May 2014 Blog Posts (30)

The Tempe Union High School District Board and Superintendent circled the wagons at the May 7, 2014 meeting as they protected the Board and Sex Ed Committee members from any criticism.  Dr. Baca, the superintendent, implored the audience not to state half-truths and also made it clear he does not like the use of social media to report the District's activities.

A reporter from The Arizona Republic was at the meeting.  Channel 12 did a piece on its 10PM news and Luci Scott…

It has been three weeks since the infamous Planned Parenthood vote in Tempe Union High School District.  There is so much to share about what was said by individual Board and Committee members as well as how the actual "vote" went down.

I reallly don't know where to start, I feel I could write a book about that evening and it would definitely be referenced in the "mystery" section of the library if it were to be published.  Mysteries usually have a plot and eventually the…

By Cass R. Sunstein MAY 20, 2014 

Suppose that an authoritarian government decides to embark on a program of curricular reform, with the explicit goal of indoctrinating the nation’s high school students. Suppose that it wants to change the curriculum to teach students that their government is good and trustworthy, that…

Bill Korach 23 May 2014 The Report Card

The Navy League and the Report Card challenged high school students all across America to write a 500 word essay about the Battle of Midway. The Battle of Midway is considered by many historians to be the most important Naval battle of WWII. The Navy League’s Annual Battle of Midway Dinner,…

Back in January Tempe Union High School District entertained Ms. Vicki Hadd-Wissler, director of Planned Parenthood's educational arm, because the students "need a comprehensive sex ed curriculum".

As TUHSD and its Sex Ed committtee strategized how to allow PP in the district without upsetting the apple cart, Ms. Hadd-Wissler earned her paycheck while taking advantage of even younger kids in a nearby district:

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Everyone, please share the following which is posted on Alliance Defending Freedom's website. This is a long letter, but important. 

http://www.alliancedefendingfreedom.org/News/PRDetail/8764

We need to get this information to anyone who will listen.  Tempe Union High School's Sex Ed committee knew exactly what they were doing all spring.  Whether the Board felt pressure from a small…

20 May 2014

By Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org

Harding Family Brainy Bunch

The Harding family home schooled their…

5-18-14 East Valley Tribune

The Maricopa Community Colleges Governing Board will host a public hearing on May 27 to receive input on a proposed property tax increase.

The board is proposing a 2-percent increase that would raise taxes from $125.73 a year home with an assessed value of $100,000…

14 May 2014

By Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org

“October Sky” was a wonderful movie about a young man Homer Hickam (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) in a West Virginia mining town who dreams of becoming a rocket scientist. With…

on15 May 2014 The Report Card

(Editor: www.thereportcard.org Once again, sky high government school spending produces rock bottom results. Washington, DC school spend more per pupil than any city in America, and America spends more per pupil than any country among the developed…

Evan Bernick May 13, 2014 The Foundry

When the officers came to her home, the 9-year-old girl was still wet from running through the neighborhood sprinkler. She wore flip flops, a pink towel and a swimsuit. The officers took her away wearing handcuffs.

Her mother’s response said it all: “She’s just a child.”

Yes, you read that correctly:…

Since Tempe Union High School's vote to adopt a Planned Parenthood (FLASH) sex ed curriculum last week, I sense this organization may affect more childrens' lives than just those in Tempe and Ahwatukee.

David Schapira, Tempe High School Board Member and captain of the Planned Parenthood Cheer Line, is also assistant superintendent at East Valley Institute of Technology.  EVIT has partnerships with the following districts:…

One of the most common arguments we heard this spring during the TUHSD Sex Ed curriculum debate is kids are most likely going to have sex before they get married, thus, we adults should act responsibly and give them the proper information so they make good decisions.

Very well, let's apply that argument to other temptations.

It's nothing new that some kids try smoking before they turn 18, the age they are legally allowed to smoke.  The media and culture has been pretty good…

By Sandy Mazza, Daily Breeze  05/08/14

Carson is moving to become the first California city to criminalize bullying, paving the way for misdemeanor charges to be filed against children as young as 5 years old.

If the City Council puts its final stamp of approval on the plan May 20, the new law would…

12 May 2014 The Report Card

(Editor: www.thereportcard.org Mary Grabar writing in “Heartlander Magazine” provides a critique of the College Board’s AP U.S. History Framework. The Report Card published a series of articles in January about the now notorious AP History…

Posted: 2014-05-12

Arizona Freedom Alliance on May 12, 2014 

[AFA Editor:  this is the goal of common core.]

There was a time when people looking for intellectual debate turned away from politics to the university. Political backrooms bred slogans and bagmen; universities fostered educated discussion. But when students in the 1960s began occupying university…

Arizona Freedom Alliance on May 6, 2014 

Nigeria's Boko Haram threatens to sell kidnapped schoolgirls

[AFA Editor: Boko Haram roughly translates to 'western education is evil or sinful.']

(Reuters) - The leader of Boko Haram on Monday threatened to sell more than 200 schoolgirls his Islamist militant group kidnapped in northeastern Nigeria last…

09 May 2014 The Report Card

Editor: www.thereportcard.org  Dan Henninger, writing in Thursday’s “Wall Street Journal” shows that President Obama and his administration are behind recent attacks on free speech at our universities. In his Op-Ed piece “Obama Unleashes…