Education Reporter – January 2015
Illegal Immigrants Strain Many School Districts While New York launches a review of procedures used to enroll illegal immigrant students, Washington, D.C. is straining under the tremendous burden…
Category: Family
Schools Don’t Teach Kids to Read
A high school English teacher at Rosemount High School in Minnesota, which was called a "top ranked school" by the Minnesota Department of Education, given the Blue Ribbon…
Grinch Still Trying to Steal Christmas
The grinch was a bitter, grumpy hermit who tried to steal Christmas from the kids in a famous children's story of the 1950s. Unfortunately, the grinch has reemerged…
The War Against Christians and Even Christmas
There are 250 million Christians in America today, but most seem to be oblivious of the fact that they and their religion are under steady attack from those…
Feds Banish Sex Stereotypes in Classrooms
The Obama Administration is now trying to outlaw single-sex classrooms, a practice that has been growing as parents and teachers see its good results. The Obama Administration is…
Obama Starts Democrats’ War Against Women
Barack Obama has suddenly made himself the leader of a new war on women. In a Rhode Island pre-election campaign speech, he repudiated the principle of giving choices…
The Best Interest of the Dog
The supposed standard for child custody in family courts is the "best interest of the child." The Vermont supreme court has now extended that to the best interest…
Who Killed the American Family?
The British press just reported the result of a new study by academics from Oxford and the University of London that children raised in stable marital homes are…
Where’s the Payoff in Gambling?
For those who promote legalized gambling as a means of economic development or revitalization, or as a painless way to pay for public schools, the recent news from…