Louis Galarowicz's latest report, Ideological Insistence, reveals the widespread use of DEI statements in university hiring. Surveying over 23,000 job listings—from janitors to deans—across 86 public universities, the Ivy League, and MIT, this study represents the most

🍎 WILL is hosting our 2nd Annual School Board Summit on Friday May 9th and invites WI board members and school leaders to join us! 📚🇺🇸 Register here: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketin… Ryan Petty Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” Robert Pondiscio William H. Hughes Robert L. Jackson Noah Tyler David Randall

"As for the incentives of original Harvard research, we’ve seen the past, and it is horrible.  How could the future be at all different unless something changes?" americanthinker.com/blog/2025/05/w…

Important new report from Christopher Schorr America First Policy Institute: "Grading in the Studies departments, whether measured by the percentage of "A" grades awarded or by GPA, is shockingly lax." americafirstpolicy.com/issues/are-the…

"The Nebraska Department of Education’s current Nebraska Social Studies Standards (2019) require complete revision—and this improvement should be conducted by recruiting an independent commission to redraft new social studies standards." nas.org/blogs/article/…

Hollis Robbins Hollis Robbins: "Yet there is ... a nomenklatura whose influence in setting campus priorities is largely invisible outside of academia ... [its] vocabulary ... is half statistics and half social justice." insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

"The Franklin Standards, proposed in 2024 by the National Association of Scholars and named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, are gaining ground and could help provide a solution to STEM education." thecollegefix.com/science-profes…

An interesting critique. Though I think "challenge" rather "than certain failure" is more appropriate framing. hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com/p/why-i-think-…

Important new model law, from Defense of Freedom Institute.

Robert Pondiscio Here is more of the same … I think we need to start exposing this ‘action civic’ so parents understand this new ‘civics’ movement. Just because it uses the word ‘civics’ does’t mean it is true civic education . x.com/nicoletta0602/… Moms for Liberty David Randall

Some of us will always prefer Austen.

"Public support for schools that train teachers of classical education should build toward a great transformation—to educate the majority of public school teachers and administrators in the principles of classical education." mindingthecampus.org/2025/05/22/a-r…

"Regardless of how radical one wants to be with change, the current system for producing research is broken. We are wasting time, money, and skill." asteriskmag.com/issues/10/can-…

Texas SB 37 would have a wonderful effect on Texas higher education. It would transform gen ed requirements into a core curriculum and strengthen university governance. Texas legislators should pass it into law!

Amen re reproducibility crisis!

"We urge the Trump administration to do more to bring full effect to the wonderful start it has made with Restoring Gold Standard Science. ... The Trump administration’s EO is a philosopher’s stone: it will turn base matter into gold." nas.org/blogs/statemen…

"Harvard has tarnished its good name, and the public must act accordingly. ... the hammer must come down on Harvard. I’m glad the Trump administration is wielding it." nationalreview.com/corner/harvard…

Very much worth reading the thread, and original article.

"A university press is not a small enterprise, and it is certainly not cheap. It is time for Duke University to look at what it has wrought and right the sinking ship. Duke should remember that its motto is Eruditio et Religio, not “Stay Woke.”" jamesgmartin.center/2025/06/duke-u…

June 10, 2PM, the Zoom launch of our model math standards--the Archimedes Standards! nas.org/blogs/event/ev…