When hundreds of students gathered on Low Steps to watch the election results come in and after the buzz…
Taking Back America By Taking Back Our Schools
Recently, the European Humanist Federation, the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA), and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) tried to prevent the appointment of Maltese candidate Mr. Tonio Borg as European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection by the European Parliament (EP). While he was ultimately approved, this fight raises troubling issues for the future of the family and family values in the European Union.…
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Columbia University needs to encourage political diversity among its student body.
By Daniel Brovman Published November 25, 2012
When hundreds of students gathered on Low Steps to watch the election results come in and after the buzz…
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(NOTE: A little known fact concerning the Boston Tea Party:
"In the colonies, Benjamin Franklin stated that the destroyed tea must be repaid, all 90,000 pounds (which, at two shillings per pound, comes to £9,000, or £888 thousand today). Robert Murray, a New York…
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Shabbir Mansure Council for Islamic Education
By Bill Korach. www.thereportcard.org
“World History,” Florida Edition Prentice Hall Pearson, 2013 is a 1054 page monster used for honors and standard high school level world history. As you would expect, it is chock full of dates and pretty pictures, but it…
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by Robert Holland and Don Soifer of the Lexington Institute
Advocates typically fail to define the term “social justice” with any clarity. However, from the writings of long-time University of Illinois/Chicago education professor Bill Ayers, and teacher workshops conducted by organizations like the National Association for Multicultural Education, the premise is clear: the United States is a culturally and economically oppressive nation in dire need of radical transformation. The…
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by S.H.I.E.L.D. 11-16-12
For a recent 7th Grade Social Studies project, students were required to design a campaign poster for one of four "candidates" running for Congress. The students were required to include one reason why voters should elect their candidate such as the candidate's age, education, experience or their most important issue.
These were the options:
1. Maria Hernandez
Age: 28
Education: B.A. Harrison College; LL.B. Johnson…
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Jesse Sharkey, VP Chicago Teacher’s Union
By Bill Korach www.thereportcard.org
ChicagoSocialists.org held their “2012 Midwestern Marxism Conference” at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University on November 10-11. The conference was heavily attended by members of the Chicago Teachers Union. Union Vice President Jesse Sharkey spoke at one of the breakout sessions. Sharkey refused to discuss his…
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It seems as though public school governing boards in Arizona would rather tear down schools than lease/sell them to a charter schools:
“There are vacant district buildings, and I’ve gone to many a governing-board meeting and asked to lease them,” she said. “Governing boards are not there yet in Arizona.”
By Mary Beth FallerThe Republic |…
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NOTE: Our independent investigation here at the Education Action Network reveals that some of these figures do not appear to be accurate. In the instance of Gilbert Unified School District #41 the override is for $16.6 Million not the $116.3 Million that is stated in the table.
Some of the other figures appear to be exaggerated as well. However,…
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