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Citing Federal Control, Critics Slam Education Bill in Congress

Rather than abolishing harmful and unconstitutional federal involvement in education, Congress is considering passage of the “Student Success Act” that would, among other...

Alex Newman February 25, 2015

Arizona Education Chief Nullifies Federal Food Fundraising Rules

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. February 15, 2015

Arizona's superintendent of public instruction gives school districts the go ahead to ignore federal nutrition guidelines for fundraisers. ...

Orwell in the Classroom: University Spends Money to Stifle Speech

Selwyn Duke February 12, 2015

The University of Michigan is ratcheting up the political correctness on campus with a new speech code. But is controlling speech based on...

China in the Classroom: How the Reds Are Reaching American Students’ Minds

Selwyn Duke February 11, 2015

When the "communist" Chinese government can influence who American universities hire and what they teach, East meets West becomes more than just cultural...

Silicon Valley Girls: Do Women Need Affirmative Action in Tech Industries?

Selwyn Duke February 9, 2015

Women are still "underrepresented" in science, technology, engineering, and math, and the social engineers are none too happy about it. And they're bent...

Little Boy Suspended for Pretending to Have Lord of the Rings Magical Powers

Selwyn Duke February 5, 2015

In an unauthorized exercise of imagination, a nine-year-old boy said he could make a schoolmate "disappear" with a magic ring. He was then...

Schooling for World Government: UNESCO’s Global Citizenship Education Forum

William F. Jasper February 4, 2015

Hundreds of educators and officials from around the world met at UNESCO headquarters in Paris January 28-30 to push forward the UN’s Framework...

California Common Core: Kids Graded on “Gratitude,” “Sensitivity to Others”

Selwyn Duke January 28, 2015

The United States may be producing only one-tenth as many scientists as does China, but Americans may soon excel in at least one...

Crazy on Campus: U.S. Colleges — Where Truth Is Always Stranger Than Fiction

Selwyn Duke January 27, 2015

While George Orwell once said, “There are some ideas so absurd that only an intellectual could believe them,” even he might be surprised...

Shut-up, White Boy! Professors: White Men Should Speak Last

Selwyn Duke January 21, 2015

An all-female university panel of professors and activists has an idea for combating "sexism" and "racism": Make sure that women and blacks speak...

Punishing Success: Basketball Coach Suspended for Beating Opponents Too Badly

Selwyn Duke January 20, 2015

Call it athletics Marxism: In line with the growing trend toward "no-score" sports, a high-school girls’ basketball coach has just been suspended for...

Obama Proposes Two “Free” Years of Community College, Taxpayer-Funded

Raven Clabough January 9, 2015

President Obama proposed Thursday making two years of community college free for all students. Although his plan does not have an official cost...

Education Expert Says College Freshmen Read at Seventh-grade Level

Warren Mass January 8, 2015

Dr. Sandra L. Stotsky, professor emerita at the University of Arkansas, recently said that Renaissance Learning’s latest report revealed that a large number...