Shocker: College Faculty Mostly Fund Democrats
by This may come as a bit of a traumatic shock to readers of the this blog, but it’s become known to the Houston Chronicle that …
Category: Education
The New Anti-Intellectualism
From the Wall Street Journal: Often it seems as though American higher education exists only to provide gag material for the outside world. The latest …
Principal Busts Dope Dealing Delinquent
In New Hampshire, Concord High School principal Jean Barker turned the tables on a student arranging to sell drugs via text messages by setting up …
1st Grade Harassment
In pointing out another case of legalistic lunacy, Susan Duclos writes: The "zero tolerance" policy at some school and in some states, reaches levels of …
Abortion / Child Care / Education / Parenting
Abortion Bills Stall in Congress
Samantha Torrence says: "One of the major societal epidemics in America today is the lack of respect for not only the sanctity of life, but …
No Right to Home School
Michelle Malkin has this story about a California court that has issued an outrageously harsh – and grotesquely incorrect – indictment against the practice of …
Judge Says Silence OK
From the Houston Chronicle: A mandatory moment of silence for Texas schoolchildren has a secular purpose of encouraging thoughtful contemplation and does not advance or …
Should Schools Dispense Birth Control?
Demonstrating that a lot of Americans aren’t too bright, 30% of those surveyed by AP said that public schools should give out birth control to …
Child Care / Crime / Education
Of Youth and Discipline
The NY Times Board wrote today: The Government Accountability Office exposed a national outrage earlier this month in a report that found thousands of allegations …
School Vouchers: Solution or Problem?
Megan McArdle says she doesn’t get angry about politics often. But fail to mention the V-word when discussing education reform and you might get on …