Education

N.Y. Parents Keep Thousands of Students Out of Common Core Testing

Parents kept tens of thousands of students out of Common Core testing in schools throughout the city and state of New York Tuesday...

Jack Kenny April 15, 2015

Senate Committee Garnering Bipartisan Support for Education Bill

Raven Clabough April 15, 2015

Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are making progress in garnering bipartisan support for an education bill unveiled last week — the...

UN Pushes Common Core-style Global Education Regime

Alex Newman April 13, 2015

About one third of the world’s governments and dictatorships are on track to meet United Nations education targets aiming to change the values...

Seattle Students Resist New Common Core Tests

Sam Blumenfeld April 13, 2015

Nathan Hale High School in Seattle has taken the lead in resisting the new “Smarter Balanced Assessment” Common Core Tests being foisted on...

Feds Say Boston Failed to Educate English-language Learner Students

Warren Mass March 31, 2015

A recent review of the city of Boston’s education programs by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice accused the city of failing...

Bellingham, Wash., Adopts Full-day Kindergarten With Common Core

Sam Blumenfeld March 31, 2015

The Bellingham, Washington, school board announced that it has adopted a full-day kindergarten using the Common Core curriculum called HighScope. ...

Common Core Rebellion to “Opt Out” of Tests Spreads Nationwide

Alex Newman March 19, 2015

As the federally funded Common Core testing regime is rolled out across much of the nation, a growing rebellion against the tests and...

In Resignation, Oklahoma Teacher Blows Whistle on Common Core

Alex Newman March 17, 2015

In a scathing resignation letter, Oklahoma City math teacher Juli Sylvan blasted the controversial Common Core standards and exposed numerous serious problems with...

American Millennials Score Poorly Against Other Nations in Skills Assessment

Warren Mass March 16, 2015

A recently released report from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) indicated that American “millennials” (those born after 1980 who were 16 to 34...

San Francisco Seeks to Punish Catholic Schools for Being Catholic

Selwyn Duke March 10, 2015

It's okay with the secular left that Catholic schools exist — as long as they teach a government-school curriculum and government-school values. ...

New York Public Schools to Close for Muslim Holidays

Sam Blumenfeld March 9, 2015

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

Selwyn Duke March 6, 2015

Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion, now wants to "save" children from what he sees as their parents' religious delusions. ...

Advanced Placement History Standards Create Controversy in Oklahoma

Steve Byas March 3, 2015

Conservative critics say these new standards have an overall theme that America's history is simply that of one oppression after another. ...

Common Core Testing Regime Ruled Unconstitutional

Alex Newman February 27, 2015

In a development with massive implications for the Obama administration’s ongoing attempt at nationalizing education with Common Core, a Missouri judge ruled this...