September 2013 Blog Posts (27)

GilbertWatch

Before Superintendent Huppenthal cries "Foul" about my title, I would like to remind him of his own title and the responsibility it carries.  The buck stops with him.  The Common Core curriculum appears in every nook and cranny on the Arizona Department of Education website.  Embedded within that curriculum are suggested readings for 16-year old children that could not be read in any school board meeting, because they are too explicitly sexual…

COMMENTARIES

The overwhelming liberalism of sociology professors stunts debate and turns away good students

By J. Scott Lewis September 25, 2013

I confess! I am an atypical sociologist—an iconoclast. I fail miserably to toe the party…

Matthew Brown, Associated Press 12:03 p.m. EDT September 26, 2013

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A former high school teacher has been released from a Montana prison after completing a 30-day sentence for rape handed down by a judge who is under fire for both the sentence and his remarks about the 14-year-old victim.

Fifty-four-year-old Stacey Rambold left…

By Todd Starnes Todd's American Dispatch Published September 25, 2013 FoxNews.com

Students at a Southaven, Miss. middle school were educated in the “Big Pimpin’” thug life of Jay-Z, and the school district can’t imagine why anyone would object to lessons on reading, writing and rapping.

Sixth graders at Desoto Central Middle School spent three days learning about one of the most successful…

by Bill Korach - September 26, 2013 - The Report Cart

(Editor: All across America, LA, Detroit, New York, Chicago, it is clear that teacher’s unions are a major reason why kids cannot learn. The union bosses are obsessed with benefits, political power, yet shun accountability. Teaching kids how to read and write is not a priority for union bosses. The editorial from yesterday’s “Wall Street Journal” is on target).…

Watch the Glenn Beck Show today on The Blaze network!

Today’s show, Monday September 23, 2013, was dedicated almost exclusively to Common Core. They addressed the event that happened in Baltimore, MD last Thursday September 19^th,where a parent was assaulted and arrested for asking too many questions (just one question) about Common Core. (…

John Hawkins | Sep 21, 2013 Townhall

College classrooms are supposed to be politically neutral, not indoctrination centers for liberalism. Yet, we have conservative parents who save money for decades to send their children to universities that teach everything conservatives believe is wrong. We have Republican state legislatures that fund colleges whose first goal is to…

Martha C. White NBC News contributor 9-15-13

John Brecher / NBC News

Priya Shivraj, 21, a college student at NYU majoring in biology, Spanish and pre-med, spent "at least" $1200 on textbooks during seven semesters.

Hitting the books can be a serious hit in the wallet these days.

Already grappling with…

By Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org 11 September 2013

The Clay County School District and The Report Card are proud to present “Dare to Think” Conference on November 4^th and 5^th on restoring history and civics to its proper place in education. Learn how American exceptionalism and pride in America’s heritage of liberty are being returned to the classroom. The conference will take place at…

By Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org 11 September 2013

The Clay County School District and The Report Card are proud to present “Dare to Think” Conference on November 4^th and 5^th on restoring history and civics to its proper place in education. Learn how American exceptionalism and pride in America’s heritage of liberty are being returned to the classroom. The conference will take place at…

The Daily Caller 9-5-13 Robby Soave Reporter, The Daily Caller

The professor who called Republicans racists and rapists may have been relieved of his teaching duties for the rest of the semester, but he will still be paid in full by Michigan State University.

Campus Reform learned from an MSU spokesperson on Thursday that creative writing professor William Penn’s would still…

By Trevor TenBrink EAGnews.org 9-12-13

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Arkansas state board voted on Wednesday to allow teachers, administrators and other staff members to serve as armed guards.



The Arkansas Board of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies voted to allow 13 school districts to be classified as private security firms, reports the …

I would like to announce that the Republican Executive committee of St John’s County, Florida just passed a resolution against common core. The vote was almost unanimous. This is significant because our Florida State Senator is John Thrasher, who just last month, was one of the former Florida State Republican Committee chairmen that sent out a letter supporting Common core.  Maybe it will not change his mind but it may make him think. Then maybe he will read some of the stuff I sent him. I…

Wed, Sep 11, 2013 SRNNEWS.com

By David Jones

NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill on Wednesday allowing sick children greater access to medical marijuana, weeks after saying he would do so if the state legislature agreed to…

Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys, joins Glenn Reynolds to discuss the state of boyhood in America. Boys are underperforming in school, and worse, the left is discouraging schools from helping them. Is it time for a civil rights movement that helps young boys? Find out:  http://www.pjtv.com/s/GEZTEMJZ