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Iowa’s Political Landscape and Education
Iowa’s political landscape after Tuesday has shifted. In Governor Chet Culver’s loss we have seen the first incumbent Governor to lose re-election since 1962 and there will be a Republican, albeit a...
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A Student’s Right to Religious Speech Upheld in Montana
I applaud the Montana Supreme Court who ruled in favor of a former Montana high school valedictorian who was not allowed to speak at her commencement because of the religious references in her...
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The Multi-Generational Failing Of Detroit Public Education
From WWJ TV (CBS Detroit) online:According to a new report, 47 percent of Detroiters are ”functionally illiterate.” The alarming new statistics were released by the Detroit Regional Workforce Fund on...
View ArticleBackward Sovereignty
If you were to ask most Americans what the highest level of government is, they would probably tell you the Federal Government. What’s the next highest level of government? They’d more than likely...
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Annette Sweeney: Talking Education
By State Representative Annette SweeneyIn the past several months, I have made it a top priority to meet and discuss with parents, local school board members and educators about the current state of...
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Branstad Unveils Legislative Recommendations for Education Reform
Governor Branstad, Lt. Governor Reynolds, and Education Director Glass listen to Capitol View Elementary students read.Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds unveiled their final...
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Iowa Governor Branstad Announces Upcoming Bullying Prevention Summit
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds announced at their weekly press conference that they are hosting the Governor’s Bullying Prevention Summit on November 27, 2012 at HyVee Hall...
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Because A Few Parents Beat Their Kids, None Should Have Choice?
John WhiteLouisiana State Superintendent of EducationI wrote about this earlier today on another blog, but wanted to expand my comments here. Over the weekend Diane Ravitch, defender of public...
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Transgendered Students Accommodated at Expense of Common Sense
Sterling Middle School, Quincy, MAI have to place this in the insanity files. Last week the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education issued a 11-page document (see below) about...
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Iowa Homeschooling Law Changes Brings Out Liberal Ignorance
There were a number of hatchet jobs written last week and over the weekend about homeschooling and Iowa’s repeal of it’s current homeschooling law. Let me drill down on “Libby Anne” who was...
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Islam Instruction an Opportunity for Conservatives
Wichita, KS elementary school wall display promoting the five pillars of Islam. The study of religions is being reintroduced through “Core Knowledge” curriculum and is now being taught in public...
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ADF to 13K+ School Districts: 1st Amendment Protects Christmas Expression
Photo credit: Audrey Kletscher Helbling (Scottsdale, AZ) Alliance Defending Freedom sent a legal memo and myth/fact sheet Wednesday to more than 13,000 public school districts nationwide to explain the...
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Keeping Gender-Confused Boys Out of Girls Locker Rooms is Bigotry?
This week over 150 high school students walked out of class in Missouri because of their high school’s policy to allow a transgender boy use the the girls’ bathrooms and locker room. Let me restate...
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Big Government Promotes Family Engagement
The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently released a draft statement on family engagement “from the early years to the early grades.” It reeks of...
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*Shocker* Free Condoms in School Leads to More Pregnancy
Photo credit: Robert Elyov (CC-By-2.0) I have to admit that I was shocked when I read a recent Vox article. I wasn’t shocked by what it said, but I was shocked that the liberal publication would run...
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The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the DNC Education Platform
Democrats watch First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention Photo credit: Democratic National Committee Delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia...
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Teacher Applicant
Awesome post on Jokes Blog, I’ve seen this before but have never posted it. After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: “Let me see if I’ve got this right....
View ArticleThe Need for Private Education
I wonder if J. Gresham Machen could see into the future because what he said about public schools in 1933 could be (and is) being said today. From J. Gresham Machen: Selected Shorter Writings: The...
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Twenty Items of Interest (v.56)
1. Five Distortions of the Gospel in Our Day 2. How the Calvin & Hobbs cartoon above resembles the public school system. 3. How swine flu was started. HT: A Ten O’Clock Scholar 4. From a Gay...
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Education Not Indoctrination
People probably wouldn’t be as concerned about President Obama’s speech to public school kids next week if weren’t for some recent examples of indoctrination we’ve seen. You have parents in Utah who...
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