Category Archives: National News & Issues

Should Schools Grade Parents?

Last Thursday, CNN reported that a bill introduced in Florida would have public school teachers issuing a grade to parents. As ParentalRights.org reports, HB 255 provides that “each prekindergarten through grade 3 student report card shall include a section in … Continue reading

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$500 YouTube Video Contest

Know a conservative-minded college student who could use some cash? We just found a winning solution: The Intercollegiate Studies Institute is offering $500 for the best 2-3 minute YouTube video from a college student, answering one of four easy questions.  … Continue reading

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Unrepentent Bomber Bill Ayers to Keynote at 2010 Goodlad Conference

Former bomber and unapologetic Marxist revolutionary Bill Ayers will be the keynote speaker at John Goodlad’s NNER 2010 conference in Normal, Illinois in October 2010. In the 1960s, Ayers was an active member of the Weather Underground, a domestic terrorist … Continue reading

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Calling the Teacher’s Union’s Bluff

Big news yesterday out of Rhode Island’s Central Falls. In February, Superintendent Fran Gallo fired every teacher at Central Falls High School after they refused to get on board with her efforts to transform the poorly performing school. FULL STORY

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No Privacy: Feds to Monitor Your Child’s Fat Index

A bill introduced this month in Congress would put the federal and state governments in the business of tracking how fat, or skinny, American children are, and which children have, and have not been immunized. Health care providers would be required to determine the Body Mass … Continue reading

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