Education
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Obama administration federalizes school bullying in disability-harassment ‘guidance’
The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), where I once worked, declared yesterday that schools can be liable for…
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UK: Islamist school plot leads to inspectors ‘testing’ Jewish kids on sex, gay issues
You want to talk from Trojan Horses.
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War vet returns home to wage war against teachers union for unlawful fees (Video)
A Michigan high school social studies teacher has filed a lawsuit against his school district and the local teachers union…
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Student punished for anti-gay views, says university violated her First Amendment rights
Is calling homosexuality perverse an example of hate speech? A professor at the University of New Mexico thinks so. When a…
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Ebola fears lead to school shut-downs in Ohio, Texas
Fears over the Ebola virus have caused schools in both suburban Cleveland and Texas to shut down Thursday, after fears…
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State-mandated dirty talk in California: Governor signs unconstitutional SB 967
Last month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill regulating college students’ romantic lives, which I discussed earlier.…
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University threatens students passing out copies of U.S. Constitution (Video)
Four students enrolled at Southern Oregon University (SOU) were threatened with arrest last Tuesday for passing out subversive documents. According to…
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Poll: Most Democrats support ban on ‘hate speech,’ which they equate with conservative views
Fifty-one percent of Democrats support banning “hate speech,” while only 21% oppose such a ban, in a recent You.Gov poll. This…
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Kindergartner forced to sign anti-suicide contract after pointing crayon (Video)
An Alabama kindergartner was forced to sign a non-suicide and non-homicide contract after she drew a picture of something resembling…
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Big Data: Collecting, selling, exploiting data on schoolchildren
Brother Data, Sister Nudge.
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Teachers in Nebraska middle schools told not to classify students as ‘boys’ or’ girls
Forget all that sugar-and-spice vs. snails-and-puppy-dog-tails rigmarole. Calling male children of the species boys and females girls is just so —…
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Administrative incompetence keeps high school students out of classes they need to graduate
A California state judge has ordered quick, dramatic action to fix a crisis at several Los Angeles high schools where…
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New York may rob college sex of ‘fun and spontaneity’ through ‘consent’ ordinance
New York City officials want to require “affirmative consent” not just for sex, but for “sexual encounters” in general, at…
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Student forced to go hungry after school cafeteria worker throws lunch in trash
“You know, education — if you make the most of it, you study hard and you do your homework and…
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For-profit schools win victory over federal regulators
The Obama administration has suffered a rebuke in its effort to regulate private-sector colleges, after a federal judge ruled that…
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Court rules teacher can’t be fired for inviting student, 15, to strip for him
A New York appellate court ruled earlier this week that a Brooklyn high school teacher could not be fired for…
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High schoolers shown 9/11 documentary sympathetic to terrorists (Video)
Virginia parents are outraged over a film that was shown to local high school students that paints the al-Qaeda terrorists…
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Picture of the Day: More math fun with Common Core
To this method’s credit, it doesn’t have the kids draw a bajillion little boxes to represent the numbers. To its…
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Convicted cop killer and former Black Panther to give college address
If you Google the name Mumia Abu-Jamal, one of the first websites you are likely to come across is FreeMumia.com. Among…
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Report: School vouchers have saved taxpayers $1.7 billion over two decades
School vouchers, much maligned by the left, created around the United States since 1990 have saved taxpayers over $1.7 billion…
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U of Chicago to stop peddling pro-Chinese propaganda
The University of Chicago is shutting down a Chinese-language program that has been criticized by many as a potential outlet…
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Parents outraged: School system considering teaching kindergartners masturbation
Las Vegas area parents were angry and offended earlier this week when the Clark County School Board proposed changes to…
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National Guard shirts banned at school because of gun image
Citing appropriateness, a high school in Ravena, N.Y., has banned the wearing of National Guard t-shirts that feature a silhouette…
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Mom bakes vagina cookies for 2nd-graders, shocked when she gets flak
Stories that push the envelope, but in opposite directions, have an interesting way of entering the news cycle at the…
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Video: Prager U tells you the truth about feminism
Women in America are the freest in the world, yet many feminists tell us women are oppressed. They advocate this…
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Dems stop blocking bill to ID rapists, but keep equating consensual sex with rape
Senate Democrats have finally stopped blocking a rape kit bill needed to identify and prosecute thousands of rapists in unsolved…
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Cheerleaders buck the system and end up leading hundreds into prayer
Cheerleaders at a small, northern Tennessee community spoke with a huge voice by refusing to let go of a tradition…
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White House’s college rape awareness campaign promotes legal myths
Echoing the “War on Women” meme it used in the 2012 election, the Obama administration today announced the start of…
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Chicago mayor won’t allow school to be named after Obama; you’ll never guess why
What’s Rahm Emanuel’s problem? Why is he refusing to name a Chicago high school after Barack Obama, his former boss…
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School ‘lunch Nazis’ place kid in detention for sharing his lunch
A California eighth grader was placed in detention for having a good heart. He shared his brown-bagged chicken burrito Tuesday…
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Stupid times at Ventura High: School accepts donation from Chick-fil-A then bans campus franchise
There is a virulent strain of hypocrisy running through this school. A Chick-fil-A franchise in California donated 200 meals to Ventura…
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LA School Police give up grenade launchers
The Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) will relinquish three grenade launchers, following a public backlash. However, the department will continue…
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Rush Limbaugh is one of the Left’s biggest assets
Rush Limbaugh can take a winning issue for conservatives and turn it into a loser just by shooting his mouth…
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Poll: Importance of college degree declining rapidly
A college education isn’t what it once was in the eyes of American adults, according to an annual survey conducted by…
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