Education
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Planned Parenthood mobile app for pre-teens says, ‘Having sex feels good’
Warning: Some of what you are about to read may be graphic and offensive. Planned Parenthood’s corruption of our children…
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University production celebrates white self-loathing
From the description at the University of Oregon’s website, you might expect that “The Race Card Project” was the creation…
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Toddler removed by child services after police union posts video of him spewing obscenities
A story out of Omaha raises more questions than it answers. Here are two: What responsibility does society have toward…
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CA teacher confiscates candy canes, tells student ‘Jesus not allowed in school’
If you substitute poor Rudolph for “Jesus” and any reindeer games for “school,” the admonition of a first-grade teacher to one of her 6-year-old…
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NYC Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio to fund ‘universal pre-kindergarten program’ by raising taxes on wealthy
Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has been actively touting his plan to expand after-school programs and to provide universal pre-kindergarten to…
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Hawaii’s department of education won’t tell parents what it’s teaching their kids about sex
On the heels of yesterday’s report by Renee Nal that the Chicago Public School will not divulge the contents of its new…
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Chicago public schools won’t share new African studies curriculum
On Friday, the NAACP touted the decision by the Chicago Public School (CPS) to integrate “African American history in the…
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Liberal Ivy League grad student vents at Daily Kos over Obamacare’s ‘unintended consequences’
Michael Convente has had a taste of reality, and it is bitter. Convente, a liberal blogger and graduate student representative…
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Christmas carol ‘Silent Night’ sanitized by PC police in New York elementary school
Why even bother singing “Silent Night” if you are going to change the lyrics? But that is exactly what school…
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Prof. Dan Kahan disputes Wastebook portrayal of ‘Tea Party’ study
Dan Kahan, Professor of Law/Psychology at Yale Law School has disputed the portrayal of his work in Sen. Tom Coburn‘s annual “Wastebook,” which lists…
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College diversity coordinator who moonlights as porn star placed on administrative leave
A cultural diversity coordinator at the University of Colorado Denver is being forced to take a break from her day…
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GA high school senior suspended one year for hugging teacher
A Duluth, Ga., high school senior was suspended an entire year for violating school sexual harassment rules. That means he…
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My true love gave to me a National Day of Action
Today is the union-sponsored National Day of Action, but you might be wondering what exactly that means. So I sifted…
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Do the math: Common Core math question ‘worst in human history’?
We’ve all heard lots about the Common Core educational standards as they pertain to social studies (“If you ask to speak with…
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More strange and invasive questions asked in the name of Common Core
On the heels of J.E. Dyer’s report yesterday on “educational” materials that go beyond the pale by asking students leading questions about…
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7th-grade student sues school after staff removes her flyers advertising prayer event
Maybe the school’s decision to ban a student from posting flyers promoting a prayer event held every year at public…
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Teachers’ union employees must be paid for jail time
Though I have written about the fact often, it bears repeating that the National Education Association and its affiliates are…
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The problem with Common Core’s lesson plan on the Gettysburg Address
The Common Core State Standards Initiative, which grew out of the 1990s “accountability movement” in education, has taken a lot…
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Common Core-approved book for 3rd graders presents messianic view of Obama … literally
First there was Barack Obama, the bio. Published by Scholastic, the slender tome was written for fourth-graders of all ages and…
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‘The union cares about all workers’
And that’s why it won’t let them resign their membership or negotiate their own salary, benefits and working conditions, according…
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School gives children opportunity to explore other religions (and they better take it or else!)
Oh, no, not the dreaded “permanent record.” In England, it’s evidently called “educational record,” but it’s the same deal —…
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Breaking: Eating peanut butter is (still) racist!
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. And if you’ve been paying attention you have heard this one before.…
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Teacher who brought ‘dildo’ sculpture to class suspended
Her students are too old for show and tell, but that didn’t stop a veteran Florida high school teacher from…
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