GOP Candidates Pledge to Expel Education Dept.
Before 1980 there was no U.S. Department of Education. Before 1964 there was relatively little federal involvement in education at all. But let...
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Report: Education Spending Not Reflected in Test Scores
The lingering institutional wisdom when it comes to education is that increased spending will...
Canadian Study Confirms Advantages of Homeschooling
A recent Canadian study has confirmed what has been known for over two decades...
School Closed for Teaching Secular Bible Course
School teacher Isaac Moffett asserts that the Bible is not just a religious document,...
SAT Scores Hit Rock Bottom
For many years, I kept track of the SAT scores for my publication, The...
Is The John Birch Society the “Intellectual Seed Bank of the Right”?
HuffingtonPost.com columnist Andrew Reinbach expressed concern September 12 that the Tea Party is propagating...
College Asks Students Their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identities
Higher education is getting "Curioser and curioser!" as Alice said in Wonderland. Elmhurst College...
Football Team Penalized for Gesture to Heaven
The Ohio School Athletic Association seems to be taking the non-constitutional maxim of “separation...
More Wisconsin Teachers Opt for Retirement
Wisconsin public employees unions were not able to stop Governor Walker’s plan to remove...
Teacher Suspended for Calling Pupils “Future Criminals”
A teacher in Paterson, New Jersey, is in boiling water because she told her...
Education Secretary Makes Case for Abolishing His Department
Rarely does a government official call for himself — and his entire department —...
School Districts Harassed by Secular Group on Issue of Prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) continues its attack on the constitutionally guaranteed right...
School Reading List Features Controversial Texts
School reading lists have radically transformed in the last few decades. While students from...
The Real School Scandal
Item: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for July 13, in an account on the city’s recent...
All Detroit Public School Students to Get Free Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks
Starting this year, all children in Detroit’s public schools, from kindergarten through 12th grade,...