Last week the capital was abuzz over Getting Down to Facts, the massive series of privately-funded education reports coordinated through Stanford University. The responses to these reports missed some key realities.
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New Focus At Duke
Duke University’s undergraduate curriculum — like many others – went through a period of erosion beginning in the late 1960s but might be making a comeback.
Gay Public School Punishment
Rebekah Rice, a student at Santa Rosa’s Maria Carillo High School, was herself being harassed by other students because of her religious beliefs, when she was sent to the principal’s office for using the phrase “that’s so gay” in response to her tormentors.
God Censored From Yearbook
Liberty Union High School district in Contra Costa [California] this week changed its policy banning parent-paid religious ads from its yearbook. The change was instigated after the school district received a letter from the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), explaining that the policy is a violation of free speech rights.
Charter School Safety
A new report from the National Charter School Research Project finds that urban public charter schools appear to be safer and experience fewer discipline problems than their traditional public school counterparts.
Revising History California Style
Since textbook publishers tailor every title for the California sales that they cannot live without, the latest effort by the Golden State to flavor historical knowledge with sensitivity training may go national.
Unprotected Collegians
Dr. Miriam Grossman, psychiatrist at UCLA and author of Unprotected- A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student, talks about how school counseling has gone astray.
ESOL For Illegal Aliens
Left overlooked in the debate over illegal immigration is the degree to which it makes an already dysfunctional public school system even more chaotic.
Tar Heel Trough
North Carolina’s chief executive calls for increases in spending on education, which comprises 58 percent of the governor’s budget.
Lavender Textbooks
California State Senator Sheila Kuehl has introduced legislation that will ban textbooks and teachers from any instruction that “reflects adversely” upon homosexuality, transgenders, bisexuals or those with perceived gender issues.
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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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