Why are we now spending over 500 billion dollars on education annually without much to show for it?
College Prep
Constitution Day
In recognition of Constitution Day on September 17, The Rutherford Institute is calling on all Americans to read the document that one historian described as “the owners’ manual to the greatest form of government the world has ever known.”
Government School Segregation
Persistent achievement gaps between white and black students are a cause for great concern, not complacency.
Public Education Magic
Magic fives and no gold stars for public school children.
California Teach-In
Although the labor union is trying to maintain its grip on the dysfunctional public schools it helped to create, the California Teachers’ Association (CTA) is in danger of losing whatever power it has left.
Back to PC School
Under the guise of improving the learning environment, local schools might be offering more of the same social experimentation that already leads to less literacy and more juvenile delinquency in public school classrooms year after year.
Lone Star Losers
Texas is spending too much public education money outside the classroom, says Michael Quinn Sullivan, vice president of the Texas Public Policy Foundation and its getting worse.
Luck Be A Lady
Hold on to your wallets: Lady Luck will soon be tempting the self-restraint of North Carolinians around the state. Legislation creating a state lottery passed on Tuesday, and was quickly signed into law by Governor Easley yesterday.
Sex Education Final Exam?
Until Hurricane Katrina came and temporarily knocked Natalee Holloway, Cindy Sheehan and Judge John Roberts off the radar, one of the big shockers was that Timken High School in Canton, Ohio had a wee bit of a problem. Out of 490 female students, 65 are pregnant.
Carolina Quo
Advocates of a sex education curriculum promoting abstinence ought to be on their guard.