Education - The New American

Excising Religious Beliefs From a Child

A New Hampshire family-court judge has decreed in a July 13, 2009 ruling that a 10-year-old home-schooled child must now go to a...

September 23, 2009

Obama’s EEOC Attacks School’s Religious Liberty

Rebecca Terrell September 15, 2009

The president of a small Catholic college in North Carolina is in a standoff with the Obama administration’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...

“Safe Schools” Czar Jennings Should be Expelled

William F. Jasper September 11, 2009

Once people start finding out about Kevin Jennings, President Obama's "Safe Schools" czar, he may end up going the way of Van Jones....

End of the “Free Ride” for Public Education?

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. September 9, 2009

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on September 8 published an opinion piece by Brian Crosby. In his article, Mr. Crosby proffers a solution to the...

Back to School with Obama: Educational Talking Points 101

Selwyn Duke September 8, 2009

At high noon today, EDT, Barack Obama issued a challenge to America’s schoolchildren. In his much anticipated back-to-school speech, he appealed to students...

Barack Obama: President of All Classrooms

Jack Kenny September 7, 2009

"This isn't a policy speech. It's a speech designed to encourage kids to stay in school," an Obama administration spokesman told the Cable...

Obama’s Speech to the Children of America

Selwyn Duke September 6, 2009

Whether or not President Barack Obama’s September 8 back-to-school speech will be “historic” as his Department of Education (DOE) states, it certainly is...

White House Propagandizes Students

Thomas R. Eddlem September 4, 2009

The U.S. Department of Education has backed off naked propaganda on behalf of President Obama in published lesson plans, only to cover over...

Students Sent Home for Anti-Islamic Shirts

James Heiser August 28, 2009

When students show up at school wearing shirts emblazoned with the words, “Islam is of the Devil” it is not too hard to...

SAT Scores Decline in NYC Schools

James Heiser August 26, 2009

SAT scores continue to decline in New York City schools. As NBCNewYork.com reports: "It's a sad state for standardized tests. City and state...

Tourism in Afghanistan?

Alex Newman July 24, 2009

With the completion of a new Tourist Information Center in the isolated Bamiyan Valley, local officials, residents, foreign donors, and a handful of...