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Tag Archives: We Don’t Need No Education
Top 10 Goals in the Communist Manifesto, Accomplished in America
“These are the goals, in Marx and Engels’ own words, followed by an analysis of how deeply they have seeped into the United States governing structure.”
John Whitehead: A Graduation Message for a Dark Age
“Overcoming the evils of our age will require more than intellect and activism. It will require decency, morality, goodness, truth and toughness.”
It’s Time to Focus on the “School” in “School Shooting”
Parents concerned about mass murders perpetrated in gun-free zones should ditch public schools for safer alternatives with better educational outcomes, writes Thomas Eckert.
Read more: https://mises.org/wire/it%E2%80%99s-time-focus-school-school-shooting
Missouri Cops Ignore State Law, Divert School Funding To Themselves
“Police, with the help of the Trump Justice Department, are doing an end run around the state law requiring that money seized by state law enforcement agencies goes solely to the state’s schools.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/may/23/missouri_cops_diverting_school_funds
More Cops in Schools Is the Wrong Answer to Mass Shootings
“The ubiquitous presence of law enforcement in public schools has led to serious infringements of students’ Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights, and it has increased the likelihood that minor disputes between students will escalate into criminal justice issues.”
Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/02/15/parkland-florida-shooting-cops-schools
Puerto Rico announces education overhaul with vouchers and charter schools
“Its public school system, organized as a single, island-wide district, is among the weakest in the United States and long plagued by bloated administrative spending. In some age groups, less than 10 percent of students meet federal testing standards.”
Many Intellectuals Can’t Stand Jordan Peterson. Why?
“Not only did he win at their own game with professorships at Harvard and Toronto and more citations than most of his peers get in a lifetime, but he also succeeds in the game of influence outside of the academy. By putting his lectures online, raising money via Patreon, and hosting independent lectures that anybody can attend, Peterson is unbundling the intellectual experience of the academy and removing the gatekeepers.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/many-intellectuals-cant-stand-jordan-peterson-why/
Jacob Hornberger: Massacres, Here and Abroad
“The best thing Americans could ever do to end killing sprees here is to end the U.S. government’s killing sprees abroad.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/02/16/massacres-here-and-abroad/
The Most Basic Freedom Is the Freedom to Quit
“Freedom to quit is essential to all of these goals. I am talking here about the freedom to walk away from people and situations that are harmful to our well being.”
Read more: https://fee.org/articles/the-most-basic-freedom-is-the-freedom-to-quit/