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Nova Scotia student suspended for wearing Christian t-shirt
Political map of Canada From CTV News. Excerpt: A Grade 12 student in Nova Scotia has been suspended for wearing a T-shirt publicizing his religious beliefs. The South Shore Regional School Board...
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How the secular left made a generation of public school students unteachable
I’m totally swamped with a release deadline tonight, but I noticed that Stuart Schneiderman linked to this article earlier today and I thought you might like it. I chose an excerpt that talks about the...
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Teachers helped schoolgirl, 15, have an abortion without her parents’ knowledge
Dina sent me this article from the UK Daily Mail. Excerpt: Teachers helped a 15-year-old pupil to have an abortion that her parents knew nothing about. Her mother and father finally learned about the...
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How well are American schools teaching science?
Stuart Schneiderman links to this post. Excerpt: The results are in and America’s elementary, middle and high school students are stumped by science. The National Center for Education Statistics...
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Census Bureau confirms DC schools spending $29,409 per pupil
Andrew J. Coulson of the Cato Institute explains how he got the Census Bureau to revise their numbers. Excerpt: (links removed) Four years ago, I wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post revealing that...
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How to prevent your children from losing their faith in college
Here’s an interview with Blake Anderson of Ratio Christi. Excerpt: (KW): What are some of the specific challenges to Christianity? (BA): When someone with a Ph.D. behind their name suddenly confronts...
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The basics of education policy explained in three videos
Learn about economics that matters to you in the easiest way possible First of three. Second of three. Third of three. Awesome! Must-see videos on education policy MUST-SEE: John Stossel’s documentary...
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Romney boldly urges NAACP to embrace free enterprise and reject dependence
From Investors Business Daily. Excerpt: Romney knew he’d be booed when he said he’d get rid of ObamaCare, the job- and growth-killing behemoth that is the fruition of the cradle-to-grave nanny state...
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The consequences of the feminization of education in the UK
Dina sent me this article from the UK Daily Mail. The article starts with an excellent explanation of what male teachers bring to the classroom when they are not regulated by politically correct...
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In UK schools, 90 children are sent home every day for attacks in class
Dina sent me this article from the UK Daily Mail. Excerpt: Official figures revealed that 90 children are sent home every day for attacking teachers or classmates. And the worst deterioration in...
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Chicago teacher strike: average pay $71K, 80% of 8th graders not proficient...
CBS News reports: Thousands of teachers, parents and supporters marched through downtown Chicago on the first day of a school strike. The crowd Monday afternoon stretched for several blocks and was...
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A parent’s guide to intelligent design and science education
An excellent PDF report prepared by the Discovery Institute’s Center for Science and Culture. Here are the contents: Introduction Part 1: What Is Intelligent Design? Part 2: What Is Evolution? Part 3:...
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Study explains why college women abandon courtship for hook-ups
This study is from the Institute for American Values. It was done by Elizabeth Marquardt. The PDF of study is here. If you download the 88 page PDF, the first few pages are an executive summary. I’d...
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American job creators struggling to find qualified applicants for basic jobs
From the Wall Street Journal. Excerpt: More than 600,000 jobs in manufacturing went unfilled in 2011 due to a skills shortage, according to a survey conducted by the consultancy Deloitte. The problem...
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Connecticut shooting shows why we need to ban gun-free zones
Do criminals about to do a mass shooting care about signs? (Thanks to TM for the image) USA Today has an editorial about the recent shooting in Connecticut and gun-free zones. Excerpt: “After a...
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John Fund: the facts about mass shootings
From National Review. This article was being shared a lot on Facebook. Excerpt: Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades, despite the impression given by the media. In...
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Woman uses gun to defend herself and her children from home intruder
From WSB-TV in Georgia. (H/T Pro-Existence) Excerpt: A woman hiding in her attic with children shot an intruder multiple times before fleeing to safety Friday. The incident happened at a home on...
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Study of elementary school children finds entrenched discrimination against boys
The study is here (PDF), and Susan Walsh writes about the study on her blog. (H/T Stuart Schneiderman) Excerpt: A new study of nearly 6,000 elementary school children has found that boys are...
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Economist Walter Williams blames school violence on secularism and moral...
Economist Walter Williams My two favorite economists are Walter Williams and Thomas Sowell. Both are conservative or libertarian. Both of them happen to be black. But neither is especially outspoken...
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Public school suspends 5-year-old girl for making threat with soap bubble gun
Fox News reports. Excerpt: A 5-year-old Pennsylvania girl who told another girl she was going to shoot her with a pink Hello Kitty toy gun that blows soapy bubbles has been suspended from kindergarten....
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