 2, 2020
Education, Natural and Artificial Intelligence

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Will the U.S. education system adequately prepare graduates with the skills and knowledge necessary for the future of work? Read More ›

^{Donald P. Nielsen
April 16, 2019
Education

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Every School

_{Donald P. Nielsen
April 16, 2019
Education

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How would an entrepreneur reform education? In this newly revised and updated version of Every School (2019), Don Nielsen draws on his business career and twenty-five years as a school reformer, to offer innovative solutions to the educational challenges facing our country. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
January 7, 2012
Intelligent Design

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Most Americans Support Santorum Amendment’s Approach to Teaching Evolution

_{Discovery Institute
January 7, 2012
Intelligent Design

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With his near-win in Iowa and his recent rise in the polls, Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is facing new scrutiny about his views on intelligent design and evolution. Reporters and others have expressed particular interest in the so-called “Santorum Amendment” authored by Senator Santorum, which was adopted in revised form in the Conference Report of the landmark No Child Read More ›