
A national coalition of parents is releasing a letter to House and Senate education committee leaders urging them to suspend their talks on the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal law until a new administration is elected.
by Dr. Susan Berry16 Oct 2015, 7:27 AM PST0

Republican presidential contender Carly Fiorina tells Breitbart News that conservatives know how to restore federalism. “Year after year, the federal government has continued to grow while the federal bureaucracy has continued to become more inept and more corrupt,” she said in an exclusive statement to Breitbart News.
by Dr. Susan Berry2 Oct 2015, 8:58 PM PST0

GOP 2016 contenders Sen. Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, and former Sen. Rick Santorum will headline a special event that will focus on federalism and federal overreach on Saturday, October 3 at Southern New Hampshire University.
by Dr. Susan Berry28 Sep 2015, 5:09 PM PST0

In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday, an attorney asserted that the Obama administration’s actions to protect Planned Parenthood has given the nation’s largest abortion provider a special privilege not given to other Medicaid providers, while also “robbing the states of control over their own state Medicaid programs to protect a politically powerful but ethically and legally challenged organization.”
by Dr. Susan Berry18 Sep 2015, 10:14 AM PST0

In a remarkable admission, the former director of the Race to the Top (RttT) competitive grant program and chief of staff to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the federal government “forced” full support for adoption of the Common Core standards from each state by requiring its governor, chief state school officer, and head of the state board of education to sign off on the grant application.
by Dr. Susan Berry16 Sep 2015, 11:19 AM PST0

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) reacted to a recent injunction that blocked a new regulation that would have granted the federal government jurisdiction over some waterways across the United States.
by Alex Swoyer30 Aug 2015, 6:58 PM PST0

During his testimony on Tuesday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry admitted that states may retain their own sanctions against Iran. However, Kerry said, the Obama administration “will take steps” to urge the states “not to interfere.”
by Joel B. Pollak28 Jul 2015, 11:43 AM PST0

On July 22, Breitbart News was the first to point out that the states have the power to block significant portions of the Iran deal, whether or not it passes Congress. That is because most states have enacted legislation divesting from Iran, and some, like New York, have even harsher legislation that prevents the state from doing business with the regime or with companies that do so. In an op-ed in Monday’s Wall Street Journal, constitutional lawyers David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey agree: the states are “free to impose their own Iran-related sanctions.”
by Joel B. Pollak27 Jul 2015, 5:25 AM PST0

It’s worth noting that in the half-century since the ESEA was passed as part of Johnson’s “War on Poverty,” billions of dollars have been spent – by both Democrat and Republican administrations – on education and so-called “helpful” programs for “disadvantaged” children, and yet Democrats are still fighting for more federal control and federal programs and subsidies in order to “close the achievement gap.”
by Dr. Susan Berry7 Jul 2015, 12:46 PM PST0

The House’s version of the redo, known as the Student Success Act (H.R. 5), was pulled from the House floor by GOP leadership in late February after it was determined the measure lacked sufficient support. Grassroots parents’ groups – many that have been fighting against the Common Core standards in their states – voiced their concerns that the Student Success Act still required excessive federal intrusion into the right of states to set their own education policies.
by Dr. Susan Berry6 Jul 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

On June 17, reports emerged that Dylann Roof shot and killed nine people at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Roof obtained his gun “legally,” so calls for gun control have largely fallen on deaf ears. But a photo of Roof posing with a Confederate battle flag has managed to become the impetus for a cause célèbre to banish the Confederate battle flag from public view.
by AWR Hawkins2 Jul 2015, 5:32 PM PST0

The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Obamacare last week was essentially the court saying, “we are making a ruling not on a reading of the law, but we are making a ruling on what we interpret should have been congressional impact,” Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) told Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow on the Breitbart News Saturday radio program.
by Michelle Moons29 Jun 2015, 10:00 PM PST0

The Louisiana Clerks of Court Association advised clerks not to issue licenses for 25 days, during which time the Supreme Court could be petitioned for a rehearing. Same-sex marriages are also on hold in the state of Mississippi where Democrat attorney general Jim Hood said the Supreme Court’s decision would not go into effect in his state until the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals lifts a stay on its ruling from last year in which it struck down the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
by Dr. Susan Berry29 Jun 2015, 11:39 AM PST0

Republican leaders seem poised to resume attempts to convince the conservative base of their party that the bill will reduce federal involvement in education and return it to the states and localities.
by Dr. Susan Berry13 Jun 2015, 6:14 AM PST0

The authors observe that regardless of the decision in Jindal’s case, state and local school boards are facing significant challenges in “the collapsing morale and educational achievement of their students,” and need to consider their own legal path to rid themselves of the Common Core boondoggle.
by Dr. Susan Berry8 Jun 2015, 8:07 AM PST0

The U.S. Senate passed an amendment Thursday that bans the federal government from coercing or incentivizing states to adopt specific academic standards, curriculum, or assessments, including those associated with the controversial Common Core standards.
by Dr. Susan Berry26 Mar 2015, 10:10 PM PST0

Jeb Bush is trying again to explain his position on education reform to conservatives.
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Mar 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

A county judge has ruled that Missouri’s membership fees to the federally funded Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) is unconstitutional under the Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution as well as under “state and federal law.”
by Dr. Susan Berry25 Feb 2015, 1:14 PM PST0

As expected, President Obama is threatening to veto a House Republican bill that would reform the No Child Left Behind law.
by Dr. Susan Berry25 Feb 2015, 10:40 AM PST0

Grassroots organizers and conservative groups posted an action alert on a bill that will likely be voted on this week in the House that would reauthorize the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. The activists say HR5, known as the “Student Success Act,” will “denigrate parental rights and seize state sovereignty.”
by Dr. Susan Berry24 Feb 2015, 8:51 PM PST0

The Oklahoma state House has approved a bill that protects ministers who refuse to marry same-sex couples. The bill now moves on to the state Senate.
by Dr. Susan Berry13 Feb 2015, 10:09 AM PST0

In an executive order, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) has rescinded a prior order that protects state workers based on their sexual orientation and gender identity.
by Dr. Susan Berry10 Feb 2015, 8:34 PM PST0

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will not act to stop same-sex marriages in Alabama.
by Dr. Susan Berry9 Feb 2015, 9:44 AM PST0

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced a bill Friday that would block federal intrusion on the rights of states to make education decisions. The measure purports to block the Obama Administration from coercing states to adopt the federally funded Common Core standards.
by Dr. Susan Berry18 Jan 2015, 11:02 AM PST0

Mississippi has withdrawn from the Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), one of the two federally funded Common Core test consortia. State education officials will now issue a formal request for proposals (RFP) for possible assessments for the 2015-2016 academic year.
by Dr. Susan Berry16 Jan 2015, 2:27 PM PST0