Education
Obama Proposes Two “Free” Years of Community College, Taxpayer-Funded
President Obama proposed Thursday making two years of community college free for all students. Although his plan does not have an official cost...
Education Expert Says College Freshmen Read at Seventh-grade Level
Dr. Sandra L. Stotsky, professor emerita at the University of Arkansas, recently said that Renaissance Learning’s latest report revealed that a large number...
Read moreMichael Brown in the Classroom: The Schools Where Truth Doesn’t Matter
From an elementary school that had second-graders protest the Ferguson grand-jury decision to law schools that diminish the rule of law, truth is...
Read moreSchool Districts Bribing Kids to Buy Washington-approved Lunches
In an effort to reverse declining school-lunch sales, at least two school districts have tried rewarding students for buying the new and unpopular...
Read moreParents Enraged by H.S. Sex Education Curriculum Taught by Planned Parenthood
A high school in Northern California is under fire for vastly overstepping boundaries in its sex education curriculum. A children’s sex education class...
Read more“Class Dismissed”: New Film Promotes Homeschooling
Class Dismissed, a new full-length documentary film about homeschooling, was screened in the Boston area on December 1, having already been seen by...
Read moreSight Method of Teaching Reading Causes Dyslexia
The sight-reading method of teaching reading, which was instituted in the 1930s in American public schools to replace phonics, actually causes dyslexia. ...
Read moreThe Taxpayer-funded Sex Conference That Twists Your Kids’ Minds
Teaching kids about Internet porn, stripteases, sexting, using virtual women, and anal intercourse? It's all part of an Oregon sex conference that's funded...
Read moreSchool District Removes Religious Holidays From School Calendars
A Maryland school district has bowed under pressure from Muslim community leaders, electing to remove all references to religious holidays from school calendars....
Read moreToo Many Minority Students Misbehaving? Solution: Stop Punishing Them
Under pressure from the Obama administration, Minneapolis school officials want to mete out punishment based on racial quota. It’s part of an effort...
Read moreNational Opposition to Common Core Continues to Grow
As parents and educators become increasingly vocal against Common Core State Standards (CCSS), the national movement against the federal standards continues to gain...
Read moreFifty Years of Title 1: Has It Worked?
Title 1, which is a federal program meant to help poor and minority children succeed in school, has been in place for 50...
Read moreDr. Kirsten Lombard, Editor of Common Ground, on Common Core
VIDEO - Dr. Kirsten Lombard talks about her experiences editing "Common Ground on Common Core", the writers, and how she hopes it will...
Read moreDr. Kirsten Lombard – What’s Coming with Common Core
VIDEO - Dr. Kirsten Lombard - Editor of Common Ground on Common Core - talks about Common Core, and what's coming down the...
Read moreCollege Shock: More Students Are Accepting Killing Children After Birth
The sincerity of the “My body, my choice" argument is again being called into question, this time by a phenomenon on college campuses...
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