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Horrific video shows 11-year-old autistic boy kicked, choked and hit
A shocking video has surfaced of a severely autistic Virginia boy being hit, kicked and choked by a school bus driver and special education aide. Alice Holland and… Read more
Israeli savant wins Nobel Prize
Shechtman knew that science is never “settled” and science is not based on any popular consensus.
What attracts more than 6 million people a year to a little Italian town?
Joe Nathan – In tough, challenging times, more than six million people a year go to a small Italian town on top of a hill.
Thomas Lindsay wants to make college affordable
He heads ‘Seven Breakthrough Solutions’ group. Thomas Lindsay is the new director at the Center for Higher Education at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative, free-market Austin think tank… Read more
Mass Layoff – Union can’t protect 672 NY jobs
The Bloomberg administration has orchestrated its largest mass layoff at a single city agency, axing 672 public school workers Friday. No teachers were laid off, but the cuts included 410… Read more
Details Emerge on Senate ESEA Discussions
U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, is putting the finishing touches on a bill to reauthorize the No Child Left… Read more
College Changes Course on Censorship of ‘Firefly’ Poster
Greg Lukianoff – Last week I wrote about a remarkable case of censorship at the University of Wisconsin-Stout (Stout). Stout Professor James Miller was threatened with “disorderly conduct” for posting… Read more
The Self-Absorbed Higher Ed System
Jeff Selingo – American academics often like to talk about how the higher-education system in the United States is the best in the world. I’m not quite sure how this… Read more
Baltimore County school superintendent will likely be attractive job
Baltimore County will be just one of a number of large school districts in the nation and several in Maryland looking for new leaders this year, but those… Read more
Obama’s “Millionaire Tax” Collected Over Next Ten Years Will Plug 4 Months Worth Of Deficit
In order to keep the ongoing class warfare waged by the administration in perspective, today the CBO was kind enough to score the revenue impact of the proposed and much… Read more
