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Devin Nunes: Investigation moving from FISA abuses to State Department

Published February 7, 2018

Rep. Devin Nunes said Wednesday that his investigation is moving from FISA abuses to problems within the State Department. “We started with FISA abuse,” the House Intelligence Committee chair said on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.” That was the first phase. We wrapped that up. Now, we are looking into discrepancies or irregularities at the State […]

Challenge Day Teaching Students to Become Leftist Snowflakes

Published August 22, 2017

Challenge Day Teaching Students to Become Leftist Snowflakes Grant Strobl / @GrantStrobl / August 14, 2017/ Challenge Day’s board of directors is dominated by individuals who openly support left-wing leaders and causes. (Photo: iStock Photos) Commentary By Grant Strobl @GrantStrobl Grant Strobl is the national chairman of Young Americans for Freedom. Parents beware: A program […]

Put Parents in Charge of Education, Not Government

Published August 22, 2017

Put Parents in Charge of Education, Not Government Dan Schwartz / August 17, 2017/ While Nevada has an education savings account law on the books, state leaders have failed to provide funding for it. (Photo: iStock Photos) Commentary By Dan Schwartz Dan Schwartz is the Nevada state treasurer. After three court battles, two legislative sessions, […]

Homeschoolers Save Taxpayers $22 Billion Per Year

Published August 22, 2017

Homeschoolers Save Taxpayers $22 Billion Per Year Written by Alex Newman From FreedomProject Media Taxpayers across America, struggling under the burden of crushing local property taxes in addition to state and federal taxes, should thank a homeschooling family today. According to recent estimates, homeschool families are saving taxpayers across America some $22 billion each year, […]

Professor Releases New Website To Detect Neo-Marxist Courses

Published August 14, 2017

Dr. Jordan Peterson spoke about his new website which will allow students to detect neo-Marxist courses and discussed his experience as a non-progressive professor in academia while speaking with The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Rob Shimshock on “The Shimshock Show” Thursday. WATCH: The University of Toronto psychology professor explained that he had proposed giving governments […]

$3 Million to Fight Microaggressions and Bias, Improve Diversity in Colleges

Published August 10, 2017

https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/26569-3-million-to-fight-microaggressions-and-bias-improve-diversity-in-colleges

Iran’s ties to U.S. universities — an infiltration to fear

Published August 4, 2017

Rep. Dan Donovan wants the feds to look into some curious grants given to the likes of Columbia, Harvard and Princeton that came from a foundation with a pro-Iran, anti-Israel slant. This is an investigation that should definitely go forth, and the sooner, the far better. The Alavi Foundation was deemed in June by jurors […]

Betsy DeVos, education secretary, dedicated to shrinking federal footprint

Published August 3, 2017

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos insists that everything she does at the department is aimed at getting the federal government out of local schools, making good on that populist campaign promise from President Trump while his big-ticket legislative goals remain mired in Congress. Whether it’s replacing Obama-era school dictates with flexible guidelines or boosting school choice […]

Harvard Professor Says School President’s Agenda Is Moving on From ‘Truth’ to ‘Change’

Published August 3, 2017

A Harvard professor asserted that the school president is abetting the “slow decline” of the university from an institution seeking “truth” to one pursuing “change” in statements published Tuesday. Harvard government professor Harvey Mansfield denounced President Drew Faust’s approach, as well as the school’s grade inflation, in the August print edition of Boston Magazine, segments […]

DOE: 90% Of Assault Accusations Are Result Of Regret & Drunk Sex

Published July 14, 2017

An official for the Department of Education said that 90 percent of sexual assault accusations amount to drunk sex or regret after sex, according to a Wednesday report. Candice Jackson, who heads the civil rights division of the Department of Education, made these remarks and others in an interview with The New York Times, published […]

NEA Convention: The deviant, devilish and daffy

Published July 12, 2017

Concerned American parents have come to expect leftist nonsense from the National Education Association, but leaders of the nation’s largest union (around 3 million members) have become frankly unhinged, even marginally seditious. The Trump presidency is sending these radicals over the edge. This year’s NEA annual meeting held in Boston during Fourth of July week […]

Dirty little secret: Why U.S. schools don’t improve

Published June 28, 2017

Every year, almost every industry improves. We get more choices – usually better choices, for less money. “But of all the products we make and the services we provide, there’s one that stands out as an exception,” according to the Cato Institute’s Andrew Coulson. “One activity in which excellence doesn’t spawn countless imitators or spread […]

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