Fighting the Education Anti-Gun Fanatics
Photo Credit: Corey Lowenstein For a while, I’ve been wondering if it’s parental malpractice to put your kids in public schools. More and more, it’s gone beyond wondering. For example, last week the...
View ArticleLiberty High Valedictorian Makes a Stand, Says the Lord’s Prayer at...
Photo Credit: YouTube An Upstate high school valedictorian tore up his graduation speech and prayed instead. Valedictorian Roy Costner spoke at his Liberty High School graduation as people in the...
View ArticleIs Common Core Failing the Test? (+video)
Photo Credit: Ethan Bloch President Barack Obama’s goal of holding all students across the U.S. to the same high academic standards may be on the verge of unraveling as states take a hard look at the...
View ArticleWilliam Ayer’s Staff at “Achieve Inc.” Wrote Alaska’s Standards?
Many Alaskans may not be familiar with an organization named Achieve, Inc. but it has been the primary driver in the implementation of Barack Obama’s educational agenda. It is an organization that...
View ArticleNational Expert Says Alaska has Adopted Common Core “but With a Different Name”
On August 12, 2013, Dr. Sandra Stotsky delivered a preliminary review of Alaska’s Standards in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. While the teleconference had been arranged a while ago to...
View ArticleJustice Department Bids to Trap Poor, Black Children in Ineffective Schools
Nine OF 10 Louisiana children who receive vouchers to attend private schools are black. All are poor and, if not for the state assistance, would be consigned to low-performing or failing schools with...
View ArticleClash over Common Core: Opposition Grows as National Education Standards...
Photo Credit: AP Erika Russell, a mother of four from Maine, had no intention of embroiling herself in the fight over Common Core. As she put it, “I sent my kids to public school, so I wouldn’t have...
View ArticleMiddle School Teacher Disciplined After Showing Gay Rights Rap Video in Class
Photo Credit: Wikimedia A North Carolina teacher was disciplined for showing a music video supporting gay rights to a middle school class last week. The Taylorsville Times reported Alexander County...
View ArticleSchool Lessons in American Ally Include Jihad
Photo Credit: WND There’s a simple reason why attacks on Christians in Pakistan, like the Sept. 22 incident when two Taliban suicide bombers blew up themselves – and 80 Christians – at a church in...
View ArticleN.J. Gov. Christie Flips, Says He Now Wants In-State Tuition for Illegal...
Photo Credit: Mel Evans Immigrant-rights activists say New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reversed himself Saturday and endorsed giving illegal immigrants in-state college tuition rates, and said he will...
View ArticleDeath Threats and Denial for Woman Who Showed College Athletes Struggle to...
Photo Credit: Dundas Football Club/flickr The death threats, Mary Willingham expected. More shocking is that the University of North Carolina is now disavowing her research as a whistle-blower —...
View ArticleParents Warned: Big Brother Owns Your Children
Photo Credit: WND The U.S. Constitution reserves the power of public education to the states and local governments. But today in the United States, the long-time aim of many leftists to give the...
View ArticleStarnes: You Can’t Celebrate America, School Says
Photo Credit: WND Students and parents at a Colorado high school are outraged after administrators turned down their request for a spirit week day honoring America because it might offend...
View ArticleTeacher’s Resignation Letter After 25 Years Describes ‘Disturbing Era’ in...
Photo Credit: Shutterstock By Liz Klimas. Susan Sluyter has been a teacher for more than two decades. One can imagine that she’s seen and adjusted to her fair share of change within the educational...
View ArticleLouisiana School System Says Educating Illegal Immigrant Children Will Cost...
Photo Credit: TownHall The cost of educating illegal immigrant children who are residing in the United States will cost one school district in Louisiana almost $5 million, according to the Louisiana...
View ArticleParents Furious After Biology Quiz Question on Abortion
A local biology teacher’s multiple choice question about abortion is upsetting students’ parents. Edmond Santa Fe High School officials confirmed Tuesday several biology teachers at the school gave...
View ArticleTeacher Kicks, Slaps and Berates First Grader for Insane Reason
Photo Credit: The Advocate A first-grade teacher in St. Francisville resigned this week amid an investigation into allegations she berated, kicked and slapped a student during a lunch break at Bains...
View ArticleFighting the Education Anti-Gun Fanatics
For a while, the author has been wondering if it's parental malpractice to put your kids in public schools. He concludes it's gone beyond wondering.
View ArticleLiberty High Valedictorian Makes a Stand, Says the Lord’s Prayer at...
In a protest against his district's ban on prayer, an Upstate high school valedictorian tore up his graduation speech and prayed instead.
View ArticleIs Common Core Failing the Test? (+video)
President Barack Obama’s goal of a one-size-fits-all standard academic curriculum for the nation may be on the verge of unraveling as states take a harder look.
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