Millions have been misled into pouring their young adulthood into endeavors that won’t pay off…and going deeply into debt for it. The federal government has encouraged this higher “education,” much like it did home “ownership.” The central bank made the borrowing easy with low interest rates — which powered the real estate bubble as well as the higher education bubble — while government entities backed the loans.
Archive for Category: "Education"
October 25, 2011 06:14
Porn sex-ed in NY middle schools!
Graphic names for a “variety of solitary and mutual sex acts” will be taught to middle school students under a new program instituted by New York schools. Penny Nance from Concerned Women for America comments on parent objections.
October 18, 2011 09:30
Professional protester Lisa Fithian teaches teachers union to be radical
“Fithian is a legendary organizer who operates in the world of anti-globalism anarchists, antiwar protesters, and union activists…[SHE] played an important role in the violent shutdown of Seattle during the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting” – Byron York
October 17, 2011 09:15
TX High School Students Made to Recite Mexican National Anthem, Pledge of Allegiance
Students in a Texas public high school were made to stand up and recite the Mexican national anthem and Mexican pledge of allegiance as part of a Spanish class assignment, but the school district maintains there was nothing wrong with the lesson. – The Blaze
October 14, 2011 06:09
America’s Children Come Home to Roost
[T]hey obediently wallow in the muck of anarchy, as their academic pagan priests taught them. May this tragic farce playing out on our campuses and main streets mark the bottom of our descent, before we begin to rise again. – American Thinker
September 27, 2011 07:27
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on Good Government, Reforming Education, & Collective Bargaining
Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN), now serving in his seventh year as the state’s CEO, has clearly left his mark on Indiana. This year, with Republicans in control of the state legislature, he’s continued to reform government, enacting landmark education reforms. Daniels shared stories of his policy accomplishments in a wide-ranging speech last week at Heritage. He’s the author of a new book, “Keeping the Republic: Saving America by Trusting Americans.”
September 16, 2011 07:53
Reading Scores Lowest In 40 Years after spending $2.3 trillion
But teachers unions have it great. Per-pupil spending rose from $5,593 in 1970 to $12,463 in 2006, and today we beat almost every other industrialized nation in education funding. Just federal spending on education 1972 to 2012 is over $2.3 trillion. State and local spending added another $15 trillion over the 40 year period.
September 12, 2011 07:24
The Progressive Way—Legislating Kindness and Self-Esteem
That receiving free money discourages humans from working for money does not compute in the progressive worldview.
September 7, 2011 06:36
Yes, the Department of Education Is Unconstitutional
The Department of Education, along with so much else the federal government does, is unconstitutional. The only things that are constitutional for it to do are those things enumerated in the Constitution.
August 23, 2011 06:10
Florida school suspends ‘Teacher of Year’ over his support for natural marriage
It’s worth noting that Florida’s constitution prohibits recognition of same-sex marriage, the exact view Mr. Buell supports. In essence, he is now being accused of hate speech for expressing a view enshrined in the state constitution.
