California Students to Be Trained as ObamaCare Promoters
California's health-insurance exchange is spending $1 million in part to teach Los Angeles school students to promote ObamaCare at home. ...
Education
Obama Comment on Ireland’s “Segregated” Schools Still Rankles in U.S., U.K.
One week after President Barack Obama made his controversial remarks about religiously "segregated" schools in Northern Ireland, the comments continue to draw sharp rebukes on both sides of the Atlantic. ...
Homeschooling Continues to Grow in Popularity Nationwide
The number of children being homeschooled in America has increased by 75 percent over the past 14 years, recent research shows. ...
High School Teacher Disciplined for Reminding Students of Their Rights
An Illinois high school teacher was reprimanded and docked a day's pay for reminding students that they did not have to answer potentially incriminating drug and alcohol questions on a school...
Texas Drops “Anti-American” CSCOPE Lessons; Battle Continues
A highly controversial school curriculum used in much of Texas known as “CSCOPE,” which came under relentless assault from activists and parents who said it was promoting “progressive” anti-American and anti-Christian...
Pencil-packin’ Pupils Suspended From Virginia Elementary School
Two second-grade boys were suspended from a Virginia elementary school for two days for pretending their pencils were guns. ...
Lawmakers and Activists Rally to Stop Obama-backed “Common Core”
As opposition continues to mount against an Obama-backed scheme known as “Common Core” to standardize education across America, lawmakers and activists determined to stop the radical agenda are turning up the...
Data Mining Students Through Common Core
A little-known but key element of Common Core is the collection of personally identifiable data on students — including affective data — for a State Longitudinal Database System (SLDS). ...
GOP Blasts Obama-backed National Education Standards
The increasingly vocal campaign to stop an Obama administration-backed set of national education standards known as “Common Core” from being forced on state governments and local schools just got a major...
Ron Paul Announces “Phase 2 of the Revolution”: a New Homeschooling Program
Former Rep. Ron Paul recently announced the Ron Paul Curriculum, a new homeschooling program designed to turn out future generations of liberty-minded activists and entrepreneurs. ...
Radicalism 101: Why Do Our Universities Hire Terrorists as Professors?
Weather Underground terrorist Kathy Boudin, convicted in the murder of two police officers and a security guard, now teaches at Columbia University, and has been honored at another university. ...
School Cancels Honors Night to Avoid Hurt Feelings
A Massachusetts school principal has cancelled his school’s Honors Night in the belief that it would cause students who are not receiving an award to feel self-conscious and disappointed in themselves....
Outcry Grows Over Suspension of Student Who Disarmed Suspect
Following widespread national media attention, outrage continues to grow surrounding the controversial suspension of a 16-year-old Florida student who reportedly helped disarm a gunman on a school bus, potentially saving at...
Opposition to Obama-backed National Education Scheme Grows
As the Obama administration continues its effort to bribe or bludgeon state governments into accepting the widely criticized “Common Core” national education curriculum standards, opposition is growing — especially among homeschooling...
Costly School Lunch Regulations Continue
More federal regulations focused on school foods and drinks are expected to cost taxpayers millions of dollars. According to the American Action Forum, the regulations, which include caps on serving sizes...