RealClearEducation Week of November 24, 2025 Archives

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Monday, November 24

Deals with Trump Set a Dangerous Precedent

Mayeri & Shanor The Guardian

The Role of Music in Civic Life

Jacob Lute Jack Miller Center

Cornel West Sees Irony in Summers’ Downfall.

Samuel Benson Politico

Harvard Anti-Zionists Dispute Survey on Divestment

Dion J. Pierre The Algemeiner

Senator Warren Requests Investigation into Ed Dept

Katherine Knott Inside Higher Ed

State Dept. to Cut 38 Universities' Research over DEI

Joseph Gedeon The Guardian

Supply of College Applicants Declines

Jon Marcus Hechinger

Tuesday, November 25

Soaring Loan Debt Drives Students to Community Colleges

Lexi Cochran The Hill

Why Did So Many Professors Stay Close to Jeffrey Epstein?

Hakim et al. NY Times

Students Accused Teacher of Sexual Abuse. No Charges Filed.

Dewan et al. NYT

Civics Competition Lets Students Have Their Day in Court

Sequoia Carrillo NPR

What Mamdani Never Learned at Bowdoin

Geoffrey Clarfield Minding The Campus

How AI Is Changing Higher Education

Various Chronicle of Higher Education

Website Puts $100K Bounties on Israeli Academics

Shane Galvin New York Post

Wednesday, November 26

In Backlash, Democrats Sweep School Boards

Crampton & Fernandez Politico

Grading Is Broken

Beth McMurtrie Chronicle of Higher Education

The Ideological Erosion of College Readiness

Caspi & Sorkin RealClearEducation

Learning with Gratitude

Frederick Hess Education Next

Our Wishlist for Higher Ed Reform

Beth Akers & Preston Cooper RealClearEducation

Friday, November 28

The Devil’s Plan to Ruin the Next Generation

Jonathan Haidt The Free Press

Your Phone Isn’t a Drug. It’s a Portal to the Otherworld.

Katya Ungerman NY Times

Robert P. George and the Great Campus Vibe Shift

Goldstein & Gutkin CHEd

A White Professor Alleged Race Discrimination at an HBCU

Jasper Smith CHEd

America’s Children Are Unwell. Are Schools the Problem?

Jia Lynn Yang NY Times

Wealthy People Always Shaped Universities. Now It's Different.

Saul et al. NYT

The Enduring Relevance of William F. Buckley Jr.

George H. Nash National Review

What's Not Going Well at the Education Department

Quilantan et al. Politico

Children’s Tantrums Can Be Seen in the Brain

Jess Berthold UC San Francisco

Brain Cells Come Pre-Programmed

John Anderer StudyFinds

Students Find More Violent Imagery near U of Wisconsin

Peter D'Abrosca Fox News

A RealClear Thanksgiving

David DesRosiers RealClearPolitics

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