Archive for the ‘Education’ Category

Then you can expect them to listen to an address by President Obama on September 8th. Under normal circumstances, this would be innocuous and actually a good thing for the president of the United States to welcome America’s kids back to school and to remind them to study hard and enjoy learning. Unfortunately, with Barack Obama [...]

My newest column is up at American Issues Project. This week I argue that our country’s educational system needs a monopoly buster. So many children in America’s cities are wasting away in failed school systems. It doesn’t have to stay this way. There is an alternative system but in order for it to work, someone [...]

The Washington Post has an editorial today in which they take Democrats to task for working to kill the school voucher program that allows poor DC children to attend private schools, including Sidwell Friends, the same elite school that Malia and Sasha attend.
Last week, the Democrat-controlled House passed a spending bill that spells the [...]

What’s especially outrageous about this Visitor Center is what Harry Reid said yesterday at the center’s opening:

That’s really offensive. Those “tourists” as he calls them are his and the other senator and congressmen’s bosses, in essence.  They work for the American people and his comments were demeaning.
Today I was listening to Laura Ingraham on my [...]

I have no idea why Muslim parents in England and Wales are sending their kids to Catholic schools, but for most parents who choose to do so, it is for one, if not both, of these reasons: 1) you want your child to learn about/practice the Catholic faith. 2) You want your child to have [...]

The Harold Indpendent School District in North Texas is the first district in the nation to allow their teachers to carry guns for protection.
My first reaction to this was it’s about time. Ever since Columbine, the instances of school shootings have continued. The Virginia Tech massacre was the catalyst for the movement for [...]