Neetu Chandak

Policy Researcher at Manhattan Institute

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Articles

Opinion: Texas Public Universities Are In For A Wake-Up Call

1 week ago | dallasexpress.com | Neetu Chandak

State Senator Brandon Creighton (SD-4) proposed Senate Bill 37 on March 13. If it were to pass, the Texas legislature would establish a General Education Review Committee, tasked with checking current courses that qualify for general education credit at Texas public universities. The results of the Committee’s investigation would be made publicly available online on an annual basis. The general education requirements at Texas public universities are in dire need of such a review.
Texas Public Universities Are In for a Wake-Up Call

1 week ago | manhattan.institute | Neetu Chandak

State Senator Brandon Creighton (SD-4) proposed Senate Bill 37 on March 13. If it were to pass, the Texas legislature would establish a General Education Review Committee, tasked with checking current courses that qualify for general education credit at Texas public universities. The results of the Committee’s investigation would be made publicly available online on an annual basis. The general education requirements at Texas public universities are in dire need of such a review.
Houston Schools’ Turnaround

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

Neetu Arnold joins Brian Anderson to discuss how Houston’s public schools have halted Covid-era learning losses as a result of direct instruction and a no-nonsense approach to discipline. Brian Anderson: Welcome back to the 10 Blocks podcast. This is Brian Anderson, the editor of City Journal. Today we’re joined by Neetu Arnold to discuss changes that some public school districts are making to recover from the learning losses of the Covid years.
Houston's Superintendent Is Turning Around Struggling Schools

2 weeks ago | city-journal.org | Neetu Chandak

In 2022, only about one in five students in Houston could read or do math at grade level. Mike Miles, the recently installed superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, is on a mission to improve this dismal performance. His methods—a combination of traditional education, discipline, and careful monitoring and data analysis—might hold the key for success at other struggling urban schools.
DEI and the State Department

1 month ago | manhattan.institute | Neetu Chandak

The State Department is cleaning house on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Its Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently sent a questionnaire to groups that receive aid to check if any of the bureau’s foreign assistance is supporting DEI activities. The Foreign Service Institute removed more than 1,200 DEI training courses for diplomats. But even with this overhaul, many international schools that receive State Department funds still boast of DEI commitments on their websites.
Opinion | DEI and the State Department

1 month ago | wsj.com | Neetu Chandak

The State Department is cleaning house on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Its Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor recently sent a questionnaire to groups that receive aid to check if any of the bureau’s foreign assistance is supporting DEI activities. The Foreign Service Institute removed more than 1,200 DEI training courses for diplomats. But even with this overhaul, many international schools that receive State Department funds still boast of DEI commitments on their websites.
Is Trump’s Anti-DEI Pushback Going Too Far?

1 month ago | manhattan.institute | Neetu Chandak

Over the last two months, Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward Martin has forcefully demanded that Georgetown University’s Law School eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) from its curriculum or risk jeopardising Department of Justice career opportunities for students. “It has come to my attention that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI,” Martin wrote in a letter. “First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum?
Congress Should Ban School Accreditors From Enforcing DEI

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

Last month, responding to Trump administration pressure, the American Bar Association, which accredits law schools, announced that it would temporarily suspend its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) requirements until late August. This is significant: universities rely on accreditation to access federal funds, and organizations like the ABA have long used that leverage to push identity politics in higher education.
How Left-Wing Activism Corrupted America’s Schools

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

On February 10, the Trump administration slashed almost $900 million in U.S. Department of Education research contracts, in an effort to reduce “waste, fraud and abuse.” Education activists attacked the move, claiming that it would stifle important research. Quality education research certainly matters. But the Institute of Education Sciences, which administers the contracts, has abandoned this mission.
Federal Funding Shouldn’t Be Going to Woke University Programs

2 months ago | city-journal.org | Neetu Chandak

At a June 2024 teacher workshop put together by the African Studies Association Outreach Council, which “promotes the teaching of Africa in K-16 classrooms,” one presenter told attendees that “Trumpism and MAGA Republicans . . . have been the instigators and enablers of the move toward censorship and reversal of affirmative action and DEI.