Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) of Louisiana says that he wants to withdraw his state from its Common Core Standards test consortium if the state legislature fails to do so on its own. As Nola.com reports, eight members of the Louisiana
A new Gallup poll concerning public school parents’ views of the Common Core standards finds that even in states that have implemented the centralized standards, 27% of parents surveyed said they know “only a little” about the standards, while 29%
The Peabody School Committee has called for the investigation of a Massachusetts education commissioner who simultaneously serves as national chair of PARCC, one of the Common Core testing consortia. The committee calls the dual role a conflict of interest. Mitchell
A new report reveals that at least 700 Christian women are kidnapped and forced into conversion to Islam and Islamic marriages in Pakistan each year. According to the Fides agency, the Solidarity and Peace Movement, a coalition of non-governmental organizations,
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will resign her post following an extremely flawed rollout of President Obama’s signature health care reform law. Sebelius is expected to be replaced by current Office of Management and Budget Director, Sylvia Burwell.
The controversy surrounding the Common Core centralized academic standards is no longer limited to the standards and associated tests themselves. It is now extending to how some school districts, particularly in New York State, are handling children whose parents have
A University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) student and supporter of a feminist studies professor who has been charged with battery against pro-life demonstrators said pro-lifers who display images of aborted fetuses are “domestic terrorists.” Sophomore Katherine Wehler, a theater
An 89 year-old retired British art teacher, who was able to be admitted to the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic in Switzerland with the help of the Society for Old Age Rational Suicide (SOARS), has committed suicide. The woman, Anne, from
An elite Washington education policy group has conducted an anonymous survey of influential education insiders to provide strategic support to stakeholders in the current Common Core debate. Whiteboard Advisors state their April 2014 survey contains the views of unidentified education
An incident report from the Boston Police Department confirms that a 911 call placed on March 12th at 9:38 a.m. from Boston Planned Parenthood indicated that a woman was unconscious at the facility. According to the police report, an officer
In a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times at the U.S. Capitol, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said that potential 2016 presidential candidate Jeb. Bush (R) is “the smartest guy I know on education.” McCain reportedly told the Times that he spoke with the
Some local school districts in the United States are making the decision to abandon the Common Core standards and the associated testing, choosing instead higher-level learning standards and curricula, then sharing these with other school districts. As Loren Heal observes
As Breitbart News anticipated on March 29, Common Core champion the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has released what was described to be a “mini-documentary” that would “provide the pro-Common Core side” in response to the Home School Legal Defense Association’s
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, has expressed support of a priest who refused Holy Communion to Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), who supports abortion. Following the priest’s withholding of the sacrament, Paprocki replied to a pro-life activist’s email about the
Results of a new study suggest that students with more exposure to homeschooling relative to public schooling tend to be more politically tolerant. This challenges critics of the education option who claim that children can only learn the values of
The director of corporate giving for Google Inc. has resigned in protest from the board of a Christian aid organization after the charity reversed its decision to hire employees in same-sex marriages. As the Associated Press reported Thursday, Jacquelline Fuller
The soldier who shot and killed three other individuals, then himself, and wounded 16 others at the Fort Hood military base, was an Army specialist who was being treated for mental illness, specifically for depression and anxiety. According to a
On Monday the Louisiana House of Representatives approved a bill that would require abortionists to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion clinic. The bill, which was approved by an overwhelming majority in the state
An overwhelming majority of Mississippi lawmakers approved a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. On Tuesday, Mississippi bill MS H 1400 passed the state House, 90-21, and the state Senate, 41-10. The measure now proceeds to the
A young Coptic Christian woman was dragged out of her car, then brutally beaten and stabbed to death by an Egyptian Islamist mob on Friday. According to a report in CNS News by Patrick Goodenough, eyewitnesses said 25 year-old Mary
Following his visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican last week, President Obama has given a rosary that was blessed by the pontiff to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). On Tuesday, Pelosi discussed Obama’s gift to her with reporters
The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) released Monday its documentary titled Building the Machine, a film that explores the Common Core State Standards and their impact on the American education system. On Monday as well, the pro-Common Core Thomas
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino (R), who hopes to unseat New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), announced Monday that he and his wife will opt out their two children in public school from the Common Core-aligned assessments. “Tomorrow, hundreds
A 36-year old New York City woman has died from cancer just six weeks after giving birth to a healthy baby girl. Elizabeth Joice chose to forgo cancer treatment that could have saved her own life in order to continue
The Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas may become the first Catholic diocese to sever its relationship with the Girl Scouts USA (GSUSA). An article from the Catholic Committee on Scouting, posted on March 17 on the website of the archdiocese’s
