Education
Iowa Drill Demonizing Gun-rights Supporters Canceled
A school-shooting training drill in Iowa that featured hypothetical gunmen opposed to open borders and infringements on the right to keep and bear...
Print Version of NIV Bible Retains Gender Problems, Say Critics
“Come, follow me ... and I will send you out to fish for people.” (Emphasis added.) Thus does the latest updating of the...
Read moreGovernment “Anti-Bullying” Overreach Hits Facebook
As if public school teachers do not have enough on their plate, the Department of Education is now demanding that school teachers and...
Read moreDepartment of Education’s Orwellian Plans
The U.S. Department of Education does not serve any clear purpose. The Constitution leaves education to state governments as a residual power. In...
Read moreHappy Pi Day! What 3.14, Archimedes, and the Constitution Have in Common
Today, March 14, is celebrated by school kids around the world as Pi Day — the holiday in honor of the mathematical constant...
Read moreThe Power of Teachers’ Unions
The recent events in Wisconsin, in which unionized teachers behaved like third-world mobs, is a stark reminder of what a grave mistake it...
Read moreRhode Island School District Battles ACLU Over Prayer Banner
A Rhode Island school district has decided to fight the ACLU rather than remove a prayer banner that has been displayed in its...
Read moreCatholic Student Group Wins Legal Battle With University of Wisconsin
Chalk up a small victory for religious liberty on campus. On March 7 the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of...
Read more“Modest” Education Proposal Revealed
Item:An Education Weekblog for February 14, in a piece entitled “Obama Proposes Modest Hike in Education Spending for FY 2012,” reported that “education...
Read moreRace to the Top Commencement Challenge in Dire Straits
President Obama may be humbled by the dramatically decreased number of schools requesting his presence at commencement ceremonies. Last year, more than 1,000...
Read moreAfter Four Decades, Harvard Welcomes ROTC Back to Campus
More than 40 years after Harvard University severed its relationship with the U.S. military’s Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC), the elite school announced...
Read moreTexas Groups Offers Scholarship to White Male Minority
Census statistics released earlier this month show that 42 percent of the Texas population is white, non-Hispanic, down from 50 percent ten years...
Read moreEducation’s Implosion Abetted by Unionization of Public Employees
The State of Wisconsin is a microcosm of everything that's wrong in public education, including education policy at the federal and state levels,...
Read moreAnaheim Using GPS to Track Truant Students
The Anaheim Union High School District has a message for students who skip school too often: From now on, Big Brother will be...
Read moreHomeschooled Wrestler Makes Championship Statement in Refusal to Fight Female
While it may not be readily apparent to many observers, Joel Northrup was a champion in this year’s Iowa High School wrestling tournament....
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