Do you think the NSA surveillance issue is bad? Wait until you hear about the U.S. government’s DNA tracking program. A 2007 law mandated the collection of blood samples from the heels of newborns to…
Topic: education
Common Core Defeats Pile Up
Common Core, as it is known to the American public, has seen significant setbacks in recent months as parents and teachers have staged an open revolt against the government-mandated education standards. Its official name, the…
California Sex Ed Gone Mad
What’s the difference between a Playboy magazine and Fremont Unified School District’s sex-ed curriculum? The curriculum is free! The 9th grade textbook, which teachers unanimously approved, has been the center of a nationwide debate over the schools’ role…
Bible and Prayer in Schools
Imagine an ancient record—by far the most published book in humanity—quoted by Shakespeare (1,200 times) and Abraham Lincoln—a book that has inspired political movements and religious reformations and has literally changed the world time and…
Dept. of Ed Goes Global
The U.S. Department of Education’s report, “Succeeding Globally Through International Education and Engagement” tries to show how American students will gain more international experience. The report features six quotes by the department secretary Arne Duncan,…
Oh Canada!
American elites are quick to praise our northern neighbor when it applies more strict governmental controls than we do. Their silence is noteworthy, though, whenever Canada privatizes. In Canada, as in the U.S., parents are…
Flatlining Education
The constant debate of how to fix public education is far from over. However, The Heritage Foundation came across new research for an improved education policy. Jennifer A. Marshall, Vice President of the Institute for…
Fisher v. UT-Austin: Discrimination Run Amok?
The issue of affirmative action may soon find itself again before the Supreme Court of the United States. Court watchers will remember that it was just recently (a little more than a year ago) that…
This is a College Course?
Young people who want to spend their college years to undergoing radical intellectual transformations do so typically through the study of liberal arts. No other academic scheme is able to challenge the preconceived notions that…
Rich School, Dumb School?
Although the U. S. spends more than half a trillion dollars on public schools, the Left still believes that raising that amount will somehow make students smarter. “Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools…