The new education standards called Common Core won’t make U.S. kids any smarter. The overall Common Core strategy is to raise middle-scoring students a point or two but do nothing to motivate or help the smarter kids or the dumber kids. … [Read more...] about Common Core Won’t Make Kids Smarter
Supreme Court Marriage Decisions
The Supreme Court decision on marriage, as Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in his dissent, “is an assertion of judicial supremacy over the people’s Representatives in Congress and the Executive. It envisions a Supreme Court standing (or … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Marriage Decisions
Education Reporter — July 2013
Obama’s Pre-K Power Grab
Under the media’s radar, Obama has been aggressively promoting one of his fiscally extravagant projects announced in his 2013 State of the Union Address: “preschool available to every single child in America.” The plan for the … [Read more...] about Obama’s Pre-K Power Grab
We Should Reform Child Support
President Obama’s Father’s Day speech included one provocative yet very declarative sentence: “We should reform our child support laws to get more men working and engaged with their children.” Obama didn’t elaborate, but … [Read more...] about We Should Reform Child Support
Education Reporter — June 2013
Backlash Against Common Core
The national news media haven’t discovered it, but the issue that is bringing out hundreds of citizens who never before attended political meetings is Common Core (CC). More precisely, it is the attempt of Barack Obama’s Department of … [Read more...] about Backlash Against Common Core
Education Reporter — May 2013
Education Reporter — April 2013
Who is Waging War on Women?
The real war against women is the announced plan of the Obama Administration, using outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta as the fall guy, to assign women for the first time in American history to fight our nation’s enemies in military … [Read more...] about Who is Waging War on Women?
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