Tag: education

MUST SEE: This Spoken-Word Harvard University Commencement Address is Bone-Chilling

Donovan Livingston is a proud 2016 graduate of Harvard University School of Education, and delivered his graduation speech titled "Lift Off" through a bone-chilling spoken...

GOP Budget Cuts Could Wind Up Closing Every Public School In...

How bad has the economic disaster Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has created gotten? Well, thanks to the his and his GOP-controlled legislature's slashing of...

Top 6 Ways Republicans Are Hurting Children (Not Just Healthcare)

Republicans just love taking away women's reproductive rights. Donald Trump said that women who get abortions should be punished in some way, he suggested...

DERP! Ohio School Uses Video From Islamic Cult To Teach Creationism...

A school district in Youngstown, Ohio, decided to use a video as a way of teaching creationism to children, and apparently they didn't bother...

House Republicans Cutting Free Lunches In Schools

House lawmakers are quietly rolling back school lunch laws passed in 2010. These laws guarantee free lunches and after-school meals for children in high...

High School Girl Dead After Attack Filmed In School Restroom (VIDEO)

Viral videos can become your claim to fame as a millennial. There is a dark side to social media though, and there are often...
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The Trump Effect: How Donald Trump’s Campaign Is Terrorizing Our Children

A survey of U.S. teachers found that Donald Trump and the 2016 campaign are scaring the heck out of American students. A survey of about...

Why Are Veterans Standing On Chicago Street Corners Watching Kids Walk...

It’s no secret that Chicago has a high crime rate. It’s also not a secret that veterans often struggle to assimilate after returning home. You...

RUSSIA BEWARE! Harry Potter Joins Forces With NATO

Apparently the Cold War is back on, and this time there are wizards involved. At least that is the premise behind a Russian movie aimed...

An Alabama Attorney Is Putting Something In Barber Shops To Entice...

"Kids can’t be what kids can’t see." That motto is the guiding vision behind attorney Freddie Stokes's mission to place books in barbershops that young...

Homeschoolers Upset Trade Schools Want Them To Prove They Have Needed...

Homeschoolers from across the country are up in arms because trade schools are now demanding they prove they’ve obtained the high school-level academic skills...

Chicago Teachers Strike In Desperate Hope Of Increasing Education Budget

Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) members have been working since June 30, 2015 without a contract. They have not received the salary increases mandated in their previous contract. Chicago...

Shocker! A Fox News Anchor Failed In Math Class! Wants To...

This Fox News anchor has taken her ignorance too far now: Andrea Tantaros. She was participating in a panel about a new book, The Math Myth...

Wisconsin Primary Voter ID Law Requires Voter Education, Which The State...

Next Tuesday, Wisconsin primary voters will show up to the polls, approved ID in hand and ready to vote. Or so they hope. A...

How To Really Reform A School (Hint: It Isn’t By Testing...

Imagine, if you will, a school where children are exposed to music, art, dance, theater. Imagine a school where the hallways are lined with...

Scott Walker As Vice President Should Terrify You

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was in Green Bay on Tuesday to sign a few bills, but the focus was less on the signing as...

Of Course Donald Trump Doesn’t Understand Common Core — Here’s Why

Republican front-runner Donald Trump has been very vocal about his disapproval of Common Core. While most of the Trump’s rhetoric has not been backed...

Oklahoma Ignores Massive Deficit And Funds Anti-Choice Education Instead

The Oklahoma State House of Representatives voted Tuesday on a bill to create a revolving fund in the State Treasury for the State Board of Education....

NY School Thought It Was Totes OK To Show Anti-Semitic Video...

Apologies were in order and received in Clarkstown, New York after a video depicting Jewish people in a negative light was shown to school...

Racist Official With Georgia Department Of Education Terminated For Facebook Postings

An associate superintendent with the Georgia Department of Education is apparently too ignorant to realize that what you post on Facebook is seen by...