by Editor | Aug 18, 2013 | Education
Commentary by Bob Dean for The Columbian Posted 8/18/2013 The belief that high stakes testing will bring any improvement to our public schools is built on an ounce of wishful thinking, a pound of good intentions, and a ton of ignorance. Consider the recent history...
by Editor | Aug 18, 2013 | Education, Parental Rights
by KATHLYN SHIRLEYfor The Heartlander Posted 8/18/2013 Rep. Mark Meadows has proposed amending the U.S. Constitution to guarantee parents have the supreme right of educating, caring for, and otherwise directing the upbringing of their children. House Joint...
by Editor | Jul 5, 2013 | Common Core, Education
by Alex Newman | The New American Posted 7/5/2013 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 heat. In...
by Editor | Jun 16, 2013 | Education
Public School Censorship Posted on June 15, 2013 by Pearl Rains Hewett Comment SILENCING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? SINCE WHEN did American PUBLIC SCHOOLS become CENSORS of FREE SPEECH AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS? SINCE A high school teacher in Illinois was DISCIPLINED...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2013 | Education
by Linday Burke The Foundry / Heritage Foundation Posted 6/5/2013 Two competing forces are pushing on America’s K–12 education system today. One is an effort to infuse education choice into a long-stagnant system, empowering parents with the ability to send their...
by Editor | May 30, 2013 | Education
By Rachel Alexander , CP Op-Ed Contributor Christian Post March 18, 2013|9:43 am Conservatives are in an uproar over Common Core, an educational curriculum being forced upon the states by the Obama administration, which is scheduled to be mostly implemented this year...