All in the name of gender equality. Huh?!
Topic: education
Standardized Testing is Modern-Day Slavery, Principal says
College Fix has more on this: Jamaal Bowman, principal of the intriguingly named Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, wrote in blog entry back in late August that standardized testing “is a form of modern-day slavery,…
It’s Hard to be a Teacher under Common Core
Common Core hurts English language learners, as this piece in the Washington Post refers to.
California School District Bans Drawings of Religious Leaders after Mohammed Doodle Assignment
My goodness, this is now offensive?! Do we have to take everything seriously?! Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District (California) Superintendent Brent Woodard has “banned depicting religious leaders” after some students drew Mohamed on a history…
Common Core Standards Failing
A recent American Institutes for Research (AIR) assessment noted that Common Core standards are not matching National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) standards at the fourth grade level: “There are substantial differences in some content…
Dept of Ed Orders Chicago High School to Allow Transgender Student to Use Girls’ Locker Room
This is getting out of hand, isn’t it? The U.S. Department of Education has ordered suburban Chicago’s Township High School District 211 to permit a transgender woman (born male) “full use” of the girls’ locker room ……
Division at Home Can Subtract from Math at School
Money can buy a lot of things, but a good education may not be one of them. Yesterday, the National Assessment of Educational Progress released its two-year report, and it’s not exactly a glowing one….
Alabama’s ‘Teacher of the Year’ Resigns because of Onerous Bureaucracy
An excerpt from the College Fix’s article on the Alabama ‘Teacher of the Year’ Ann Marie Corgill: A 21-year veteran of teaching grades 1-6, Corgill currently teaches fifth grade. She says the state DOE indicated she…
Universities Searching for Hoaxes
Universities have come a long way from the days of yore when they proclaimed that part of their mission was the search of truth. At the Heritage Foundation recently, Brooklyn College history professor KC Johnson…
Surge in Homeschooling Means Diversity of School Choice Options
As the Heartland Institute reported: According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the number of U.S. K–12 children educated at home increased from 1.09 million in 2003 to 1.77 million in…