Common Core Does Not Prepare Students for College, New Report Finds

A recently-released report confirms what Common Core critics have suspected all along: Common Core State Standards do not adequately prepare students for college-level work. The ACT report finds many concerning shortcomings in the Common Core State Standards, which have been adopted by most states. Notably, the report reveals:
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College students taught most U.S. terrorists ‘conservative’ white men

"Ninety percent (of U.S. terrorist attacks) are from these white Caucasian men," Avilla told his class. "And by the way I am not saying white men are evil - but that is what we should be thinking about. Usually they are people who are religiously motivated and politically conservative."
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All-Women’s College Offers Students 10 Pronoun Options, With Option to Never Be Called A Pronoun

Scripps College, a private all-women’s college in Southern California, is giving students ten pronoun options to choose from in their student portal accounts — including “hu, hum, hus, himself,” “Just My Name Please,” and “None”
It’s not clear what the hell students who choose “None” are supposed to be called, especially since “Name Only” is another option. Are they (oops! I said “they!”) asking to not be spoken to at all? Because that sounds like a microaggression.


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A quick fix for the gender wage gap

Christina Hoff Sommers writes, "If today’s young women want to close the wage gap, they should change their college majors." She shows the ten most and ten least remunerative majors compiled by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. Ah! The higher income producing majors are overwhelmingly populated by... THIS IS A MUST READ: AEI Blog

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