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An admitted dangerous cocaine addicted teacher was paid full salary and did nothing for four years before he could be removed. Its time to de-certify all teacher unions and end the tenure system.

Graduation is allowed once you’ve demonstrated a grasp of the current ‘truths’. Questioning those truths pose a threat to your assessment and even progress.

One of the most interesting battles in Washington, taking place mostly behind-the-scenes, involves The Washington Post, a long-time liberal paper backing Democratic Party policies, and a leading liberal Democratic senator.

If you want to change the future change the children. It seems like every tin-pot dictator and every megalomaniac destroyer of worlds knows this. The Progressives figured this out and they’ve been concentrating on it for generations.

Christie spoke at the Excellence in Education summit as the keynote speaker. He told of his battle with the teachers union and its poor results in education.

Christie pointed out that New Jersey spends an average of $18,000 per pupil, per year. Despite that, 205 schools in the state are deemed to be chronically failing.

Up to 5000 pupils aged between six and 18 are being taught Sharia law punishments using “weekend-school” text-books which claim those who do not believe in Islam will be subjected to “hellfire” in death.

Increases in spending have not resulted in a corresponding increase in student achievement. Studies have shown that over the last 50 years, student proficiency in math and English has shown little improvement even as spending and federal government oversight has increased and class size has decreased.

Chris Christie tells of his reaction to the pseudo apology of the teacher’s email ‘prayer’ calling for his death.

Following in American education’s footsteps, Australian schools are being transformed from institutions that impart a rigorous education into social reform factories that manufacture right-thinking (which is to say, left-thinking) young clones ready to be admitted into the chattering classes.