Posts Tagged ‘Education’

The disillusionment with the “hope and change” brought to the nation two years continues to grow.  According to a new poll, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on the top 10 issues of the day from education and the economy to ethics and taxes. Many Americans drank the Obama Kool-Aid when they voted in November [...]

It comes as no surprise that our education system, particularly at the college level, is liberal – that has long been acknowledged.  News this week shows that these left leaning institutions of “education” are now taking action against students that refuse to conform to their distorted view of the world and man. The Alliance Defense [...]

A patriotic young man thought he was doing a good thing by creating a patriotic and military themed ball cap and wearing it to school.  Officials at Coventry Public Schools in Coventry, Rhode Island thought otherwise. Second grader David Morales took a camouflage ball cap with an American flag on it and with the help [...]

It has been two years since Adams 12 Five Star School District’s disastrous attempt to purchase the Auto-Trol building.  Now that deal and the money wasted is getting the scrutiny of channel 7’s investigative reporters.  I wrote back in November of 2008, “they [Adams 12] need to be responsible citizens in the community and exercise [...]

In a late night session, the Colorado House Education Committee voted 7 – 6 in favor of a measure that reforms teacher tenure and holds teachers accountable for their performance.  In a not-so-surprising vote, Representative Judy Solano voted against the measure.  As is, after a teacher achieves tenure, it is virtually impossible to fire or [...]

This is a news story that one would only expect to come out of California – or maybe our own Free Republic of Boulder.  Yesterday five students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, CA were sent home for their scandalous attire – patriotic clothing adorned with the American flag. The five young men [...]

Congressman Jared Polis has been a champion of education since before his election to office in 2008.  His positions on school choice often put him at odds with the powerful teachers unions.  Now he brews up a new controversy by urging illegal immigrants to seek financial aid for college. In a posting on Facebook yesterday (screenshot [...]

Adams 12 Five Star Schools announced yesterday the first round of major budget cuts.  $24 million in cuts will be made and over 180 people will lose their job.  It is not a pleasant sight but a reality that had to be faced in these tough economic times.  Schools districts, just like private industry and [...]

Certainly I am the first one to take Adams 12 Five Star Schools to task when they do something wrong.  Conversely, it is very important to applaud the district when they do something right and yesterday they did something that I find extraordinary.  The district announced that the new aquatics center on 136th & Holly [...]

President Obama stepped into quite a furor over the speech he is giving to the nation’s schoolchildren today and we have documented that previously.  While the speech itself would have been fine, it was the original suggested lesson plans that were the crux of the problem and what led to objections by parents across the [...]