As I explained in my previous post , I recently tasked AI with comparing two transcripts of the 1807 treason trial of Aaron Burr. My ultimate question is, what do I do with the document that resulted? And that breaks…

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The College Fix

Americans with graduate degrees twice as likely to support political violence: survey

‘More education = higher support for political violence‘ Part of an American political perspectives survey from 2025 went viral on Sunday in the wake of the third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump’s life.…

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The Hechinger Report·higher-ed

OPINION: The standards-driven pressure cooker of public education is the real crisis we must address

Over the last several years, much has been written about the surge in mental health problems among American youth, reinforced by the 2021 public advisory from the U.S. surgeon general that labeled this situation a…

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The Hechinger Report·higher-ed

Kids and parents dislike math homework, so teachers are scrapping it. Will students be better off?

A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: There would be no more homework. None of the 2,500 students in this district — from the youngest…

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James G. Martin Center·higher-ed

Professors Like Democrats. But Do Democrats Like Them Back?

It is well known that college professors vote overwhelmingly Democrat. But do the Democrats return their love? The question is rarely asked. Common sense implies that if a group votes a certain way, they have an…

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MIT News·higher-ed

A faster way to estimate AI power consumption

Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12 percent of total U.S. electricity by 2028 , according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.…

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Disability Scoop·policy

Ed Department Funding For Special Education Research May Soon Lapse

Congress mandates that millions of dollars each year go toward researching best practices in special education, but a new analysis warns that the vast majority of the funds could go unspent this year. The post Ed…

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Reason·policy

Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment

Among other things, Otis responds to my post from yesterday; an excerpt: The main criterion in a democratic system is not whether a given prosecution is common, but whether in this particular case fairly evaluated , the…

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Reason·policy

What Do You Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: An April 2026 Question

I have a question about how to present the results of legal scholarship generated in part with AI. I pose it as "an April 2026 question" because what AI can do is changing quickly. I would guess that how we think about…

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Reason·higher-ed

Justice Clarence Thomas on the Declaration of Independence

On April 15, Justice Clarence Thomas delivered a lecture at the University of Texas at Austin in honor of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Here's a taste: The second paragraph of the Declaration…

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Reason·policy

Shooter Reportedly Targets Trump Officials at White House Correspondents' Dinner

The annual White House Correspondents' Dinner burst into chaos last night when a man armed with what was reportedly a shotgun and other weapons stormed the security checkpoint. After shots were fired, the man was…

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Reason·policy

Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster

The world's worst nuclear disaster began 40 years ago at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, when Unit 4 at the Chernobyl nuclear power generation facility experienced an explosion and meltdown. Ironically, the explosion was…

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Reason·policy

Swarms of Termite Moviemakers Have Made Cinema More Personal

The walls that once separated TV shows, feature films, viral videos, and holiday snapshots are collapsing. All those forms are (or can be) movies, in the original sense of the word: They're moving pictures . And now…

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The Hechinger Report·higher-ed

Getting boys in on climate action

Why is caring for the planet considered ‘unmanly’? That’s a question Joseph Henderson, a lecturer at the University of Vermont, has been grappling with recently. There’s research suggesting that boys care less about the…

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Reason·policy

The Hinkley Hilton

This evening, immediately after I turned my phone on, I saw headlines about shots fired at the Washington Hilton where President Trump was attending the White House Correspondents Dinner. For the second week in a row, I…

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Reason·policy

Judge Finds Epstein-Related Plaintiff Lies, Spoliation, and Lawyer Misconduct in Rape Lawsuit Against Investor Leon Black

A short excerpt from Thursday's 76-page decision by Judge Jessica Clarke (S.D.N.Y.) in Doe v. Black (see also this article yesterday by Politico [Erica Orden] ): This case is an action under the New York City Victims of…

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Reason·policy

Plaintiffs Can't Sue the Chinese Government with Largely Sealed Complaint

From Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.) Friday in Shofner v. Shenyang Dadong District People's Court : Plaintiffs … bring this action arising from an early-education investment project in Shenyang, China, asserting…

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Reason·policy

Thought Experiment: It's 2030, and the Newsom Justice Department Indicts a Conservative Group for Paying Antifa Leaders

I blogged Wednesday about the indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center for, among other things, supposedly defrauding donors. The theory is that the SPLC raised money by telling donors that it was aiming to…

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Reason·policy

Eighth Circuit Upholds Ban on Trespassing for Surveillance Purposes

From PETA, Inc. v. Reynolds , decided Thursday by the Eighth Circuit (Judge Steven Grasz, joined by Judges James Loken and Raymond Gruender): [Iowa's] general trespass statute defines "trespass" to include "[e]ntering…

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Visual Arts Teacher

Education news for this role

CTE for All: How One School Board Builds Future-Ready Students

What To Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: Part 2

Americans with graduate degrees twice as likely to support political violence: survey

OPINION: The standards-driven pressure cooker of public education is the real crisis we must address

Kids and parents dislike math homework, so teachers are scrapping it. Will students be better off?

Professors Like Democrats. But Do Democrats Like Them Back?

A faster way to estimate AI power consumption

Ed Department Funding For Special Education Research May Soon Lapse

Bill Otis (Ringside at the Reckoning) on the SPLC Indictment

What Do You Do With AI-Generated Legal Scholarship?: An April 2026 Question

Justice Clarence Thomas on the Declaration of Independence

Shooter Reportedly Targets Trump Officials at White House Correspondents' Dinner

Chernobyl Wasn't a Nuclear Disaster—It Was a Communist Disaster

Swarms of Termite Moviemakers Have Made Cinema More Personal

Getting boys in on climate action

The Hinkley Hilton

Judge Finds Epstein-Related Plaintiff Lies, Spoliation, and Lawyer Misconduct in Rape Lawsuit Against Investor Leon Black

Plaintiffs Can't Sue the Chinese Government with Largely Sealed Complaint

Thought Experiment: It's 2030, and the Newsom Justice Department Indicts a Conservative Group for Paying Antifa Leaders

Eighth Circuit Upholds Ban on Trespassing for Surveillance Purposes

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