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Domestic Drone Strikes Will Soon Be Reality

Domestic Drone Strikes Will Soon Be Reality

A new precedent has been set. Despite extensive denial that drone strikes would endanger Americans, Attorney General Eric Holder has now openly admitted that four US citizens were killed through overseas… Read more »

IRS matter Will destroy this crook!

IRS matter Will destroy this crook!

This administration’s management of the Obama Internal Revenue Service scandal so far consists of a slow-walking, rolling disclosure of facts; equal parts equivocation, amnesia and indignation from IRS witnesses; deer-in-the-headlights… Read more »

STORY OF PATRIOTIC CITIZEN HARASSED BY IRS

STORY OF PATRIOTIC CITIZEN HARASSED BY IRS

VIDEO CLIP – MICHAEL HUCKABEE INTERVIEWS CATHERINE ENGLEBRECHT OF TRUE THE VOTE   Please watch this brief video clip of Texas Congressman Kevin Brady speaking before the IRS hearing on… Read more »

IRS Obamacare’s enforcement mechanism

IRS Obamacare’s enforcement mechanism

Kiss the country good-bye if IRS is not removed from Obamacare! So the IRS has admitted to sitting on applications for tax-exempt status by Tea Party groups for political reasons…. Read more »

Bloomberg — vowing to “destroy your f–king industry”

Bloomberg — vowing to “destroy your f–king industry”

Mayor Bloomberg went on a spitting-mad rant against a city cab-fleet boss who won a court victory over Hizzoner’s planned “Taxi of Tomorrow” — vowing to “destroy your f–king industry”… Read more »

Media Dead and Buried

Media Dead and Buried

Clark Whelton – President Obama’s current woes and his cozy relationship with the press Revelations concerning Benghazi, the IRS, and government probing of the Associated Press make it increasingly clear… Read more »

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ACTION ALERT FROM BARBARA CARGILL, CHAIR OF SBOE — COMMON SENSE IDEAS

ACTION ALERT FROM BARBARA CARGILL, CHAIR OF SBOE — COMMON SENSE IDEAS

SENT FROM BARBARA CARGILL, CHAIR OF TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION   Dear activist friends,   The legislative session is wrapping up but not before the legislators vote on critical… Read more »

Public Schools Owe Neglected Kids More Than Academics

Public Schools Owe Neglected Kids More Than Academics

Julia Steiny -  Dr. James Comer is a rock star in my world, with sterling credentials and a great personal story. He started as a doctor delivering babies in the… Read more »

More funding, all-day K: ‘This is very definitely the education session’

More funding, all-day K: ‘This is very definitely the education session’

By Beth Hawkins – Travel back for a moment to the halcyon days of 2010, when Mark Dayton was just a slightly nerdy guy with a passion for public education… Read more »

Three HISD educators win top honors at H-E-B ceremony

Three HISD educators win top honors at H-E-B ceremony

Houston’s Fondren Elementary Principal Mike Walker accepts his award for developing a “move forward” bulletin board to trace students’ academic progress. Photo: TOM REEL AUSTIN – Educators in the Houston… Read more »

Idaho’s Khan Academy Initiative

Idaho’s Khan Academy Initiative

Brittany Corona – Today’s technology means that education can be tailored to the specific needs of each child. Idaho is leading the way in adopting these types of innovations with… Read more »

Texas teachers celebrate end of CSCOPE, say it will lead to improved student learning

Texas teachers celebrate end of CSCOPE, say it will lead to improved student learning

AUSTIN, Texas – A number of Texans cheered yesterday when state Sen. Dan Patrick announced that CSCOPE will be sent to the ash heap of history at the end of… Read more »

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Public Schools Owe Neglected Kids More Than Academics

Public Schools Owe Neglected Kids More Than Academics

Julia Steiny -  Dr. James Comer is a rock star in my world, with sterling credentials and a great personal story. He started as a doctor delivering babies in the… Read more »

An Interview with Lucy Rose: Ayn Rand Institute Campus

An Interview with Lucy Rose: Ayn Rand Institute Campus

Michael F. Shaughnessy Eastern New Mexico University Portales, New Mexico   1)      Lucy, first of all, can you tell us about yourself, and your education and experience? I have a… Read more »

An Educational Tool Designed to Ensure the Children and Youth of America Succeed

An Educational Tool Designed to Ensure the Children and Youth of America Succeed

To: Principals, Faculty, Local School Councils, or others responsible for staffing your school. We, as participants in American education, all know that the success of any public school is dependent… Read more »

An Interview with Paul Horton : What Goes on in Chicago—Should be exposed to the world?

An Interview with Paul Horton : What Goes on in Chicago—Should be exposed to the world?

Michael F. Shaughnessy – 1)     Paul briefly, what the hell is going on in Chicago? 54 schools are targeted for shut down and 90% are in African American communities within the… Read more »

How Did the Gates Foundation Allocate $150 Million to Common Core?

How Did the Gates Foundation Allocate $150 Million to Common Core?

by Henry W. Burke The Washington Post published the following article on 5.12.13 by Valerie Strauss about the Gates Foundation Grants – “Gates Gives $150 Million in Grants for Common… Read more »

The Global Search for Education – Is the AP Worth It?

The Global Search for Education – Is the AP Worth It?

The College Board has long claimed its gold standard AP Program can help students succeed in college, narrow the achievement gap and level the playing field for traditionally under-served high… Read more »

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ACTION ALERT FROM BARBARA CARGILL, CHAIR OF SBOE — COMMON SENSE IDEAS

ACTION ALERT FROM BARBARA CARGILL, CHAIR OF SBOE — COMMON SENSE IDEAS

SENT FROM BARBARA CARGILL, CHAIR OF TEXAS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION   Dear activist friends,   The legislative session is wrapping up but not before the legislators vote on critical… Read more »

Public Schools Owe Neglected Kids More Than Academics

Public Schools Owe Neglected Kids More Than Academics

Julia Steiny -  Dr. James Comer is a rock star in my world, with sterling credentials and a great personal story. He started as a doctor delivering babies in the… Read more »

More funding, all-day K: ‘This is very definitely the education session’

More funding, all-day K: ‘This is very definitely the education session’

By Beth Hawkins – Travel back for a moment to the halcyon days of 2010, when Mark Dayton was just a slightly nerdy guy with a passion for public education… Read more »

Idaho’s Khan Academy Initiative

Idaho’s Khan Academy Initiative

Brittany Corona – Today’s technology means that education can be tailored to the specific needs of each child. Idaho is leading the way in adopting these types of innovations with… Read more »

Professor Assigns Bible In Mythology Class

Professor Assigns Bible In Mythology Class

Jose R. Gonzalez – A Texas State University professor assigns the Bible as reading material in her mythology class – and in particular asks students to read the Genesis creation… Read more »

Northwestern Univ. Hosts Divisive, Anti-Israel ‘Social Justice Week’

Northwestern Univ. Hosts Divisive, Anti-Israel ‘Social Justice Week’

Alex Jakubowski – This past week Northwestern University played host to its first ever “Social Justice Week.”  Several campus groups worked together to plan a week of events on subjects… Read more »