Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump stated that the Department of Education “can be largely eliminated. Now, you maybe want to have a little bit of tentacles out there” on Monday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Trump said, [relevant remarks
With the U.S. taxpayer guaranteeing $1.2 trillion of student loans, only about half are being repaid.
The Ted Cruz presidential campaign has launched its “Homeschoolers for Cruz” coalition during an event in Winterset, Iowa, on Monday.
The anti-Christian Human Rights Campaign is asking the federal government to harass Christian schools that have asked for or been granted waivers that would allow them to live out their Christian faith.
Attorney General Loretta Lynch urged Muslim parents to contact both the justice department and the education department if they think their children are being “bullied” in school.
President Barack Obama’s Department of Education has ordered a suburban Chicago school to allow a boy who claims to be a girl into the girls’ locker room, whether or not the girls or parents like it.
Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson defended a prior statement calling for the redistribution of education funding in an interview broadcast on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” but he maintained that he only supports Title I funding,
Texas Governor Greg Abbott was interviewed by Sean Hannity and the nationally syndicated radio talk show host told Abbott – “Good job in Texas, I’ll tell you that!” Hannity commended Abbott for his tough stance on sanctuary cities, his lawsuit against the Obama administration’s amnesty program, and putting a halt to Obama’s amnesty during his tenure as President. The talk show host also asked the Texas Governor who he was supporting as President.
Since June, authorities in Arizona have been uncovering abuse, fraud, and misuse of state education funds. In one case, funds may have been used for abortions, buying big screen TVs, and other inappropriate things.
A physical education teacher at an exclusive boarding school has been banned for life after she was found to have pursued an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old pupil which involved lesbian sex. A professional conduct panel has found that Lauren
GOP presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush declined to make a pledge to eliminate any government agencies, but did vow to downsize some and shift more power to the states in an interview broadcast on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on
Now that Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX), Rand Paul (R-KY), and Marco Rubio (R-FL) have officially launched their presidential campaigns, the Democratic Party is gearing up its propaganda machine to attack the Republican contenders. But a series of Facebook images they posted this week has many scratching their heads, wondering why the Democrats would use what seem to be Republican talking points in their messages.
The British-based publishing company, Pearson—who happens to be one of the biggest publishers of books on education on the planet, and has “crafted” Common Core education testing, not to mention being one of the largest donors to former Governor Jeb Bush’s education foundation—has admitted to spying on students.
President Obama has ordered the Department of Education and its network of federal agencies to determine whether or not to allow student loans to be discharged in bankruptcy proceedings.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has confirmed that Durham Free School will be forced to close after inspectors accused the children there of being bigots for not knowing what a Muslim is. Other children at the Christian faith school, the majority
A column in the Washington Post Wednesday observes that opponents of the Common Core standards continue to brave obstacles in their efforts to repeal the unpopular initiative.
Rep. Virginia Foxx promotes the the Student Success Act, which would get Washington out of the business of running schools.
Grassroots organizers and conservative groups posted an action alert on a bill that will likely be voted on this week in the House that would reauthorize the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law. The activists say HR5, known as the “Student Success Act,” will “denigrate parental rights and seize state sovereignty.”
One of the major problems that the adoption of Common Core’s standards has led to is excessive testing—at all grade levels from kindergarten on—sometimes more than one test per grade level.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has authorised the release of a secret dossier detailing all the policies that sinister, evil former Education Secretary Michael Gove would have introduced if only they hadn’t been sabotaged by his heroic and principled Lib
