Education and Schools on Townhall

The Heat Is On Sat Jun 8

Bill O'Reilly
Boy Suspended For Merely Saying 'Gun' Wed Jun 5

Todd Starnes
IRS Lesson Plans Attempt to Justify Embattled Agency’s Existence to Schoolchildren Tue Jun 4

Kyle Olson
Teacher Punished for Telling Students About Constitutional Rights Thu May 30

Todd Starnes
Embrace Failure! Thu May 30

Jackie Gingrich Cushman
Study: “Human Intelligence is on the Decline” Sun May 26

Daniel Doherty
Is Thinking Obsolete? Wed May 1

Thomas Sowell

While it is not possible to answer all the e-mails and letters from readers, many are thought-provoking, whether those thoughts are positive or negative. ... more
A Homophobic Nightmare Tue Apr 30

Michael Brown

I had a disturbing dream last night. I guess you could call it a homophobic nightmare. The fact is, wherever I turned in the dream, from McDonald’s to ESPN, charges of “homophobia” and “transphobia” were flying. ... more
Disorderly Conduct Fri Apr 26

Mike Adams

Students and their parents need to be warned about the latest serious threat to liberty on America's college campuses. They have probably already heard of campus speech codes, anti-discrimination clauses, and sexual harassment tribunals. The latest threat takes the form of "disorderly conduct" hearings. Many readers are wondering what exactly constitutes disorderly conduct. The more appropriate question might be "what does not?" ... more
Parents Call Textbook Anti-Semitic Wed Apr 24

Todd Starnes

The Jewish Federation of Nashville and a group of outraged parents are calling for a school district to pull a high school textbook they believe promotes bias against Israel. ... more
The Education Blob's Revenge Wed Apr 24

John Stossel

I wrote recently how teachers unions, parent-teacher associations and school bureaucrats form an education "Blob" that makes it hard to improve schools. They also take revenge on those who work around the Blob. ... more
Homework Promotes Anti-American View of World War Two Tue Apr 23

Todd Starnes

Bob and Sarah Fisher were checking their daughter’s homework last week when a social studies assignment caught their attention – it criticized the United States for dropping the atomic bomb during World War Two. ... more
De Pasquale Dozen’s with Author and Columnist Mike Adams Mon Apr 22

Lisa De Pasquale

If you’re a regular Townhall reader, you’re familiar with Mike Adams’ columns. If you’re any other Townhall columnist (and competitive like me), always seeing him scattered among the “Top 10” most-read most-commented columns makes you want to finally give in and do a column on Mike Adams with the hopes of cracking the top 10. ... more
More Radicals for Common Core: The Pro-Amnesty Contingent Thu Apr 18

Mary Grabar

My antennae go up whenever any education initiative is associated with radicals, like Bill Ayers. We still don’t know why Bill Ayers was at an education conference with Arne Duncan and a representative from Achieve, the well-connected, Washington-based non-profit organizing this effort to nationalize education. ... more
The Campus Crusade for Crust Mon Apr 15

Mike Adams

Welcome back students! My name is Biff Latane and I am the campus director of Jesus Crew (or J. Cru for short) here at Denton State University (or DSU for short). Before I tell you more about J. Cru at DSU, I want to take a few minutes to apologize for an episode that occurred during our last meeting at the end of the last quarter. ... more
Thinking Outside the Education Box Mon Apr 15

Jedediah Bila

I recently stumbled upon a Facebook post Sarah Palin had written while reflecting upon her daughter Willow's graduation from an academy that specializes in hair and skin. In it, she said the following. ... more
Appalling: High School Teacher Assigns Students Essay on Why "Jews Are Evil” Sat Apr 13

Daniel Doherty
Of Lunatics and Asylums Fri Apr 12

Mona Charen

We tell ourselves, we parents of college-bound kids (not to mention ordinary citizens), that American campuses really aren't as bad as all that, that students can avoid the most tendentious indoctrinators and that the press tends to exaggerate. And then we read headlines like "Kathy Boudin Teaching at Columbia" and sharp reality once again punctures the comfortable cushion of denial. ... more
Professor Calls Republicans Stupid & Racist Thu Apr 11

Todd Starnes

For two years the University of Southern California student had listened to the classroom ranting of liberal professors. So it wasn’t much of a surprise when Darry Sragow, his political science professor, launched into an anti-Republican tirade on the first day of class. ... more
Superintendent’s Shocking Comment Reminds Us That School Choice is an Uphill Battle Wed Apr 10

Kyle Olson

As Wisconsin legislators debate expanding the state’s parental choice private school voucher program, Racine Unified Superintendent Dr. Ann Laing’s shocking comments from the last budget cycle remind us school choice is an uphill battle. ... more
The Revolution Continues: Ron Paul Trademarks His Own Home School Curriculum Tue Apr 9

Daniel Doherty
State Grown Kids Always Fail Mon Apr 8

Harry R. Jackson, Jr.

Famed neurosurgeon surgeon, Dr. Ben Carson, looked like just another black academic failure in his pre and elementary school years. His writings show that he was so angry he would have stabbed a classmate, and so learning-disabled that even the greatest Special Ed teacher would not have been able to mainstream him. ... more
What Has Happened to Liberal Education? Fri Apr 5

Linda Chavez

Liberal education once stood for something grand and good: the study of the arts, humanities and sciences with the aim of improving the mind through the acquisition of knowledge and the pursuit of truth. But some of America's most elite colleges and universities have all but abandoned this goal. ... more
Student: Teachers Bully Me Because I’m Conservative Thu Apr 4

Todd Starnes

A Wisconsin school district has launched an investigation into accusations that teachers have bullied and harassed a politically active student. ... more
School for Scandal Thu Apr 4

Cal Thomas

My first question after reading about seven teachers in an Atlanta, Ga., public school accused of altering standardized test scores to make it appear students performed better than they actually did was: How could they!? ... more