Ideological Policing in Education

Three recent briefs I filed for the Manhattan Institute show some of the problems in both K-12 and higher-ed.

Although Israel is on my mind, the pace of “normal” work doesn’t stop. And even as the Hamas massacre revealed both rotten student cultures and mealy-mouthed (at best) responses by university administrators, the illiberal tide that’s swamped the educational world isn’t exactly receding. So we must press on—and of course an increasing amount of my professional time is spent on an assortment of pathologies plaguing both K-12 and higher education. Last week I testified before the Oklahoma Senate regarding the perniciousness of DEI in educational settings (in addition to testifying before the Arizona House regarding social-media regulation). Also in the last two weeks, I filed amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in three cases that involve thought-policing by education officials, two before circuit courts of appeals and one supporting a petition to the Supreme Court. Here’s what all that fuss is about: