The Department of Education launched a civil rights investigation into Harvard’s legacy admissions policy. Is this the next domino to fall for college admissions?
In a bombshell congressional hearing, three retired military veterans spoke about the government’s knowledge of UFOs. Rikki and Ravi debate whether this finally confirms the existence of extraterrestrial life.
Finally, the hosts unpack some new and counterintuitive data about how parents view their public schools. Are parents actually happier with their schools than we initially thought?
TIMESTAMPS
[00:00] - Intro
[00:40] - Legacies Under Fire
[25:10] - UFO Hearings
[45:00] - Parent Poll
SOURCES
LEGACIES UNDER FIRE [00:40]
Education Dept. Opens Civil Rights Inquiry Into Harvard’s Legacy Admissions (New York Times, 7/25/23)
How Colleges Plan to Factor In Race Without Asking About Race (Wall Street Journal, 7/26/23)
Pressure mounts on colleges to ditch ‘legacy’ admissions factor (Washington Post, 7/19/23)
University of California looks to ‘share expertise’ after decades without affirmative action (Ed Source, 6/29/23)
What to Know About College Admissions Now That Affirmative Action Is Gone (New York Times, 7/8/23)
Harvard’s Admissions Is Challenged for Favoring Children of Alumni (New York Times, 7/3/23)
Study of Elite College Admissions Data Suggests Being Very Rich Is Its Own Qualification (New York Time, 7/24/23)
UFO HEARINGS [25:10]
House panel holding public hearing on UFOs Wednesday (CNN, 7/26/23)
Bad Data, Not Aliens, May Be behind UFO Surge, NASA Team Says (Scientific American, 6/9/23)
What we know from decades of UFO government investigations (National Geographic, 7/6/23)
How the Pentagon learned to start worrying and investigate UFOs (National Geographic, 6/25/23)
UFOs and UAP: History, sightings and mysteries (Space, 10/29/23)
A Timeline of the U.F.O.s That Were Shot Down (New York Times, 2/21/23)
Scientists Want You to Say 'UAPs', Not 'UFOs' (How Stuff Works, 10/27/23)
Some Members of Congress Can’t Stop Thinking About UFOs (New York Magazine, 6/30/23)
UFOs: Five revelations from Nasa's public meeting (BBC, 6/1/23)
Five Key Takeaways From the Congressional Hearing on UFOs (Newsweek, 7/26/23)
Pentagon whistle-blower claims U.S. is concealing ‘multi-decade’ UFO recovery program in explosive testimony (Toronto Star, 7/26/23)
PARENT POLL [46:00]
Politicians and pundits say parents are furious with schools. Polls say otherwise. (Chalkbeat, 7/25/23)
Angry Parents = Better Schools (Forbes, 4/5/22)
The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it's background noise (NPR, 4/29/22)
What the Push for Parents’ Rights Means for Schools (Ed Week, 3/22/23)
Americans' Satisfaction With K-12 Education on Low Side (Gallup, 9/1/23)
Parents Differ Sharply by Party Over What Their K-12 Children Should Learn in School (Pew, 10/26/23)
THE PUBLIC, PARENTS, AND K–12 EDUCATION A National Polling Report (Ed Choice, 6/1/23)
COVID exodus: Where did 1 million public school students go? New data sheds some light. (Chalkbeat, 2/8/23)