National Review's annual education issue contains much good stuff, including Rick Hess on school funding and Clint Bolick on the fitful progress of school choice. We especially recommend Richard Arum on the collapse of school discipline and the effect that's had on the academic environment, especially in urban school districts. And Rachel Zabarkes Friedman recounts some high- and lowlights from the college campus culture wars. Our favorite: "Last spring, Claremont McKenna professor Kerri Dunn reported that her car had been vandalized - tires slashed, windows broken, racist and anti-Semitic slogans spray-painted on - after she'd given a lecture on racism. The campus predictably responded with outrage; classes were cancelled and pro-diversity events held. But Dunn's credibility soon began to erode, and witnesses testified they'd seen her vandalizing the car herself." You can get some of the articles (others are for subscribers only) here.
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