Education
New York Public Schools to Close for Muslim Holidays
New York City Major Bill de Blasio announced that the city's public schools will be closed for two Muslim holy days, Eid al-Fitr...
Atheist Dawkins: Gov’t Must Protect Children From Religious Parents
Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, now wants to "save" children from what he sees as their parents' religious delusions. ...
Read moreAdvanced Placement History Standards Create Controversy in Oklahoma
Conservative critics say these new standards have an overall theme that America's history is simply that of one oppression after another. ...
Read moreCommon Core Testing Regime Ruled Unconstitutional
In a development with massive implications for the Obama administration’s ongoing attempt at nationalizing education with Common Core, a Missouri judge ruled this...
Read moreConservative Centers Quietly Invading U.S. Universities
Today there are about 150 college centers or institutions devoted to promoting conservative or free market ideas to America’s undergraduates. ...
Read moreCiting Federal Control, Critics Slam Education Bill in Congress
Rather than abolishing harmful and unconstitutional federal involvement in education, Congress is considering passage of the “Student Success Act” that would, among other...
Read moreArizona Education Chief Nullifies Federal Food Fundraising Rules
Arizona's superintendent of public instruction gives school districts the go ahead to ignore federal nutrition guidelines for fundraisers. ...
Read moreOrwell in the Classroom: University Spends Money to Stifle Speech
The University of Michigan is ratcheting up the political correctness on campus with a new speech code. But is controlling speech based on...
Read moreChina in the Classroom: How the Reds Are Reaching American Students’ Minds
When the "communist" Chinese government can influence who American universities hire and what they teach, East meets West becomes more than just cultural...
Read moreSilicon Valley Girls: Do Women Need Affirmative Action in Tech Industries?
Women are still "underrepresented" in science, technology, engineering, and math, and the social engineers are none too happy about it. And they're bent...
Read moreLittle Boy Suspended for Pretending to Have Lord of the Rings Magical Powers
In an unauthorized exercise of imagination, a nine-year-old boy said he could make a schoolmate "disappear" with a magic ring. He was then...
Read moreSchooling for World Government: UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education Forum
Hundreds of educators and officials from around the world met at UNESCO headquarters in Paris January 28-30 to push forward the UN’s Framework...
Read moreCalifornia Common Core: Kids Graded on “Gratitude,” “Sensitivity to Others”
The United States may be producing only one-tenth as many scientists as does China, but Americans may soon excel in at least one...
Read moreCrazy on Campus: U.S. Colleges — Where Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction
While George Orwell once said, “There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,” even he might be surprised...
Read moreShut-up, White Boy! Professors: White Men Should Speak Last
An all-female university panel of professors and activists has an idea for combating "sexism" and "racism": Make sure that women and blacks speak...
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