When local officials accept federal funds for the higher purpose of more qualitative national standards in education, about all they get is the “national” part, a trend now evident as states are urged by the federal government to adopt national curriculum standards known as “Common Core.”
Yearly Archives For 2011
Governments Stealing You Blind
Government bureaucrats are rewarded for enlarging and expanding staff and budgets, while cost-cutting innovators are over looked for promotions. In short, the government is “stealing you blind” in the name of the common good.
Constitution Day author’s night
Accuracy in Academia will host a special Constitution Day author’s night on September 12, 2011 from 6 to 8 PM. Food will be provided. You can rsvp mal.kline@academia.org.
Searching for Sharia
The adamant position of Professor Asifa Quraishi of the University of Wisconsin Law School is that Sharia is a “way of life” which takes shape in everyday activities such as dietary norms, praying five times a day, doing good and tithing, which are in many ways no different than religious customs of Jews and Christians.
CAP & SEA
At the event held by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), CAP Vice President Cynthia Brown gave an overview of the joint report of the potential roles of state education agencies (or SEAs).
The New Lilliputians
“Gulliver (the United States) can’t get up because the Lilliputians (the government) are tying him down.”—Mike Morris, chairman and CEO, American Electric Power Company, Inc., July 19, 2011, The Atlantic forum on The New Work Era.
A Legal Latin Bonus
“Lawyers get paid a little bit more because we can quote a few phrases in Latin.”—U. S. Senator John Warner, D-VA, July 19, 2011, The Atlantic forum on The New Work Era.
Try it, you’ll like it
“I am totally 100 percent in favor of the free market. We should try it sometime.”—
Jason S. Turner, esq., principal, Swankin & Turner, July 21, 2011.
Reduced Clout
“The recent growth in state laws requiring voters to show a photo identification has advocates for students worried that their clout at the polls will be sharply reduced.”—The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 29, 2011.
Education Reporting Gets Boost
Hard-hitting reporting of higher education has been so abysmal for so long that when newspapers cut back on their coverage of it, readers seldom notice.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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