Education
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A Common Core lesson in simple division
Michael J. Petrilli has been fighting a courageous uphill battle. Petrilli, who is an executive vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute,…
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Obama Administration to grandparents: Government approved bedtime stories
“Foster behavioral changes …” The Obama Administration’s Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now utilizing its resources and taxpayer dollars to,…
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Video: ‘How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less’
My first instinct when I first saw the title of this video was skepticism. I mean, with all the syllables…
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Teacher, victim of Nigerian phone scam, asks students for $100 to bail him out
First of all, why is the only human being on earth ever to be taken in by a Nigerian phone…
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University of Michigan ‘art’ exhibit celebrates and glorifies abortion as ‘life-affirming’
The University of Michigan can’t stay out of the spotlight, it seems. Last week, the school admitted it had fallen…
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Skidmore College to offer sociology class on Miley Cyrus?
In another sign that the end might be near, Skidmore College, a liberal arts school in upstate New York, will be…
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Fourth-grade Common Core reading worksheet features story about adultery
“Making inferences is a skill with which students often need much practice.” So begins the syntactically challenged introduction to a series of…
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Missouri teacher testifies she was bullied, intimidated for opposing Common Core
There have been many dozens of anecdotal articles written about the abomination that is the Common Core Curriculum Standards. Examples…
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Why won’t WH release State Dept. report on Saudi Arabia’s hate-filled textbooks?
The move on President Obama’s part could arguably be rationalized as an act of self-preservation, or at least good will.…
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University police: Racist scribbles found on college dorm room door ruled a hoax
Real incidents of hatred against gays, blacks, and other “protected classes” continue to occur at too slow a pace to…
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School tells bullied child to stop bringing his ‘bully bait’ girly lunch bag to school
Wait a minute: What happened to zero tolerance for offenses like bullying? ABC News affiliate WLOS reports that a Buncombe County, N.C.,…
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MD teens admit to sexually assaulting, bullying autistic boy for kicks
Two Maryland female teens have admitted to bullying an apparently autistic 16-year-old boy into performing sex acts and crashing through…
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Governments impose costly red tape on private schools that get no taxpayer money
Occasionally, you hear people oppose vouchers for private schools, because they think it will lead to private schools losing their…
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Fringe element at Dartmouth threatens ‘physical action’ if demands not met
The venerable Dartmouth College has become the latest institution of higher learning to receive a length laundry list of demands…
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Another kindergarten teacher suspended after two of her students found having sex
Last April, a story ran in these pages that was utterly shocking and indicative of a moral decline in American society. If…
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CA teacher suspended after forcing 10-year-old to eat lunch from trash
Her excuse may be that she adheres to the five-second rule. Or maybe she is a firm believer in the importance…
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Read the barely literate letters from students of NYC high school that ‘taught’ them remotely
Manhattan’s Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers certainly thought it had the last laugh on its critics. The school,…
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26% of Americans don’t know the Earth revolves around the sun
Ever wonder how we wind up with career criminals and scam artists in elected office year after year? Why yes,…
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Two elementary school students ARRESTED for bringing toy gun to school
Suspension from school? Expulsion? Meh, chickenfeed. Kids who bring toy guns to school need is a stronger deterrent. They need to…
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Michelle Obama: ‘Young people’ need Obamacare because they are ‘knuckleheads’
In case you missed it, First Lady Michelle Obama was a guest on the “Tonight Show” with new host Jimmy…
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Social worker, principal called in to disarm 8-year-old … of his Lego gun
An upstate New York school averted yet another domestic terrorist threat when administrators swiftly dealt with an 8-year-old boy who…
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6-year-old expelled from school for bringing unhealthy snack in lunchbox
And there’s more … much more. From MailOnline: A headteacher who expelled a six-year-old boy after he brought in Mini Cheddars…
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Free speech includes ‘offensive’ speech
“The Wandering Dago food truck wants to park and sell food at various events on New York State property. The…
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Teaching to the test is not a bad thing
James Samuelson, a teacher at the Queens Vocational and Technical High School, had an op/ed in the Wall Street Journal…
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PETA requests 10-foot-high roadside memorial for chickens killed in accident
Oh, the humanity poultry! Last month, a tractor trailer carrying an indeterminate number of live chickens overturned on a highway outside Athens,…
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What is the deal with Mike Huckabee and Common Core?
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee has long been a supporter of the creepy government overreach known as “common core,” but…
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Common Core math question for sixth graders: Was the 2000 election ‘fair’? *UPDATE*
Would you ever consider the question ‘Whom do you want to be president?’ to be asked of your third grader…
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