In 2019, Active Shooter Drills Are the New Fire Drills in Schools
With gun violence on the rise for the first time since the 1990s, active shooter drills are becoming a “normal” part of the school day. Here’s what kids are being taught and why.
Lawsuits Pile Up as Government Agencies Delay New Rules
Government agencies continue to delay Obama-era regulations, leading to an influx of legal challenges from states.
Reform or Repression: What’s Behind Russia’s Mysterious College Shutdown?
Russia is already notorious for universities that provide “non-education.” Is an aim to stamp out independent thought behind the country’s motivations to close 40% of universities?
More and More Mortenson (And Less and Less NY Times)
The New York Times is embarrassingly slow off the mark to investigate the best-selling author it promoted. And its columnists? Read and weep.
Worth Considering: Pakistan Meet Elmo; Biodegradable Cars; The Good News Bears
Watch out Taliban, here comes Sesame Street. A tough mushroom makes a tougher bumper. And welcome a microscopic friend.
WORTH READING: No Shots; Baby Frankenstein; Money & Problems; BotPuppets
How the GOP will penalize children. Why kids who play more are smarter. Money, it turns out, really does not lead to happiness. And another bad idea from the Pentagon.
State of the Onion
During the president’s speech, I kept my eyes and ears peeled for anything that a journalist might want to pursue. Here are some random thoughts: Obama and Congress paid tribute to Gabby Giffords, on the mend from the massacre in Tucson—but Obama said not a word about the explosion of guns into nearly every corner Read More
Investigative Story of the Week
Kudos to the Los Angeles Times for publishing an excellent investigative piece today on how difficult it is to fire a tenured teacher in California, no matter what the charges. The piece starts with a juicy lede: The eighth-grade boy held out his wrists for teacher Carlos Polanco to see. He had just explained to Read More