It’s bad enough when private universities clamp down on the free exchange of ideas. But government-run institutions have often seemed to be the worst offenders of all, something the First Amendment cannot permit. The public is poorly served by a system of scientific research and funding that seems locked into reaching predetermined conclusions.
Archive for Category: "Education"
February 8, 2011 12:19
Mandatory Arabic Classes part of Department of Education Grant
As part of the five-year $1.3 million grant, Arabic classes would be mandatory at Cross Timbers Intermediate School and Kenneth Davis Elementary School. Parents at Cross Timbers say they were caught off-guard by the program.
February 8, 2011 09:20
Eco-Fascism in the classroom: LSU professor pushes hysterical warming claims, denigrates students who disagree
“Blood will be on your hands” Dr. Bradley Schaefer tells students who disagree. He has students sit according to their belief in AGW. He suggests less population and lower lifestyles as the solution.
February 7, 2011 05:44
Teacher Anti-Tenure Bill Filed in Florida
Teacher and parent debate tenure and merit pay in Florida.
February 2, 2011 11:53
Enviro tyranny – school boy excluded from class contest for sandwich bag
A couple in Laval, Que. has sparked a fierce debate over how far schools should go to teach children about environmental responsibility after their six-year-old son was shut out of a kindergarten draw to win a stuffed animal because he had an environmentally unfriendly sandwich bag in his lunchbox.
February 1, 2011 16:32
New York City Teachers Union is Largest Recipient of Obamacare Waiver; Parent AFT Union Spent $1.9 Million on Obama Election
The United Federation of Teachers (UFT), the union representing New York City’s public school teachers, is the largest beneficiary of a waiver from one of the provisions in the health-care law signed by President Barack Obama last year.
January 28, 2011 05:31
School Hailed by Obama Succeeded by Firing Teachers, Bucking Union
Praising a school that fired almost the entire faculty without input from the local union probably doesn’t sit well with national teachers unions, who gave the Democrats nearly $5 million total in 2008.
January 26, 2011 05:33
For the Nation’s Sake, Cut Education Spending
While Washington spends huge sums on things that are education-related, the riches produce almost nothing of educational value.
January 26, 2011 05:10
New Hispanic Group to Promote School Choice
A newly formed group of Hispanics in Milwaukee, who believe they should have a choice in determining the school where their children participate, gathered Monday at the United Community Center to present their views to school officials and legislators that were expected to attend.
January 25, 2011 05:24
Don’t Hold Children Captive to Failing Public Schools
Critics of independently managed charter schools across the nation are beginning to use the very same argument in a desperate effort to slow their growth.
