Neetu Chandak

1 week ago | city-journal.org | Neetu Chandak

Not long ago, blue states typically outperformed red ones when it came to education. That is changing. Blue states like Oregon and Washington experienced significant drops in reading and math scores for both fourth- and eighth-graders between 2015 and 2024, worse than the national declines during the same period. Mississippi, meantime, gained five points in fourth-grade reading and math and held steady in eighth-grade performance.

2 weeks ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Jesse Arm |Neetu Chandak |Carolyn D. Gorman

Charles Fain Lehman, Jesse Arm, Neetu Arnold, and Carolyn Gorman discuss Elon Musk and fiscal conservatism in the GOP, the anti-ICE riots spreading across the U.S., and favorite rockstars. Charles Fain Lehman: What’s sort of funny about Musk is like by the end of this, he sort of speed-ran the like fiscal conservative experience. He was like, we’re going to come in and cut all the waste fraud abuse. By the end he was like, no, the problem really is entitlements. Like that’s actually the issue.

3 weeks ago | city-journal.org | Charles Lehman |Ilya Shapiro |Robert Henderson |Neetu Chandak

Charles Fain Lehman, Ilya Shapiro, Rob Henderson, and Neetu Arnold discuss the anti-Israel attack in Boulder, Elon Musk and DOGE, and branded products. Charles Fain Lehman:  Welcome back to the City Journal Podcast. I’m your host, Charles Fain Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and senior editor of City Journal. Joining me on the panel this week are Ilya Shapiro, constitutional law guy at the Manhattan Institute…Ilya Shapiro: I think that’s my official title.

1 month ago | fairobserver.com | Neetu Chandak

The credibility of elite universities has fallen far, and not without reason. For decades, admissions offices singled out Asian-American applicants for unfairly high admissions standards while pretending to care about fairness and “equity.” Academic journals, blinded by ideology, fell victim to obvious hoax papers on topics such as rape culture in dog parks. Diversity, equity and inclusion statements became mandatory loyalty oaths to progressive causes during faculty hiring.

1 month ago | city-journal.org | Neetu Chandak

In districts across the country, school boards are quietly reshaping what students learn and how teachers get trained. This year, as Pennsylvania heads into a major school- board election cycle, Southern York County’s board offers a stark example of why these elections matter—and how a small group of citizens can change their schools for the better. Southern York’s school board recently dropped culturally relevant and sustaining education (CR-SE) requirements in teacher training.