Those of us who attended public schools before “social justice” spread through the curriculum like a bad infection probably remember sitting in math class and working through problems such as this one: Leroy has one quarter, one dime, one nickel,
In just a few days, a fresh group of teenagers will descend upon America’s college and university campuses, eager to sip from the cup of knowledge and to take their place among the next generation of leaders. At least that’s
On July 30, 2011, about 8,000 unionists gathered in Washington, DC to protest education reform. It featured the rapper Notorious PHD, who, rumor has it, moonlights as a teacher, claimed the problems are all manufactured. [youtube 0FXsGH_ajAM]
This is one part of a running series entitled “Indoctrination Fridays,” a weekly review of leftist propaganda incorporated into public school curriculum, much of it geared towards elementary students. For more of the series, please visit PublicSchoolSpending.com. In the late
Teachers unions and their supporters hoped to draw 1 million people to Washington D.C. last weekend for their “Save Our Schools” rally. They apparently fell about 992,000 people short. The embarrassing attendance underlined one major truth – there is no
This is one part of a running series entitled “Indoctrination Fridays,” a weekly review of leftist propaganda incorporated into public school curriculum, much of it geared towards elementary students. For more of the series, please visit PublicSchoolSpending.com. Leftist educators will
Wisconsin schools, once scrambling for every tax dollar available and relentlessly proposing new ones for taxpayers, are now seeing their cost of doing business drop, thanks to the collective bargaining reform law that has now taken effect. The new law,
Sometimes you just know you’re right – like when you find yourself on the opposite side of a debate with an admitted domestic terrorist. In the July-August 2011 edition of “Monthly Review,” Bill Ayers, along with his brother Rick, wrote
New York City families and school choice advocates were handed a major victory late Thursday evening when a Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled that 22 failing public schools must close and 15 charter schools must be allowed to share space
Earlier this week, the RAND Corporation released the results of a study that found merit pay had no effect on increasing student achievement or teacher motivation. Teacher union supporters are gleefully promoting this study as proof that merit pay does
This is one part of a running series entitled “Indoctrination Fridays,” a weekly review of leftist propaganda incorporated into public school curriculum, much of it geared towards elementary students. For more of the series, please visit PublicSchoolSpending.com. Any good community
For some strange reason, some union activists prefer their organizations be referred to as “associations,” as opposed to unions. That’s odd, given that the National Education Association has grabbed the union mantle with both hands, and the American Federation of
This is one part of a running series entitled “Indoctrination Fridays,” a weekly review of leftist propaganda incorporated into public school curriculum and geared towards elementary students. For more of the series, please visit PublicSchoolSpending.com. The real targets of the
One Michigan teacher has discovered that being a Michigan Education Association member is like staying at the Hotel California: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave. Andrew Buikema, a music teacher with Grant Public
At its recent convention, National Education Association Vice President Lily Eskelsen publicly thanked students for raising funds for the union political action committee, known as the NEA Fund for Children and Public Education. “We also want to recognize the great
Note: This is one part of a running series entitled “Indoctrination Fridays,” a weekly review of leftist propaganda incorporated into public school curriculum and oftentimes geared towards elementary students. For more of the series, please visit PublicSchoolSpending.com. The Black Panthers
An investigation into New Jersey’s largest teachers union finds that the Internal Revenue Service has an outstanding lien against the New Jersey Education Association for $56,730.31 in back taxes. The lien involves unpaid taxes from as far back as 2005,
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten recently led a delegation of union representatives to Cairo, Egypt to meet with “leaders of Egyptian unions that were instrumental in the recent political and governmental changes there,” according to a news release
A paper published by several college professors, entitled “Organizing the Curriculum for Labor Consciousness,” calls for more weaving of Big Labor history and tactics into every day K-12 school curriculum. The professors cite leftist American “historian” Howard Zinn, who wrote:
For the last several months, pension managers, school districts and public officials have been howling about the alarming state of employee pension funds. They tell us pension systems are dangerously underfunded and taxpayers are on the hook for potentially billions
Some people can find an excuse for anything, including the ridiculous practice of “last in, first out,” which protects veteran teachers during periods of layoff in public schools. We’ve heard unions complain that seniority must be maintained so that “administrators
Some people can find an excuse for anything, including the ridiculous practice of “last in, first out,” which protects veteran teachers during periods of layoff in public schools. We’ve heard unions complain that seniority must be maintained so that “administrators
This is one part of a running series entitled “Indoctrination Fridays,” a weekly review of leftist propaganda incorporated into public school curriculum, much geared towards elementary students. For more of the series, please visit PublicSchoolSpending.com. In typical union and socialist
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne sued the Wisconsin legislature over the passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill, citing government transparency issues. He argued that a legislative committee did not post proper notice of its meeting before voting
You just have to appreciate the foresight and planning ability of government. The latest stellar example comes from Riverside, California, where the Alvord Unified School District built a state-of-the-art high school. The only problem? The district now lacks the funds
