Your weekly report on education news....
"The idea that this can be ignored, that these are sick call-outs, and that they are actually due to someone being sick is preposterous"...
“The study being conducted is to find where DEI is embedded in policy and practice in state universities”...
"the latest in a string of layoffs to hit left-wing activist groups"...
"How can students reasonably condense discussions about formative life experiences and their identities into 200 words or less?"...
Lawyer for Parents: "This 11-year-old girl was being told that her parents don't love her. That they can't keep her safe. She can't trust them. She can only trust the people at the school."...
You Can't Fix Stupid: This was totally unexpected coming from Oberlin College, it's not like they have done anything similarly vindictive in the past which came back to bite them, from which they might have learned....
University administrators admit they have "deep concerns about several speakers who have a documented and troubling history of engaging in antisemitism."...
“Ho, ho; hey, hey; diversity is here to stay”...
“We have the power here to make our voices heard”...
"When a school starts endorsing any single particular point of view, that can be divisive"...
"at least the second major law firm to take the step as rivals face lawsuits targeting similar programs"...
“The district is not naming the student involved to protect her privacy”...
"represents a significant win for the climate movement, organizers said"...
“BIPOC students in geoscience face discrimination and barriers to learning at all levels, from microaggressions to systemic racism”...
"We are disheartened to have to take this step."...
“cannot meet their legal obligations unless they place DEI at the center of their work”...
