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Cops Nab 5-Year-Old for Wearing Wrong Color Shoes to School

"In Mississippi, if kindergarteners violates the dress code or act out in class, they may end up in the back of a police car. A story about one five-year-old particularly stands out. The little boy was required to wear black shoes to school. Because he didn’t have black shoes, his mom used a marker to cover up his white and red sneakers. A bit of red and white were still noticeable, so the child was taken home by the cops. The child was escorted out of school so he and his mother would be taught a lesson. Ridiculous? Perhaps. But incidents such as this are happening across Mississippi." Continue reading →

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..And Then Government Came For The Toddlers

"Back in 2007, the future U.S. Queen said: 'As president, I will establish universal pre-kindergarten education through a federal-state partnership.' At the time, Hillary's cheerleaders at The New York Times were pitching the project with words like 'neuroscientific'. Obama is the latest in keeping the ball rolling: 'I propose working with states to make high-quality preschool available to every child in America,' he said in his latest State of the Union speech. Perhaps someday, the 'neuroscientific' and 'high quality' Platonist government will make its way into the hospital room, helping Mommies to bring 'new Americans' into the world." Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Keep Your Children Away from Government Schools

"Hollywood leftist Steven Spielberg is giving DVDs of his historically bogus 'Lincoln' movie to all 'public' middle and high schools. When Congressman Joe Courtney of Connecticut asked Spielberg to correct the blatant lie in the movie that Connecticut congressmen voted against the Thirteenth Amendment that ended slavery Spielberg ignored him. He then sent his screenwriter, Tony Kushner, out to cry poetic license and write in USA Today that 'it's only a movie.' They have apparently changed their minds about that and are promoting the movie in the government's brainwashing and propaganda mills as true history." Continue reading →

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Another Reason to Keep Your Children Away from Government Schools

"Hollywood leftist Steven Spielberg is giving DVDs of his historically bogus 'Lincoln' movie to all 'public' middle and high schools. When Congressman Joe Courtney of Connecticut asked Spielberg to correct the blatant lie in the movie that Connecticut congressmen voted against the Thirteenth Amendment that ended slavery Spielberg ignored him. He then sent his screenwriter, Tony Kushner, out to cry poetic license and write in USA Today that 'it's only a movie.' They have apparently changed their minds about that and are promoting the movie in the government's brainwashing and propaganda mills as true history." Continue reading →

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Idaho, Arizona Schools Go Into Full Prison Mode

"Schools in Meridian, Idaho went into full 'prison mode' after a student who brought a folding shovel to Heritage Middle School in Meridian, Idaho prompted the school’s 'resource officer' to call for a full lockdown. On February 5, three schools in Yuma, Arizona were placed on lockdown as the result of what was later described as a 'rumor' of a gun on campus. Officers from two local law enforcement departments and two federal agencies – many of them kitted out in full combat attire – were mobilized for the operation. The students were held in custody for more than three hours before being released." Continue reading →

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Idaho, Arizona Schools Go Into Full Prison Mode

"Schools in Meridian, Idaho went into full 'prison mode' after a student who brought a folding shovel to Heritage Middle School in Meridian, Idaho prompted the school’s 'resource officer' to call for a full lockdown. On February 5, three schools in Yuma, Arizona were placed on lockdown as the result of what was later described as a 'rumor' of a gun on campus. Officers from two local law enforcement departments and two federal agencies – many of them kitted out in full combat attire – were mobilized for the operation. The students were held in custody for more than three hours before being released." Continue reading →

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School districts pay dearly for bonds

"Napa is one of at least 1,350 school districts and government agencies across the nation that have turned to a controversial form of borrowing called capital appreciation bonds to finance major projects, a California Watch analysis shows. Relying on these bonds has allowed districts to borrow billions of dollars while postponing payments, in some cases for decades. This form of borrowing has created billions of dollars in debt for taxpayers and hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for financial advisers and underwriters. Voters are usually unaware of the bonds' high interest. At least one state, Michigan, has banned their use." Continue reading →

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Growing number of educators boycott standardized tests

"Since 2002, standardized tests have taken on more significance as federal mandates, beginning with the No Child Left Behind law, pushed schools to give annual tests and report the results publicly. The Obama administration has upped tests' importance by rewarding states whose schools tie student test scores to teacher evaluations. But the decision by a group of Seattle teachers to boycott a standardized test this winter could spill out to other cities as a decade of frustration over testing simmers. Since then, teachers at two more Seattle schools have said they'll sit out the test, with the approval of leading academics and both major U.S. teachers unions." Continue reading →

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How California’s Online Education Pilot Will End College As We Know It

"Today, the largest university system in the world, the California State University system, announced a pilot for $150 lower-division online courses at one of its campuses — a move that spells the end of higher education as we know it. Lower-division courses are the financial backbone of many part-time faculty and departments (especially the humanities). As someone who has taught large courses at a University of California, I can assure readers that my job could have easily been automated. Most of college–the expansive campuses and large lecture halls–will crumble into ghost towns as budget-strapped schools herd students online." Continue reading →

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