Nearly 50% of U.S. Schools Failed No Child Left Behind Standards
Nearly half of America’s public schools failed to meet federal standards under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law in school year 2010-2011....
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Arkansas School Permits Display of Nativity Scene
Despite the excitement and anticipation for the Christmas season that pervades the nation every year, the religious element of the holiday continues to...
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Harvard Professor Calls OWS Protesters “Inchoate”
After being asked about the walkout of a few of his students from his Economics 10 class on November 2, Harvard professor Greg...
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Promising Program Brings Back Classical Education
In the ongoing effort by concerned parents and disillusioned educators to find ways of improving education for today’s youngsters, there’s a new kid...
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Moral Relativism and the Crisis of Contemporary Education
I entered graduate school to study English literature in the late 1980s, eventually receiving a Ph.D. in Renaissance literature, and have been a...
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Occupy Wall Street’s Latest Plan: Refuse to Repay Student Loan Debt
Occupy Wall Street’s latest grievance centers on student loan programs and higher education reform, and the group’s most recent campaign involves a movement-wide...
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ACLU Demands Halt to Prayer at Private Nebraska Graduation Ceremony
The ACLU’s Nebraska franchise is demanding that a school district in that state put a stop to prayer at its high school graduation,...
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Harvard Students’ Walkout Shows Their Ignorance
When 70 students attending economics professor Greg Mankiw’s (left) Economics 10 class on November 2nd walked out in protest, they wrote an open...
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Penn State’s Sex-abuse Scandal Far From Unique
The Penn State University sex-abuse scandal certainly seems unique. College-football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky (shown at left) could have been investigated as early...
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Calif. Baptist University Expels Transgender Student for “Fraud”
Another Baptist college has caught the attention of the media for enforcing its stated lifestyle policy. A man who insists he has lived...
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Christian University Blasted for Staff Biblical Lifestyle Pledge Policy
A Baptist university in Georgia is receiving abundant media attention for a “Personal Lifestyle Statement“ it recently updated, that requires faculty and staff...
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New Education Dept. Statistics Beg Questions on Race, Ethnicity
The U.S. Department of Education’s statistical and testing arm, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), released its latest “progress” report November 1st:...
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New Study Shows Public School Teachers Are Overpaid
Despite the public perception that public school teachers in general are underpaid, Jason Richwine, senior policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation and co-author...
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Federal Student Loans: Borrowing Trouble for Students and Taxpayers
When Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) released his economic plan, which calls for eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, the howls of outrage from...
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Anti-bullying Amendments to Education Act Undercut Academics (Again)
All summer long, news sources reiterated complaints about the once-vaunted No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act as being unachievable. Education Secretary Arne Duncan,...
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