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Kyle is Founder and CEO of Education Action Group Foundation, a non-partisan non-profit organization with the goal of promoting sensible education reform and exposing those with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo.
He currently appears in a weekly "Fox & Friends" segment called "The Trouble with Schools" on the Fox News Channel.
His second documentary film is "A Tale of Two Missions," featuring Juan Williams. His first book, "Indoctrination: How 'Useful Idiots' Are Using Our Schools to Subvert American Exceptionalism," can be purchased here.
Kyle is a contributor to Townhall.com and BigGovernment.com.
He has made other appearances on Fox Business Network, NPR and MSNBC. Kyle has given scores of interviews on talk radio programs coast to coast. His work has been cited by the Drudge Report, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.
He graduated from Michigan State University in 2001.
While Kyle likes talking politics, he especially likes to talk about his family, as well as his favorite music. Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Johnny Cash are at the top of the list. He has attended 22 Bob Dylan shows.
Kyle's personal website is kyleolson.org and he can also be found on Facebook and Twitter.
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Kyle Olson (May 24, 2012)
Over the past year, a lot of people have been talking about “the 1%” versus “the 99%.” But if you’re concerned about one class exploiting another for economic gain, that’s... more
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Kyle Olson (May 12, 2012)
When Detroit Public Schools were assigned an emergency financial manager by the state, we thought he would have the power to turn things around, more or less, with a snap... more
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Kyle Olson (May 02, 2012)
The demonstrations and chaos that followed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s introduction of budget reforms – later known as Act 10 – were a preview of what was to come from the... more
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Kyle Olson (Apr 26, 2012)
On Tuesday, EAGnews.org brought you footage of Black Star Project community organizer Phillip Jackson teaching students in Chicago Public Schools' Jones College Prep the... more
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Kyle Olson (Apr 25, 2012)
Yesterday, EAGnews.org reported on two events held during “Social Justice Week” at Chicago Public Schools’ Jones College Prep. One event featured a community organizer who... more
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Kyle Olson (Apr 24, 2012)
Jones College Prep – a Chicago Public Schools “selective enrollment” school – recently held “Social Justice Week” in March, a collection of events geared towards turning... more
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Kyle Olson (Apr 14, 2012)
EAGnews.org and I continuously poke the belly of the education beast to see what kinds of pustules pop, and it never ceases to amaze us the types of low-lifes involved in... more
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Kyle Olson (Apr 12, 2012)
It’s been said you can judge a person’s character by the company he keeps. The same can be said of organizations. That’s why it’s so troubling that a national teachers union... more
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Kyle Olson (Apr 11, 2012)
EAGnews.org is releasing a series of stunning reports to show taxpayers exactly how our dollars are being spent in government schools. We repeatedly hear... more
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Kyle Olson (Mar 29, 2012)
By and large, politicians are not willing to tackle the unsustainable costs they’ve created. Consider Illinois public employee pensions.
Public employee pensions have... more
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Kyle Olson (Mar 17, 2012)
The Connecticut Senate is considering a bill which would require all government school students to learn “labor history” as a part of the curriculum. The bill would add... more
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Kyle Olson (Mar 10, 2012)
Unfortunately for traditional America – the one that values independence, free market capitalism and limited government – too many aging radicals from the 1960s and ‘70s have... more
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Kyle Olson (Mar 09, 2012)
Every so often, a story comes along that is so outrageous, all one can do to soothe the rage is to laugh. And shed a tear. That’s the case in Buffalo, New York.
There –... more
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Kyle Olson (Mar 07, 2012)
It is heartbreaking to witness the unfolding scandal at Muskegon Heights [MI] Public Schools. The breathtaking mismanagement has inflicted long-term damage on students, the... more
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Kyle Olson (Mar 01, 2012)
Bullying has always been a problem in American government schools. Statistics say there are over 2 million bullies lurking in the hallways and on playgrounds.
The two... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 29, 2012)
This isn't your mother’s teachers union.
The Chicago Teachers Union has brandished its radical political stripes in recent months. It has fully embraced Occupy Chicago,... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 24, 2012)
The protesters wandering around in various locations throughout Chicago are little more than warm-bodied rentals who are able to clutch a sign bearing the name of... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 21, 2012)
The education establishment is pulling out all the stops to stifle the movement to expand the use of technology to modernize the way students learn.
Digital education... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 17, 2012)
If the taxpayers of Delaware aren't startled by the following news, nothing will bother them:
The University of Delaware – which recently increased tuition... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 10, 2012)
Well, at least the kids weren’t singing – everybody now – “Mmm mmm mmm…Barack Hussein
Obama.” But the latest example of Big Education fawning over Barack Obama isn’t... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 08, 2012)
Fresh on the heels of an exclusive report detailing a 7-day Caribbean cruise that National Education Association staffers are currently enjoying, Education Action Group has... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 07, 2012)
Imagine your organization is facing attacks from all sides. Imagine it’s losing members and revenue. Imagine governors and mayors – of both political parties – publicly... more
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Kyle Olson (Feb 02, 2012)
You just have to love it when government uses taxpayer resources to convince taxpayers to cough up more. It takes an unusually large set of brass ones to do such a... more
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Kyle Olson (Jan 31, 2012)
When I watched the video of the Wisconsin teacher snubbing Congressman Paul Ryan, I knew instantly he was little more than an activist teacher seizing his moment. ... more
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Kyle Olson (Jan 24, 2012)
“A Tale of Two Missions” – a film by Juan Williams and Kyle Olson (and directed by Chicago-based Andrew Marcus) – tells the story of competing cultures in American education... more
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Kyle Olson (Jan 20, 2012)
New York City government schools have had some pretty outrageous policies. Rubber rooms were a great example. They were special places created for teachers accused of... more
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Kyle Olson (Jan 05, 2012)
Earlier this week, a Virginia-based organization came under fire for leading 3rd grade students at Woodbrook Elementary in Charlottesville to write a song titled “We Are Part... more