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Inside Columbia University’s ‘Museum of Terror’
A recent exhibit presented the tools and planning behind the Hamilton Hall break-in. A speaker called for a ‘Zionist-free NYC.’
Maya Sulkin
Should Fifth Graders Learn What It Means to Be Transgender?
Ben Kawaller meets an education activist who wants kids to be taught that sex is assigned and gender is a social construct.
Ben Kawaller
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How Jonathan Haidt Won the Fight Against Smartphones in Schools
His book has gained bipartisan fans from Barack Obama to Bill Gates to Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Olivia Reingold reports on the Haidt effect.
Olivia Reingold
A Mom Asked for Public School Board Records. They Charged Her $33 Million.
Parents are suing schools to find out what their kids are learning. Schools are suing parents to shut them up. How did we get here?
Josh Code
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Frannie Block
My School Experimented with ‘Education Equity.’ It Failed.
We put high-achieving students in the same classes as their lowest-performing peers. The results have been devastating.
Ryan Normandin
How to ‘Make Your Campus Palestinian’
At the largest gathering for Palestine in the U.S., college students are taught how to take the anti-Israel movement to the next level. Olivia Reingold…
Olivia Reingold
It’s Time for the Government to Abolish ‘Race’
Since 1977, the federal government has sorted Americans into bogus racial categories. Why?
Michael Lind
Yale Students: We’re Jealous of Our Conservative Peers
Our ideas become stronger when we’re forced to defend them. We wish our university challenged us like it challenges the right wing.
Publius
Letters to the Editor: Should We Ignore Conspiracy Theories?
Plus: The pitfalls of normalizing psychedelic drugs.
The Free Press
Could a Trump Presidency Cost Columbia University $3.5 Billion?
A new report by professors and alumni warns that elite universities face ‘an existential crisis.’
Frannie Block
With Trump’s Victory, Schools Offer ‘Post-Election Wellness Spaces’
Canceled classes, erased grades, and individual counseling: Universities rush to console their ‘grieving’ students.
Frannie Block
Legos, Cocoa, and Coloring Books for Georgetown Students
At the McCourt School of Public Policy, officials are offering ‘mindfulness’ options to cope with the election. The only thing missing is a blankie.
Frannie Block
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