Education
California Teachers Pull Propaganda Video
The California Federation of Teachers has pulled a controversial class warfare “educational” video for children from YouTube after encountering stiff criticism from Fox...
Homeschoolers Worldwide Join Forces
Though the future of homeschooling looks bright in much of the world, homeschoolers from over two dozen countries met to devise a plan...
Read moreRepublicans Demand Investigation of New School Lunch Standards
Protesting the Obama administration’s “nanny-state” approach to curbing U.S. obesity, House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) is demanding a government...
Read moreUSDA Urges Parents to Use School Lunches as a Model For Family Meals
The federal government’s new “healthy” school lunch program, which is now stirring controversy in public schools across the country, should act as a...
Read moreStudent Loan Defaults on the Rise as Debt Crisis Worsens
With college costs soaring and the economy stalled, desperate college graduates, unable to repay college loans, are defaulting en masse. According to a new...
Read morePa. High School Band Commemorates Russian Revolution; Citizens Outraged
Pennsylvania’s New Oxford High School marching band stirred controversy earlier this week after a halftime show that commemorated the Russian Revolution included olive...
Read moreDay Two of the Chicago Teacher Strike; Parents Outraged
Day two of the Chicago teacher strike commenced Tuesday, leaving nearly 350,000 students between kindergarten and high school age without schooling for another...
Read moreChicago Teachers Go on Strike After Union Contract Fails
After a debate over new teacher contracts collapsed on September 9, 20,000 public-school teachers in Chicago’s education system went on strike, leaving hundreds...
Read moreLabor Dept. Grants Go to States Spending Most Per Pupil
The federal government, via the U.S. Department of Labor, is dispersing $75.7 million in taxpayer-funded grants to offer high school dropouts vocational training in construction,...
Read moreReport: Diversity Policies = Legalized Discrimination
Writing about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review a discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Texas, two conservatives — Roger Clegg...
Read moreBaltimore School Administrators Party Hearty on Taxpayers’ Dime
School administrators in Baltimore, Maryland, have spent $500,000 in the last year and a half to party hearty on the taxpayers’ dime, according...
Read moreAtlanta Teacher Helped Students Cheat Because They Were “Dumb as Hell”
An Atlanta math teacher allegedly offered students the answers to a test because she thought they were “dumb as hell,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
Read moreGallup Poll Shows Americans Look Down on Public Schools
Among all types of U.S. educational institutions, Americans believe that public schools offer the worst quality of education, according to a new Gallup...
Read more“Science Guy” Attacks Parents Who Teach Children Creation “Story”
Bill Nye “the Science Guy,” the techno-geek turned actor who turned kids on to science through an innovative weekly show that aired on...
Read moreStudent Loan Debt Trims Social Security Payments for Retirees
Much of the focus on the student-loan debt crisis has been placed on new graduates, but according to a new report, the federal...
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