
The state of Georgia does not offer in-state tuition rates for illegal immigrants and largely prevents them from gaining admission to the state’s best public universities, but one organization is touting it’s work-around effort.
The organization, “Freedom University” Georgia, calls itself a “modern-day freedom school” that offers “college level classes,” college application assistance, and scholarship help for illegal immigrants in Georgia.
by Caroline May6 Jan 2016, 3:24 PM PST0

A former head teacher at one of the so-called Trojan Horse schools has become the first teacher in the UK to be banned from the profession for exerting an “undue amount of religious influence” on his pupils. The Department for Education
by Liam Deacon5 Jan 2016, 3:16 AM PST0

Led by an activist, left-wing teacher, high school students at Chicago’s Roosevelt public high school recently engaged in a boycott aimed at changing the way school lunches are made and delivered to kids in the Chicago public school system.
by Warner Todd Huston27 Dec 2015, 5:13 PM PST0

TEL AVIV – A Jewish math teacher at an Israeli university opened a class for the campus’ Arab cleaners to learn basic math. Shai Gol, who in addition to teaching is also completing his PhD at Bar Ilan University, decided
by Deborah Danan22 Dec 2015, 7:06 AM PST0

Head teachers at international British schools have warned the government that forcing them to promote British values, including gay rights, will put them at risk of imprisonment. However, the government has insisted that they must abide by the standard, saying
by Donna Rachel Edmunds21 Dec 2015, 3:47 AM PST0

An entire school district in Virginia is closed Friday, after the backlash against an assignment which forced students to write the shahada, the Muslim oath that declares “There is no God but Allah. Mohammed is the messenger of Allah.”
by John Hayward18 Dec 2015, 8:01 AM PST0

The Department of Education (DfE) has instructed Britain’s education regulator, Ofsted, to prepare legal cases against the founders of three illegal Islamic schools in Birmingham, which were found to be teaching children extremist Islamic ideology. Fifteen such schools around the country
by Donna Rachel Edmunds13 Dec 2015, 1:59 PM PST0

The University of Mississippi has decided it will no longer hold the “A Grand Ole Christmas” event that has been held on campus for the last six years because the name of the event is “too Christian.”
by Warner Todd Huston9 Dec 2015, 5:54 PM PST0

Just last week I overheard three colleagues discussing the evils of the British empire. “I despise it,” one snarled. “Me too! Look at Amritsar, what we did to the Native American Indians and our involvement in the Middle East,” another
by Joe Baron1 Dec 2015, 6:18 AM PST0

An anti-racism rally planned at the University of Colorado, Boulder, to show solidarity with University of Missouri black activists was cancelled because the protest organizers are white. However, a check of one of the event planner’s Facebook page reveals that isn’t the case.
by Lee Stranahan22 Nov 2015, 7:40 PM PST0

(Ferenstein Wire)—Silicon Valley is coming after unionized industries. A top investor in the Valley, Paul Graham, lit up Twitter, tweeting, “Any industry that still has unions has potential energy that could be released by startups. (I don’t mean in simply paying people less, but rather that industries afflicted by unions are sclerotic so have left lots undone.)”
by Ferenstein Wire12 Nov 2015, 9:21 PM PST0

In a video message to the participants in a meeting of alumni of Jesuit Institutions, Pope Francis asked his listeners whether they still had “Jesuit virus” or if they no longer bore the distinctive characteristics of a Jesuit education.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.12 Nov 2015, 10:58 AM PST0

Due to a single complaint, the Bledsoe county, Tennessee school system has put in place a new ban on the distribution of all religious materials, including the Christian Bible.
by Warner Todd Huston11 Nov 2015, 2:37 PM PST0

President Barack Obama’s Department of Education has ordered a suburban Chicago school to allow a boy who claims to be a girl into the girls’ locker room, whether or not the girls or parents like it.
by Warner Todd Huston3 Nov 2015, 1:57 PM PST0

BOULDER, Colorado—GOP presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum went after fellow GOP presidential candidate Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on the issue of increasing legal immigration, arguing that Graham’s position hurts the American worker.
by Alex Swoyer28 Oct 2015, 5:33 PM PST0

South Korea has introduced “death experience” schools as a way to combat the country’s high suicide count. Statistics estimate that at least 40 people kill themselves in South Korea every day.
by Mary Chastain23 Oct 2015, 8:56 AM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) allegedly destroyed Mosul University’s Faculty of Agriculture buildings. They captured the city in June 2014.
by Mary Chastain23 Oct 2015, 7:11 AM PST0

A statue of founding father and writer of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson is sparking debate at the University of Missouri, with some students demanding that the statue be removed over Jefferson’s “offensive” history as a slave owner.
by Warner Todd Huston22 Oct 2015, 5:37 PM PST0

Administrators of the Chicago Public Schools were forced to lower the last four years’ graduation rates after admitting they inflated the passing rates and fudged the number of dropouts. The schools’ Inspector General had raised the alarm over the falsified stats early this year, but the district took no action until October. That was five months after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel won re-election, in part, because he used the false statistics as a campaign issue.
by Warner Todd Huston2 Oct 2015, 9:09 PM PST0

Parents in Walton County, Georgia, are meeting with school officials about the district’s curriculum, which parents feel pushes Islam on students.
by Warner Todd Huston29 Sep 2015, 5:38 AM PST0

Britain needs 1,600 new primary schools to cope with the explosion in demand caused by rising immigration, a new study has found. An education charity has warned of a “perfect storm” threatening Britain’s education system, caused by a massive rise
by Donna Rachel Edmunds27 Sep 2015, 7:10 AM PST0

The Uzbekistan Education Ministry issued an order that bans people under 18 years old from Friday prayer services, even during Eid at the end of September.
by Mary Chastain25 Sep 2015, 7:37 AM PST0

Muslim parents and schoolchildren in New Jersey were outraged this week when they learned that the entire Jersey City school district would not be closed for Thursday’s Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha.
by Jordan Schachtel24 Sep 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

A 16-year-old Pittsburgh girl has been charged as an adult for allegedly throwing gasoline on two high school security guards and trying to light them on fire.
by Warner Todd Huston23 Sep 2015, 5:37 AM PST0

The latest video by conservative black teenager C.J. Pearson is going viral after his criticism of Obama for inviting a Muslim kid to the White House struck a cord with hundreds of thousands of viewers.
by Warner Todd Huston18 Sep 2015, 6:57 PM PST0