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Dershowitz’s comments came in response to widespread allegations of academic bias within Columbia’s MEALAC department. Some allege that faculty members within the department have forced their pro-Palestinian views onto students inside the classroom...
...groups: hot topics in education, seminars with guest scholars, et cetera.” And within the existing options, most students don’t take advantage of the cross-registration options for undergrads at the GSE. Students can take classes ranging from American educational policy to method-specific classroom approaches. These are probably the best way to spark interest in teaching, and the College should publicize these as a viable option. Even if you don’t want to be a teacher, budding politicians or academics could learn quite a bit from a policy or theory class...
...propaganda took root, and black worth withered. This system of education festered on the grounds of educational authority, so it was difficult to perceive the negative effect of this system for blacks collectively. As more students were encouraged to make their “Marx” in the classroom, a subtle devaluation of black worth occurred alongside a hoisting of white life on the pedestal of social consciousness. This was a zero-sum game that reaffirmed the superior/inferior binary nature of the races. It was not only that the cultural and historical experiences of blacks were devalued...
Mindful of the constitutional dangers, the Kansas dissidents have not called for bringing God explicitly into the classroom. Instead, anti-evolution activists and I.D. advocates are making what appears on its face to be a perfectly reasonable request. Evolution has not been proved with 100% certainty, they say. Some legitimate scientists think I.D. is more persuasive. So, in a frequently repeated I.D. catchphrase, "teach the controversy...
Putting God in the classroom is clearly illegal, but Discovery Institute strategists believe that even a push for I.D. might run afoul of zealous judges--as it has in Georgia. So the institute advocates that schools should continue teaching evolution but also present what West calls "some of the scientific criticism of major parts of the theory...