Education
New Education Dept. Statistics Beg Questions on Race, Ethnicity
The U.S. Department of Education’s statistical and testing arm, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), released its latest “progress” report November 1st:...
New Study Shows Public School Teachers Are Overpaid
Despite the public perception that public school teachers in general are underpaid, Jason Richwine, senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation and co-author...
Read moreFederal Student Loans: Borrowing Trouble for Students and Taxpayers
When Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) released his economic plan, which calls for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, the howls of outrage from...
Read moreAnti-bullying Amendments to Education Act Undercut Academics (Again)
All summer long, news sources reiterated complaints about the once-vaunted No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act as being unachievable. Education Secretary Arne Duncan,...
Read moreEducation’s Armageddon
Just as young people were headed to universities across the nation and the K-12 back-to-school season was percolating in parents’ minds, a front-page...
Read moreRand Paul: Time to Repeal No Child Left Behind
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, is moving to combat the ninth reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary...
Read moreIndoctriNation: Public Schools and the Decline of Christianity in America
"This is a story of our children and an ideological struggle in which our children are the prize. This is the story of...
Read moreFrances Fox Piven Addresses Students at Pa. College
Pennsylvania’s Messiah College provoked some fierce controversy when it invited leftist professor Frances Fox Piven to speak during its annual American Democracy Lecture....
Read moreFreedomProject Education: Classic Classes
Dr. Duke Pesta (left) received his M.A. in Renaissance literature from John Carroll University and his Ph.D. in Shakespeare and Renaissance literature from...
Read moreGOP Candidates Pledge to Expel Education Dept.
Before 1980 there was no U.S. Department of Education. Before 1964 there was relatively little federal involvement in education at all. But let...
Read moreReport: Education Spending Not Reflected in Test Scores
The lingering institutional wisdom when it comes to education is that increased spending will bring about improved results — even as history continues...
Read moreCanadian Study Confirms Advantages of Homeschooling
A recent Canadian study has confirmed what has been known for over two decades — much to the chagrin of public school officials:...
Read moreSchool Closed for Teaching Secular Bible Course
School teacher Isaac Moffett asserts that the Bible is not just a religious document, but a primary source of history. He and his...
Read moreSAT Scores Hit Rock Bottom
For many years, I kept track of the SAT scores for my publication, The Blumenfeld Education Letter, as an indicator of the decline...
Read moreIs The John Birch Society the “Intellectual Seed Bank of the Right”?
HuffingtonPost.com columnist Andrew Reinbach expressed concern September 12 that the Tea Party is propagating the ideas of The John Birch Society. In an...
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