Mainstreaming Progressive Education: A Scheme Hidden in Plain Sight
This is the sixth segment in a series on K-12 education. Although John Dewey, the originator of “progressive education,” defied most of the cultural, moral, and economic norms of...
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George Washington: The Latest Casualty of Progressive Education
Most voters today no longer remember a time when the tenets of “progressive education” were not part of their everyday lives. It no longer seems strange to the average...
Tax Dollars Fuel Unlawful Nationalized Curriculum, Parent-Bypass
Federal spending for K-12 education increased by approximately 1,050 percent between 1970 and 2009 (the most recent years for which firm figures exist). But public schools — the ones...
Obama’s “Common Core of Standards”: Final Step in Phony School Reform
American education has seen one “reform” movement after another. The most recent incarnation, “Race to the Top,” was initiated in 2009 by the Obama Administration. It is structured around a...
Education Department Throws America’s Kids Under the Bus
On July 27, Education Secretary Arne Duncan reiterated an earlier request for a 13.3-percent budget increase over 2011, which would bring Education Department spending to one-fifth higher than 2010...
Obama’s Early Learning Challenge and Our Failed Education System
The Obama administration is seducing states with $500 million grants to get them to enroll kids into accredited, pre-kindergarten programs. The Early Learning Challenge (ELC) is yet another bribe...
D.C. Police Move Gun Shop Into Their Headquarters, Breaking Law
Just when you think government can’t get any more bizarre, along comes a story that makes you wonder if Larry, Moe, and Curly can be far behind. The following...
Education: The Game-changer in Conservatives’ Political Prospects
Long-time Washington commentator and columnist Tony Blankley delivered an uncharacteristically flawed analysis of America’s political prospects in a July 12 commentary for the Washington Times. He foresees a likely...
Race to Solidify the Nanny State by 2012
Six above-the-fold headlines in the space of just three days speak volumes about the liberal-left’s campaign strategy leading up to Election Day 2012. All were widely reported, although they...
America’s Ultimate Reality Show
The most potent “reality check,” especially among industrialized nations like ours, is the one discovered by accident. It’s the one that can’t be scripted, the one that makes a...
TSA Debacle: Man Flies Across U.S. With Stolen, Invalid Boarding Passes
June wasn’t a good month for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). While Lena Reppert, the 95-year-old wheelchair-bound U.S.-born woman with terminal cancer, was being humiliated into removing her soiled...
Have a “Politically Reliable” Fourth, 2011!
How time flies when you're under the boot! By now, most people are well-acquainted with the latest atrocities imposed in the name of crime and terrorism by our ruling...
U.S. Leaders Seek Immigrant “Savants” to Jumpstart American Economy
Michigan’s Republican Gov. Rick Snyder (left), a former computer executive/entrepreneur, now in his first elective office, has seized upon an idea he believes will dig the state out of...
Supreme Court Not So Hot on Global Warming
On June 20, the Supreme Court ruled that states cannot invoke federal common law in an effort to limit so-called greenhouse-gas emissions. ...
Feds Set to Subsidize Rides for “Aging” Drivers
In response to a MetLife poll and a Transportation for America (TFA) survey, both published this month, a federal program is under consideration for “Fixing the Mobility Crisis Threatening...