If you, like many Americans, are wondering what all the commotion is about over hate crimes legislation, consider this disturbing case in Crystal
Lake, Illinois.
College Prep
Billion Dollar Failures
Recent data underscore what American taxpayers know all too well: at virtually every level – federal, state, and local – education expenditures are skyrocketing.
An Inconvenient Class Activity
Although school administrators around the country are rushing a former vice-president’s cinematic debut onto classroom film projectors, some districts are holding out.
Academia Lobbies Against Abstinence
As the deadline looms on renewing a key federal abstinence funding program called Title V, another questionable study is poised for release in the American Journal of Sociology on the “benign” effects of teen sex.
Brokeback High
Now a high school in Boulder, Colorado has been caught promoting drug use, sexual promiscuity, and deviance to students as young as 14 in a general assembly.
First Amendment Covers Religion Too
Public schools that clamp down on religious expression do so in the face of a stream of court decisions that uphold the rights of students and teachers to express themselves religiously, albeit with caveats.
Rutherford Institute Issues Guidelines for Graduation Commencements
The Rutherford Institute has issued guidelines for constitutionally permissible ways to incorporate prayer and religious expression into graduation ceremonies without violating the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, as well as certain practices that should be avoided.
ACLU Cannot Force School Districts to Censor Graduations
The graduating seniors at the six high schools in the Ouachita Parish School District voted to have a fellow student give a message during this week’s graduation ceremonies.
No Command Left Behind
It’s common consensus in the business world that mixing high expectations with low control is a recipe for toxic job stress. Is the federal education law No Child Left Behind (NCLB) having the same effect on the education “industry’s” workforce?
Parents Support Abstinence Education
While six states have announced their intent to refuse federal funding for abstinence-only education, a new Zogby poll points to just how out of touch those state leaders are with the people they serve.