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Obama’s “Common Core of Standards”: Final Step in Phony School Reform

American education has seen one “reform” movement after another. The most recent incarnation, “Race to the Top,” was initiated in 2009 by the Obama...

Beverly K. Eakman August 4, 2011

Republicans Fight for School Choice in 2011

Brian Koenig August 4, 2011

Republican-led state legislatures have stirred more school choice debates this year than ever before, as Republicans seek to reform state budgets and rekindle...

Education Department Throws America’s Kids Under the Bus

Beverly K. Eakman July 29, 2011

On July 27, Education Secretary Arne Duncan reiterated an earlier request for a 13.3-percent budget increase over 2011, which would bring Education Department...

Obama’s Early Learning Challenge and Our Failed Education System

Beverly K. Eakman July 27, 2011

The Obama administration is seducing states with $500 million grants to get them to enroll kids into accredited, pre-kindergarten programs. The Early Learning...

Texas School Board Approves Pro-evolution Materials

Raven Clabough July 23, 2011

The Texas Board of Education debated on Thursday and Friday whether or not to adopt supplemental science materials that some conservatives felt relied...

Texas School Board Debates Adding Books With Alternatives to Evolution

Raven Clabough July 22, 2011

Yesterday the Texas Board of Education began a two-day hearing on the hot-button issue of whether alternatives to evolution should be added to...

Lawsuit Challenges School District’s Retaliation Against Christian Students

Dave Bohon July 21, 2011

A conservative legal advocacy group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a group of high school students in Roswell, New Mexico, charging...

Calif. Pro-family Group Assails Gov. Brown for Signing LGBT School Bill

Raven Clabough July 15, 2011

Yesterday, California’s Governor Jerry Brown (left) signed the controversial bill requiring all public schools in the state to include a social studies curriculum on...

More Offensive Art at Taxpayer’s Expense

Raven Clabough July 14, 2011

American taxpayers are funding an art exhibit in the Marquette, Michigan, city art gallery that equates Republican governors with Nazis. Naturally, the artwork...

School District Uses Tax Dollars to Purchase Social Justice Manuals

Raven Clabough July 13, 2011

Schools in Omaha, Nebraska, have used $130,000 in federal stimulus money to purchase 8,000 “social justice” diversity manuals that include inherently racist assertions...

Report: Widespread Cheating in Atlanta Schools — by Teachers

Brian Koenig July 7, 2011

A year-long investigation by former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) produced a startling 800-page report just released by Gov. Nathan Deal (R, pictured...

MN School District Faces Legal Threat Over “Sexual Orientation” Policy

Dave Bohon July 5, 2011

Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin school district (Anoka Middle School for the Arts, pictured left)) is battling legal efforts to force it to abandon an official policy...

Conservative Conference in Ohio Boasts High Attendance

Raven Clabough July 3, 2011

Columbus, Ohio hosted the first We the People Convention this weekend, attracting nearly one thousand pro-liberty, anti-Obama and anti-establishment guests. The event boasted...