From the abstract: School choice allows families to choose schools that are more suited to their children. These choices may affect non-academic outcomes, including students’ mental health. We empirically examine the relationship between school choice and mental health using two methods. First, we use difference-in-differences to estimate the effects of state voucher and charter school laws on...
50-yr-old math teacher wins Monte Carlo Rally
Isabelle Galmiche, a 50-year-old math teacher and part-time auto racer, won the World Rally Championship's Monte Carlo Rally as co-driver to Sebastien Loeb this past weekend. With the win, the Frenchwoman became the first female to score points in the series since 1997, while her compatriot Loeb, 47, set a record as the oldest driver to win a world championship round. It was also Loeb's record...
U North Dakota backs down on mandatory preferred pronouns and open bathrooms
UND was proposing a plan that ... would require the use of a transgender person’s preferred pronouns and the use of facilities that align with their gender identity. Guess what happened next? Public uproar: UND has stopped work on a proposed gender inclusion policy that caught the attention of the North Dakota Catholic Conference and sparked a community conversation. In a message released on the...
IQ by college major
No comment on where education majors lie in the distribution. By the way, my undergrad major was poli sci :).
ASU to enroll 100 million students!
Arizona State University is aiming to enroll an additional 100 million students by 2030 through a free global education initiative to be launched in April. The program, to be announced Thursday, will translate into 40 languages and put online the materials for five business courses, with the aim of reaching students in every corner of the globe. The program will use machine learning and...
Compelling data on the transgender advantage in various sports
It is increasingly clear that testosterone suppression has little effect on sports performance, compared to the natural biological advantage that males have over females. What surprised me is the size of the advantage: in elite competitions, an advantage as little as 1% could mean the difference between winning big and losing. A research paper just published last month quantifies the male...
Woke Joke Part 3: Our response to NCSU’s Motion to Dismiss
You can read our response here. Once again, I would like to thank my amazing attorney Samantha Harris and local counsel Jonathan Vogel. I’m lucky to have them on my side.
Woke Joke Part 2: NCSU responds to lawsuit
Woke Joke Part 1: When the woke mob comes for you, stand up and fight back!
Big win against CRT in North Carolina
The controversial program itself was small, targeted only at disabled preschoolers, but it’s a big win because conservative activists forced the State Superintendent (who heads our state Dept. of Education) to publicly back down: National media took aim at North Carolina Education officials this week after groups including Education First Alliance (EFA) called for defunding the state's...
Student receives praise for bogus paper on how milk is a ‘colonizer’ of coffee
A college student in Sweden recently decided to take a class on critical race theory as a joke, and then added to the fun by turning in a hoax paper. Arvid Haag signed up for “Critical Whiteness Perspectives on Nordic Culture” at Stockholm University because, he said, “local pandemic grant rules had equipped him and other students with an unexpected financial aid windfall.” Haag thought he’d “get...