Education and Schools on Townhall

• 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
• Minority Student Needs Wed Apr 3
  Walter E. Williams
  The fundamental problem crippling low-income minority students is school behavioral disorder. Its visible manifestations are graffiti, broken and vandalized furniture, fights, sexual activity, drug use in the bathrooms and rowdy behavior. ... more
• Broken Schools Pose Transcendent Threat to America's Future Wed Apr 3
  Javier Ortiz
  During the 2012 Republican National Convention, former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice addressed an issue that has been widely absent from any recent and serious conversation in American politics, ominously warning that the education crisis is “a threat to the very fabric of who we are.” ... more
• The Corrupting Influence of Federal Dollars Wed Apr 3
  Bob Barr
  A few years ago, Dr. Beverly L. Hall was the well-respected Superintendent of the Atlanta Public School system. In fact, in 2009 she was recognized as “Superintendent of the Year” by the American Association of School Administrators, and was subsequently invited to the White House by the U.S. Secretary of Education. Hall’s job was not an easy one, as she was responsible for overseeing the educational development of more than 50,000 school children in a largely underprivileged school district. ... more
• Public School Bans Cub Scout Pack Tue Apr 2
  Todd Starnes
  A federal civil rights complaint has been filed against the Salt Lake City School Board after a principal booted a Cub Scout pack from an elementary school. ... more
• Dissident Prof Dispatch: Common Core Teaching, Demonstrating a Crucifixion Mon Apr 1
  Mary Grabar
  First we have a college student ordered to stomp on a piece of paper with the word Jesus written on it. But on Holy Thursday, the U.S. Department of Education sent out this video from the Teaching Channel with a seventh-grader face-down on a table in the front of the class waving his arms and legs to illustrate a crucifixion. This video, like the other ones this non-profit produces, is intended to show teachers exciting ways to incorporate Common Core, the federal education program of the Obama administration. ... more
• University Compares Pro-Life Students to White Supremacists Mon Apr 1
  Todd Starnes
  The Student Government Association at Johns Hopkins University compared pro-life students to white supremacists and denied them official club status at the school. ... more
• A New Birth of Education Freedom Mon Apr 1
  Star Parker
  As the nation has focused on the Supreme Court hearings on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage, news from the state of Indiana could prove far more important regarding the nation’s future. ... more
• Taking Swipes at the Smartphone Generation Fri Mar 29
  Suzanne Fields
  The digital age continues to confuse and confound a generation of adults who have learned to participate in it, but lack the ability for what Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley called "doin' what comes naturally." ... more
• Chicago Teachers Union President Laughs About Lying to Parents, Turning Students Into “Hostages” Thu Mar 28
  Kyle Olson
  Why is our government education system so dysfunctional? Perhaps because parents often don’t get the truth and administrators and teachers are constantly fighting each other. ... more
• The Unstompable Jesus Christ Thu Mar 28
  Jerry Newcombe
  By now, it seems most everyone has heard about an inane assignment that boggles the mind. Earlier this month a professor at FAU, Florida Atlantic University (the Davie campus, near Ft. Lauderdale), had his students participate in a bizarre exercise. ... more
• Professor Makes Students “Stomp on Jesus” Fri Mar 22
  Todd Starnes
  A Florida Atlantic University student said he was suspended from class after he refused a professor’s directive to stomp on a piece of paper with the word “Jesus” written on it. ... more
• University Could be Defunded Over Sex Week Wed Mar 20
  Todd Starnes
  A group of Tennessee lawmakers is preparing to issue an ultimatum to the University of Tennessee-Knoxville – either defund the first-ever “Sex Week” or they will defund the university. ... more
• The Blob That Ate Children Wed Mar 20
  John Stossel
  Shortly after I did my first TV special on education, "Stupid in America," hundreds of union teachers showed up outside my office to yell at me. They were angry because I said union rules were a big reason American kids don't learn. ... more
• The Whole Record: Rick Scott’s Successful Pro-Growth Policies in Florida Wed Mar 20
  Ken Blackwell
  A stunning announcement out of Florida this week. The state that was exhibit A for economic disaster two years ago is now experiencing a tremendous rebound thanks to Gov. Rick Scott’s pro-growth policies. Washington should take a page – no several pages – out of Scott’s book. ... more
• Common Core: What's Hidden Behind the Language Mon Mar 18
  Rachel Alexander
  Conservatives are in an uproar over Common Core, an educational curriculum being forced upon the states by the Obama administration, which is scheduled to be mostly implemented this year in the 46 states that have adopted it. Common Core eliminates local control over K-12 curriculum in math and English, instead imposing a one-size-fits-all, top-down curriculum that will also apply to private schools and homeschoolers. ... more
• Union Activist Jumps the Shark by Suggesting ‘Jaywalk for Education Justice’ Campaign Fri Mar 15
  Kyle Olson
  American Federation of Teachers President Rhonda “Randi” Weingarten’s arrest last week for blocking an entrance to a public meeting was seen as a bold move by those seeking to protect the status quo in education. ... more
• Time To Opt Out of Creepy Fed Ed Data-Mining Racket Fri Mar 15
  Michelle Malkin
  Last week, I reported on the federal government's massive new student-tracking database, which was created as part of the nationalized Common Core standards scheme. ... more
• Note to Union Teachers: If You Want to be Treated Like Professionals, Act Like It Thu Mar 14
  Kyle Olson
  I was deeply troubled when video surfaced last week of striking Strongsville, Ohio teachers heckling substitute teachers who were applying to be their temporary replacements ... more
• Educational Rot Wed Mar 13
  Walter E. Williams
  American education is in a sorry state of affairs, and there's enough blame for all participants to have their fair share. They include students who are hostile and alien to the education process, uninterested parents, teachers and administrators who either are incompetent or have been beaten down by the system, and politicians who've become handmaidens for teachers unions. ... more
• Sixty-four Percent of Schoolchildren Fed on Federal Subsidies Wed Mar 13
  Terry Jeffrey
  Not so long ago in this republic, most parents of school-age children would frequently visit grocery stores where they would use their own money to buy things like peanut butter and jelly, and bologna and cheese to make lunches for their kids to haul to school in brown paper bags. ... more
• Wisconsin Education Officials Want Students to Wear ‘White Privilege’ Wristbands Tue Mar 12
  Kyle Olson
  The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction runs several programs that heavily emphasize racial issues in public schools, EAGnews.org has been finding. ... more
• Almost 80% of NYC High School Graduates Need Remedial Classes Before Entering Community College Sat Mar 9
  Daniel Doherty
• School Confiscates Cupcakes Decorated with Toy Soldiers Sat Mar 9
  Todd Starnes
  A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers. ... more
• Untested National School Standards Stifle Local Voices Sat Mar 9
  Joy Pullman
  As soon as someone tells you something will save education, hide your children, hide your wife and check your back pocket. ... more
• Anti-Gun Hysteria in Schools Has Gone Too Far Fri Mar 8
  Leah Barkoukis

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