S.F. State Gives Up Millions to Block Coca-Cola
The students of San Francisco State University launched a protest and petition to reject the university’s plans to establish a partnership with Coca-Cola.
Education
Mizzou Hires Lobbyist, State Funding Scrutinized Due to Image Crisis
In the wake of student protests inspired by Black Lives Matter, the University of Missouri’s image is apparently suffering to the extent that the school has hired a lobbyist as state lawmakers will be closely scrutinizing its funding next year.
U.S. Department of Education Data System Riddled With Vulnerabilities For Students
The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has been pushing, bribing, and otherwise “incentivizing” states to expand their student data systems to track students from preschool through the workforce.
Common Core Making Kids Anxious, Say School Psychologists
New York State school psychologists say the Common Core standards are associated with increased student anxiety, according to a new report released Friday.
University of Missouri Audience Applauds as Ben Shapiro Rips Aggressive Professor
Ben Shapiro’s speech Thursday evening at the University of Missouri was a galvanizing moment for the campus and community that became the national focus of media attention in early November after a group of radical black liberation activists, assisted by leftist faculty members, forced the resignation of the university’s president and chancellor.
Occidental Faculty Back Radical Student Protests
on Thursday, the faculty council at Occidental College unanimously approved a resolution indicating their “full support of The Oxy United for Black Liberation students’ actions and the demands for the culture around racism and diversity in the institution to change,” according to the Huffington Post. Students have demanded that Veitch resign, as one of their 14 demands.
Watch: Ninth Graders Assigned to Make ISIS Propaganda for Homework
Per Fox News, parents in Utah complained after their ninth-grade children were assigned to create ISIS propaganda as a school project. Fourteen-year-old Mikalia got the assignment and went online to search “how to recruit for ISIS.” Her mother, Annie Langston,
Texas Teen Arrested for Alleged School Shooting Twitter Threats
Local law enforcement arrested a female teenager for allegedly threatening her North Texas high school with a school shooting over Twitter.
25 Disturbing Demands from ‘Black Lives Matter’-Inspired Student Groups
Professional protesters Johnetta Elzie and Deray McKesson have put together a website, demands.org, listing demands made by various student protest groups at campuses across the country (as well as some in Canada). The website currently contains demands or links to lists from 37 schools.
Protesting Princeton Students Reach Agreement, End Sit-In
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — Princeton University has reached an agreement with students protesting inside the president’s office, ending a nearly two-day sit-in.
Ben Shapiro Warns USC of ‘Islamic Agenda’ on Campus
Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large and DailyWire.com Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro is set to deliver a lecture at the racial turmoil-beset University of Missouri campus Thursday evening. But before he left for Mizzou, Shapiro warmed up Wednesday night by speaking to University of Southern California students about the rise of anti-Israel bias on college campuses nationwide.
Watch: Dartmouth College Administrator Coddles Black Lives Matter: ‘Your Protest is A Wonderful and Beautiful Thing’
A video produced by The Dartmouth Review shows Dartmouth vice provost Inge-Lise Ameer leading an “emergency community meeting” after a Black Lives Matter protest.
Colleges Update Mascots, Mottos over Political Correctness
BOSTON (AP) — Amherst College has turned on its mascot. Georgetown University is renaming buildings. Union College has a new motto.
Ferguson Effect: Occidental President Leaves Under Police Guard
On Wednesday, Black Lives Matter joined students at Occidental College in a demonstration that forced Occidental president Jonathan Veitch to leave campus under police guard.
Congress Begins Conference on No Child Left Behind Rewrite
On Wednesday, a congressional conference committee kicked off the effort to reauthorize No Child Left Behind (NCLB)—the latest version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)—amid the concerns of many conservative parents, who would prefer to see education taken out of the hands of the federal government and back into those of the individual states and local school districts.
Watch: Live Stream of Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro ‘Truth Is a Microaggression’ Lecture at the University of Missouri
On Thursday, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and DailyWire.com Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro will be speaking at the University of Missouri. His lecture, sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, is scheduled to take place at Ellis Auditorium on the Columbia, MO campus at
Occidental College Cops Blast Students’ Demands
LOS ANGELES — Campus safety officers at Occidental College are denouncing a demand by a student activists that they stop wearing bulletproof vests. The police do not carry weapons, and bulletproof vests are their only protection.
Rapper Chief Keef and Horror Film School Assignments Have Chicago Parents Outraged
Parents are furious and confused after learning that students at John Fiske Elementary School were asked by their music teacher to research controversial Chicago rapper Chief Keef, who is known more for his lengthy arrest record than his album sales.
More College Chaos as Black Lives Matter Protesters Block Bill Clinton Event at Michigan State
Close to a hundred Michigan State University students and Black Lives Matter activists filled the halls and blocked access to an event where former president Bill Clinton was scheduled to speak on Wednesday.
Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro Prepares for ‘Crashing the Safe Space’ at Mizzou
On Thursday night, Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large and DailyWire.com Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro will be speaking at the University of Missouri. His lecture, sponsored by Young America’s Foundation, is scheduled to take place at Ellis Auditorium on the Columbia campus at 6 PM Central Time. The talk is titled “Truth Is A Microaggression.”
University of Kansas Student Leaders Face Impeachment for Not Paying Respects to ‘Black Lives Matter’
Three student leaders at the University of Kansas face impeachment over their supposed failure to stand in respectful support of a Black Lives Matter group.
Federalism and School Choice
When progressive U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis gave his now famous dissent in the landmark case New State Ice v Liebmann, he wrote, “It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.”
Occidental Students Demand ‘No Bulletproof Vests’ for Campus Safety Officers
Students at Occidental College who have occupied an administration building this week have demanded that campus safety officers stop wearing bulletproof vests.
Black Texas Student Shuts Down Attempts to Tie Campus Carry with ‘White Supremacy’
As Gun Free UT suggests that campus carry is all about whites dominating people of other races, UT-Dallas graduate student Antonia Okafor — an African American woman — counters by pointing out that her focus in carrying a gun will be self-defense, not to advance the supremacy of any one race over another.
Dartmouth Official Apologizes to ‘Black Lives Matter’ Activists After Their Tirade
Dartmouth College’s vice provost for student affairs is attempting to comfort the raucous “Black Lives Matter” activists who are now facing national criticism for unleashing a disruptive, hostile, obscenity-strewn tirade on students studying in the school’s library.
