Education
-
Massive marriage penalties in student financial aid programs
At Minding the Campus, Jared Meyer of the Manhattan Institute describes the massive marriage penalties in student financial aid programs,…
Read More » -
Muslim school superintendent defends Common Core-linked assignment questioning Holocaust *UPDATE*
“All right, class. Today, we are going to test your ability to think critically. I want you write a paper…
Read More » -
Hamas children’s show: ‘Punch,’ ‘smash’ and ‘shoot’ Jews to ‘liberate Palestine’
As reported Monday at the Brenner Brief, it seems that the offensive show “Tomorrow’s Pioneers,” a children’s television program of…
Read More » -
YouTube pulls video of black teens assaulting white student on school bus
The incident, in and of itself, is disturbing: Last week, a group of black teens ganged up on a white…
Read More » -
‘Fed up’ students write legislation to address teachers having sex with students
The “Stop Harassing Underage Teens Act” passed the Florida Senate Wednesday, as reported at TCPalm. The legislation reclassifies penalties for sex offenses…
Read More » -
White House attacks cross-examination, due process rights on campus in ‘guidance’ on sexual assault
Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once noted that “the greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal,…
Read More » -
Cardiac fundraiser scratched; deemed racist, exploitive by one person
What was initially planned as a joint fraternity/sorority charity event at one of the nation’s leading colleges has since been…
Read More » -
Taxpayers and equality win: The Supreme Court upholds Michigan’s Proposal 2
Taxpayers of all races pay more when state contracts are doled out based on race, rather than awarded to the…
Read More » -
School bus driver orders eighth-grader having seizure off bus
How much training is required for a job driving a school bus? Judging from an incident that occurred in Broward…
Read More » -
Zantac alert: What they’ll be passing off as education in the Chicago public schools
Chicago public schools are set to introduce a new Afrocentric curriculum, according to a closely guarded copy obtained by The…
Read More » -
University president asks, ‘How do we make sure campus is less white in future’
Here’s an “upbeat story” for anyone vexed by the report by LU staff of a racist teacher who was fired because he…
Read More » -
Teacher fired after allegedly telling black student ‘we don’t need another black president’
Here is a story that should be interesting to watch. It touches on so many hot button issues — from…
Read More » -
Teacher on paid(!) leave after asking kids to come up with slang names for genitalia
What else are you going to do in an “adult roles” class? For Ashley Williams, a teacher at Weber High…
Read More » -
Common Core required readings that would make a longshoreman blush
What do Sherman Alexie’s “Every Little Hurricane,” David Mitchell’s “Black Swan Green,” and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” have in…
Read More » -
Teacher who ‘ordered a hit’ on middle schooler fired
It wasn’t a “hit” hit. A Florida school teacher didn’t hire actual contract killers to “finger” a 7th-grade student at…
Read More » -
HS student who recorded proof he was bullied threatened with felony wiretapping charges
First the teen was harassed by his peers. Then he was harassed by the administration. From Photography Is Not a Crime:…
Read More » -
Overly broad NJ anti-bullying law challenged as 1st Amendment violation; 4th-grader sues
New Jersey’s anti-bullying law for schools and colleges is so overly broad that a fourth-grader was punished just for noting,…
Read More » -
Teacher calls student ‘sassy slut’: Wait till you hear how she was disciplined
Evidently, the comfy chair was unavailable, so Evangel Christian Academy School in Shreveport, La., “punished” one of its teachers by banishing her…
Read More » -
Is the CDC populated with a bunch of raving Planned Parenthood activists?
A CDC Report released this week has not received much media attention, but it’s contents represent some serious repercussions for…
Read More » -
Obama EEOC loses hypocritical lawsuit against company over background checks
“In this case the EEOC sued the defendants for using the same type of background check that the EEOC itself…
Read More » -
Menacing free speech, New Jersey judge lets parents be sued for kids’ Facebook posts
Earlier, we wrote about a Wisconsin town whose ordinance holds parents liable for bullying by their children, including certain speech. We and…
Read More » -
Teacher charged with sexually assaulting students, aged 13-15
Melissa Lindgren, 28, was placed on “administrative leave” after she was charged with having sexual contact with three boys between…
Read More » -
Girl, 13, suspended for informing classmates they could opt out of Common Core test
Common Core has become the new toy gun. In much the way bringing a plastic water pistol to school (or biting…
Read More » -
Micropenises and help masturbating on the menu during Northwestern’s Sex Week
[Editor’s note: A story that ran at LU in January also addressed Northwestern’s Sex Week, which as reported had been…
Read More » -
Illegal immigration is anything but an ‘act of love’
There sure is a pile jumping on former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for his recent statement concerning illegal immigration. Bush…
Read More » -
After-school program tells student he is not allowed to read Bible, threatens confiscation
If schools and school-related groups are going to enforce the so-called “establishment” clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution,…
Read More » -
3-year-old expelled from daycare for dropping s-bomb
Out of the mouths of babes… When, if ever, is it reasonable to expel a child from daycare? Jubilee Child…
Read More » -
How often do teachers have sex with students?
If you had to guess, how often would you say teachers were engaging in inappropriate sexual activity with their students?…
Read More » -
Gym teacher creates own ‘sex ed’ course, tells students about his ‘first boner’
Morada, California: An eighth grade gym teacher at Morada Middle School is being accused of teaching students about sex, including a discussion about his…
Read More » -
CNN Student Worksheet: Founding Fathers ‘did not trust the ability of the common voter’
A “CNN Student News One-Sheet” found in a lesson plan for 6th to 8th graders posted at Illuminations, a project of the National Council…
Read More »
