The Issue of Education - Vin Suprynowicz responds to a "Conservative Republican"
Ernest Hancock(Defend the Next Generation,... pull them out of Public Education)
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Education: Government Schools
'I'm a Saboteur' - by Daniel H. Pink (Publisher Recommended)
• Fast CompanySome assistant principal began to scream at me. Her face turned a deep purple red. "How dare you do this! You have destroyed the entire curriculum for the month of June. I have no idea how I will explain to the teacher when she comes back,"
Will Public Education Be Militarized?
• MotherJonesDuncan's belief in offering a key role in public education to the military. Chicago's school system is currently the most militarized in the country, boasting five military academies, nearly three dozen smaller Junior Reserve Officer Training
Obama's Stimulus Package gives schools $142 Billion - with strings
• usatoday.com/news/"Existing state tests are not as good as they could be," he says. "Putting new money into building stronger state assessments is what's needed."
Political Correctness insanity
• Classically LiberalShort video documentary of what happens if you happen to be reading the wrong book on campus.
Asian, European kids outshine US children in science, math: study
• RawStory.comBut fourth graders in seven Asian and European countries outperformed their American peers in math, while among eighth graders, children in five countries, all Asian, had better scores than the American kids.
Michigan State to student: Political e-mail is spam
• CNET NewsMost schools encourage students to become active in campus politics. Not Michigan State University, which has filed disciplinary charges against a student leader who sent e-mail criticizing an abbreviated fall semester.
School appeals to Supreme Court to remove student's Rights
• Thomas Jefforson CenterThe Watson Chapel School District has filed a petition to have the United States Supreme Court decide the legality of punishing students for wearing protest armbands.
New World Order Being Taught In Schools!
• http://www.youtube.comHigh school kid who gets it. Shows how the "textbooks" are used to promote the new world order. My hats of to you Man [ed] scary, they aren't hiding it anymore just sugar-coating it to be a peace keeping measure
Public Education Now Pushing The NWO via of Textbooks
• Freedom Fighter Radio.netNow the Government indoctrination centers aka public education system is attempting to brainwash the youth into accepting the NWO (New World Order) through the text books in public schools
College May Become Unaffordable for Most in U.S.
• NYtimes.comOver all, the report found, published college tuition and fees increased 439 percent from 1982 to 2007, adjusted for inflation, while median family income rose 147 percent. Student borrowing has more than doubled in the last decade...
College at Age 16
• Washington PostNew Hampshire announced plans for "new rigorous state board of exams to be given to 10th graders. Students who pass will be prepared to move on to the state's community or technical colleges, skipping the last two years of high school,"
DUMB, DUMBER, DUMBEST
Dave HodgesIf the Biblical saying (Hosea 4:6) “My people perish from lack of knowledge.” is indeed true, Americans should be placed at the top of the endangered species list.
Obama deserves a scarlet "H" for hypocrisy<br>by Clint Bolick
Powell GammillIn choosing a new school for their daughters, the Obamas did what any good parents should do: they chose the very best they could find. The girls will attend Sidwell Friends, an expensive and exclusive private school. Trouble is ....
Debate on Pledge of Allegiance in Vt. town
• Burlington Free PressNo one's sure when daily recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance fell by the wayside at Woodbury Elementary School. But efforts to restore them have erupted into a bitter dispute in this tiny (pop. 810) Vermont town, with school officials bloc
Bake Sales Fall Victim to Push for Healthier Foods
• NY TimesMembers of the Piedmont High School boys water polo team never expected to find themselves running through school in their Speedos to promote a bake sale across the street. But times have been tough since the school banned homemade brownies and cupca
Unification-The ONLY Option
Dave HodgesHow would you, the voter, like to increase the quality of education without an equivalent increase in your taxes?
Bank Limits Fund Access by Colleges, Inciting Fears
• NY TimesWachovia’s action was perhaps the most tangible signal yet that the credit crisis could have a powerful impact on higher education. Another sign came on Tuesday as Boston University, saying it needed to respond to the financial crisis with cautionary
Obama outlines broad plan for US education
• Boston GlobeSenator Barack Obama, responding in part to new competition for the women's vote from Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, outlined his plan to overhaul education yesterday, pledging to double federal funding for public charter schoo
My Libertarian Friends: I Need Your Write-In Vote
Dave HodgesI have joined the parade of candidates attempting to offer legitimate and real change as I am seeking the office of Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools. Because I was not asked to seek the office as County Superintendent until this past July, I
Pete Seeger sings about what Tom Paxton's kid learned in school
• Youtube (2 min)1964! Nothing changes. We don't need no education! Lyrics hattip Lew Rockwell Blog
Texas truant students to be tracked by GPS anklets
• APCourt authorities here will be able to track students with a history of skipping school under a new program requiring them to wear ankle bracelets with Global Positioning System monitoring.
John Taylor Gatto MP3
• John Taylor Gatto interviewed by Dale WilliamsDale Williams interviews the Educational Revolutionary John Taylor Gatto. The profound author of valued books telling of the awful educational betrayals that have occurred in America.
Teachers worried by hidden cameras
• AFPAlmost a quarter of teachers have voiced their concerns about "hidden" surveillance cameras in schools. A survey of nearly 250 primary and secondary school teachers found 85% have CCTV in their school and 53% said it made them feel safer.
Plan to put Tasers in schools
• Pittsburg Tribune-ReviewThe president of a school safety consulting firm said districts which are considering arming its police officers with Tasers, have to take a conservative approach to their deployment and develop a comprehensive policy. But an attorney for the America
School rebuked for ibuprofen strip search
• ReutersA divided US appeals court has ruled an Arizona school violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old student by conducting a strip search for ibuprofen.
George Carlin RIP
• Atlargely.comA reminder of why his voice is needed and will be missed.
School Board uses psychic to allege sex abuse
• Toronto SunThe mother of an autistic girl says the public school board was "completely unprofessional" to formulate a theory that her daughter was being sexually abused based on a psychic's perception.
Confederate flag keeps students from attending commencement
• KARE TV11They say they're just "good ol' boys" who, like the song goes, were "never meaning no harm." But three Bloomington Kennedy seniors were not allowed to attend their commencement Wednesday night after bringing a Confederate
Judge tosses school official's lawsuit against Fox News
• APA federal judge has thrown out a school superintendent's lawsuit against Fox News, saying the cable news channel acted unprofessionally but without malice when anchors on Fox and Friends reported a parody story about ham as fact last year.
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