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Inside the Anti-Tech Rebellion In Schools
Children are being given iPads. Parents are speaking out.
 • Nicholas Smyth
James Traub on Why American Classrooms Are Failing Democracy
Yascha Mounk and James Traub examine how progressive teaching methods are producing citizens who can’t think critically.
 • Yascha Mounk
1:02:02
Colleges, Maybe Try Teaching!
Academia has become unrooted from pedagogy.
 • William Deresiewicz
Why Universities Are Still A Powerful Force In Iran
Students are once again at the center of the country’s demands for change.
 • Saeid Golkar
The Humanities Are About to Be Automated
AI can now write convincing academic papers. There’s no more room for denial.
 • Yascha Mounk
Daniel Diermeier on Why Universities Are Their Own Worst Enemies
Yascha Mounk and Daniel Diermeier examine how elite institutions created the backlash that now threatens their future.
 • Yascha Mounk
1:09:10
The Real Reason Science Is Broken
AI productivity tools can’t fix bad incentives.
 • Tim Requarth
Teach Students Conservative Thought
The great thinkers on the right must be part of any syllabus that truly serves the next generation
 • Benjamin Storey and Jon A. Shields
Colleges Are Surrendering to AI
Here’s a better strategy for equipping students for the age of artificial intelligence.
 • Yascha Mounk
In Defence of Striving
What we can all learn from Texas high school mariachis.
 • Quico Toro
Professors Need to Diversify What They Teach
It isn't indoctrination. But it is a lack of ideological diversity.
 • Jon A. Shields, Yuval Avnur, and Stephanie Muravchik
Trump’s War on Universities
Under the new regime, every student becomes a possible enemy.
 • Tom Ginsburg
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