On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education approved plans to spend $30 million to buy iPads for students. The teachers union is unhappy with the decision because they think the money would be best spent on
A high school online class in Florida has not only compared Christianity and Islam as fundamentalist groups, but apparently claims that terrorists act the way they do because of low self-esteem. The Florida Virtual Online Class (FLVS) in World History
In all of today’s tributes and remembrances to the late Andrew Breitbart, there is a common core, a central touch point. Andrew Breitbart was passionately doing something. Andrew Breitbart was accomplishing something. Andrew Breitbart was fighting for something, relentlessly and
The second richest person on the planet, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has used the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s $37 billion to fund philanthropic interests the world over. But Gates’s investment of $173 million to shape and promote a uniform
National School Choice Week, a grass roots effort that hopes to raise the nation’s awareness of the benefits of school choice, is hosting its first nationwide whistle-stop train tour from Jan. 25th — Feb. 2nd. Over 3,500 events have been independently
Freedom Federation, which represents organizations with a combined membership of 40 million issued the following statement: Mathew Staver, on behalf the Freedom Federation, made the following statement in response to the Senate’s vote to repeal Section 654, Title 10, U.S.C.
Recently the Obama Administration cut funding to Upward Bound, a successful educational program with a proven track record. Upward Bound provides support to participating students in their preparation for college entrance. Upward Bound serves high school students from low-income families
On Wednesday, the chairman of the Missouri state House Appropriations Committee on Education inserted a provision into the budget for K-12 education that included $8 for aluminum for tin foil hats for the purpose of mocking lawmakers opposed to the
