Student Loan Defaults on the Rise as Debt Crisis Worsens
With college costs soaring and the economy stalled, desperate college graduates, unable to repay college loans, are defaulting en masse. According to a new...
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Pa. High School Band Commemorates Russian Revolution; Citizens Outraged
Pennsylvania’s New Oxford High School marching band stirred controversy earlier this week after a halftime show that commemorated the Russian Revolution included olive...
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Day Two of the Chicago Teacher Strike; Parents Outraged
Day two of the Chicago teacher strike commenced Tuesday, leaving nearly 350,000 students between kindergarten and high school age without schooling for another...
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Chicago Teachers Go on Strike After Union Contract Fails
After a debate over new teacher contracts collapsed on September 9, 20,000 public-school teachers in Chicago’s education system went on strike, leaving hundreds...
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Labor Dept. Grants Go to States Spending Most Per Pupil
The federal government, via the U.S. Department of Labor, is dispersing $75.7 million in taxpayer-funded grants to offer high school dropouts vocational training in construction,...
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Report: Diversity Policies = Legalized Discrimination
Writing about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to review a discrimination lawsuit filed against the University of Texas, two conservatives — Roger Clegg...
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Baltimore School Administrators Party Hearty on Taxpayers’ Dime
School administrators in Baltimore, Maryland, have spent $500,000 in the last year and a half to party hearty on the taxpayers’ dime, according...
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Atlanta Teacher Helped Students Cheat Because They Were “Dumb as Hell”
An Atlanta math teacher allegedly offered students the answers to a test because she thought they were “dumb as hell,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
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Gallup Poll Shows Americans Look Down on Public Schools
Among all types of U.S. educational institutions, Americans believe that public schools offer the worst quality of education, according to a new Gallup...
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“Science Guy” Attacks Parents Who Teach Children Creation “Story”
Bill Nye “the Science Guy,” the techno-geek turned actor who turned kids on to science through an innovative weekly show that aired on...
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Student Loan Debt Trims Social Security Payments for Retirees
Much of the focus on the student-loan debt crisis has been placed on new graduates, but according to a new report, the federal...
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Charles Koch: Covert No Longer
Conservative billionaire Charles Koch is going public with his massive efforts to influence politics in the short run and the direction of the...
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Superintendent Defies Atheist Group; School Band Will Play “God Bless America”
The superintendent of the Wayland, Massachusetts, school district has thumbed his nose at the atheist Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), saying that he...
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Thomas Nelson Pulls David Barton Book on Thomas Jefferson
Christian Bible and book publisher Thomas Nelson announced that it has pulled a book by noted conservative historian David Barton on Founding Father...
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Study: Leftist Psychologists Discriminate Against Conservatives
"Many social and personality psychologists admit that they would discriminate against openly conservative colleagues,” according to a study to be published next month...
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