By PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY

A national scandal hit the news when Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal released a 413-page report describing how hundreds of Atlanta public school teachers and principals had been cheating during the past 10 years on standardized tests in order to falsely report that their schools were doing a good job and the kids were improving.

 

A total of 178 teachers and principals (38 were principals), 82 of whom have already confessed, had fraudulently raised test scores so…

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 http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/07/public-schools-worse-shape-we-feared#ixzz1Sb1nPlBA

By: Walter Williams | Examiner Columnist | 07/18/11 8:05 PM

 

Last December, I reported on Harvard University professor Stephan Thernstrom's essay, "Minorities in College -- Good News,…

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 VAWA Must Be Rewritten

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), now up for reauthorization, is in major need of revision. Its billion-dollar-a-year price tag spent by the radical feminists to pursue their ideology and goals (known as feminist pork) make it an embarrassment to Members of Congress who voted for it.

For 30 years, the feminists have been pretending that their goal is to abolish all sex discrimination, eliminating all gender differences no matter how reasonable. When…

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Tax-surplus debate begins in earnest

Senator request that future overflow go to education

by Mary Jo Pitzl - Jul. 14, 2011 12:00 AM

The Arizona Republic



State Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has fired the opening salvo in what is expected to be the next big…

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One of the hottest topics on college campuses right now is sustainability. The sustainability movement is about using the earth's limited resources in a way that keeps them available for future generations. Saving energy, money, and other resources is only rational and responsible. Many colleges, however, are using their educational clout to push an extreme sustainability agenda of environmental, economic, and "social justice" programs.

The sustainability movement was well planned and…

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More students than ever are earning credits for advanced classes, according to a Department of Education study released in April. The Department's National Center for Education Statistics examined nearly 38,000 high school transcripts and found that the proportion of graduates completing rigorous coursework rose from 5% in 1990 to 13% in 2009. Good news on the education front, you say? Not so…

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By Doug Patton 9-12-11

"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." — Abraham Lincoln



It is no secret that government schools across the United States have become indoctrination centers for the spreading of a social gospel that is anathema to the values of the majority of American parents. Public education is largely run by union bosses and liberal school boards protecting incompetent educrats who push an agenda that…

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SUSTAINABILITY (Agenda 21)

Certificates, Degrees and Pathways

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http://www.riosalado.edu/online/programs/sustainability/Pages/default.aspx

 

Sustainable Food…

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