Evan Poellinger
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The University of Massachusetts Boston has removed a hiring requirement for prospective faculty that demanded a statement which demonstrated their support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The ideologically-charged diversity statement requirement was first exposed by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) in June.
As Fox News reported, this statement was required…
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Schools that have begun to implement so-called “Equity Grading” have come under fire from parents who support traditional standards-based grading. Among these schools, Dublin Unified School District in the San Francisco Bay area made the decision in 2022 to test doing away with standardized grading in favor of grading based upon “student mastery of material” in order to “improve equity by…
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Businesses should begin utilizing “guerilla tactics” in order to continue their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision which struck down affirmative action, according to a recent Forbes article.
Writing for Forbes, Joe Santana opined that businesses had an incentive to implement DEI, arguing that “the ability of DEI investments to drive…
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Alpha News, a Minnesota-based new organization, has released an eye-opening documentary called The Fall of Minneapolis.
The documentary undertakes a comprehensive deconstruction of the narrative surrounding the death of George Floyd, beginning with the events surrounding Floyd’s actual arrest and ending with the aftermath of the trial of Derek Chauvin.
The Fall of Minneapolis argues that…
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The Florida Board of Governors voted on November 9 to remove Principles of Sociology from the courses which can fulfill the general education requirements at Florida’s state colleges and universities.
The move follows the earlier passage of a law requiring a review of the core courses in five different subject areas. Faculty committees at the schools conducted reviews of the courses and offered…
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Guilford County Schools in North Carolina have begun to implement policies in accordance with the state’s new Parents’ Bill of Rights, which was passed in August. Among other things, Guilford County Schools have begun “clarifying language around parent communication related to behavior, attendance, crime, and instruction material.”
The schools will also be required to obtain parental permission…
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American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten was castigated on X (formerly Twitter) after she questioned why homeschooling was growing in the United States. Weingarten posted an Axios article which, she says, explains “What’s behind the increase in homeschooling.”
“Homeschooling is now the fastest-growing form of education in the U.S.,” Axios reported, citing a Washington Post …
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Alabama has scheduled the first execution by nitrogen hypoxia, and has ignited a storm of controversy as a result.
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the death warrant scheduling the execution of Kenneth Smith for a period between January 25 and 26, 2024. Smith, who has been on death row for 35 years, was convicted of the murder-for-hire of Elizabeth Sennett. Smith and an accomplice, who were paid…
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Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) over its excessively forceful arrest of the activist and the allegedly retaliatory nature of his prosecution for an alleged violation of the FACE Act, for which he was ultimately acquitted.
Houck is currently seeking $1.1 million in damages from the DOJ after a team of agents “wielding battering rams,…
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A number of prominent politicians and activists have engaged in an outpouring of grief after scandal-plagued Smiths Station Mayor F.L. “Bubba” Copeland took his own life on Friday, while police were pursuing him to conduct a welfare check.
The mayor and Baptist pastor was revealed by 1819 News to be a crossdresser who operated social media accounts in which Copeland posed as a transgender woman…