Education - The New American

Teachers Paid to do Nothing

In this age of budget woes and bailouts, it may surprise some to hear that governments are paying workers to do nothing. Yet...

Selwyn Duke June 26, 2009

What? Even Charter Schools Got “F’s”?

Denise Behreandt June 24, 2009

After decades of hand-wringing over nonexistent or, at best, mediocre gains in student academic achievement, the most noticeable thing to come out of...

English as the Official Language Has Broad Appeal

Denise Behreandt June 22, 2009

There are 322 languages spoken in the United States, but the people have selected one lingua to rule over them all. ...

Fr. Hesburgh Took Notre Dame Off Course

May 29, 2009

Notre Dame University went ahead with both the honorary degree and the commencement speech for pro-abortion President Barack Obama despite a multiplicity of...

Education, Policies & Promises

Thomas R. Eddlem May 13, 2009

President Obama has outlined an education policy that would accelerate past federal education policies and failures: it would increase the money spent on...

Speaking Up About the Day of Silence

Selwyn Duke April 17, 2009

Today marks the 13th annual “Day of Silence,” an activist endeavor ostensibly designed to draw attention to the “problem” of “anti-gay/lesbian/bi-sexual/transgender bullying.” Now...

Will the Stewart/Cramer Battle Be the Death of CNBC?

Thomas R. Eddlem March 16, 2009

Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart has struck again, this time perhaps landing a mortal blow on the ratings-troubled NBC financial cable network, CNBC. The...

Americans Score an “F” in American History

Mary Koch November 25, 2008

On November 20, 2008, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) released a report entitled “Our Fading Heritage: Americans Fail a Basic Test on Their History...

Kindergarteners Asked to Sign “Gay Pledge” in Calif.

William F. Jasper November 3, 2008

Outrageous moves by pro-homosexual educators in California in the weeks leading up to the November 4 elections may end up inadvertently helping pass...

Severe Restriction on Home Schooling in California Averted

September 1, 2008

A California appeals court on August 8 reversed its earlier decision placing severe restrictions on home schooling in California. If allowed to stand,...