Use of filters a rights issue By Cheryl Wetzstein– The Washington Times Monday, August 29, 2011 A fierce legal battle on free speech and family values is brewing about Internet filters used by school administrators to block students’ access to gay educational and advocacy websites. Gay rights groups say school systems cannot impose blanket bans […]
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Defending the Defensible Texas’s college tuition policy is not the abomination Mitt Romney claims. Jonathan V. Last October 10, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 04 EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: For starters, Texas Republicans understood that tuition isn’t all that important to the state university system. Texas schools are funded largely
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 Washington’s Quietest Disaster Student loan defaults are growing, and the worst is still to come. When critics warned about rising defaults on government-backed student loans two years ago, the question was how quickly taxpayers would feel the pain. The U.S. Department of Education provided part of the answer this month when it
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 Over 50 years, the U.S. Catholic school population has dropped by almost two-thirds. By RICHARD RIORDAN EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Catholic schools infuse beliefs, values and standards that children will carry all their lives. They provide a safe learning environment for those from high-crime neighborhoods as well as structure and a faith-based
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OCTOBER 1, 2011 School districts hire special investigators to follow kids home in order to verify their true residences. By MICHEAL FLAHERTY In case you needed further proof of the American education system’s failings, especially in poor and minority communities, consider the latest crime to spread across the country: educational theft. That’s the charge that
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Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Perry and the Profs He picked the right fight. Andrew Ferguson September 19, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 01 If you want a glimpse of the way Rick Perry operates as an executive and a politician, consider the issue of higher education reform in Texas, which no one in Texas
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Carolina Journal Exclusives The State of the State (of Higher Education) Chronicle reports on funding, degree trends at N.C. colleges By Jenna Ashley Robinson Sep. 28th, 2011 More | RALEIGH — Every year, The Chronicle of Higher Education releases its fact-filled almanac issue, which provides useful information about colleges and universities in every state. Some
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From Hannity’s Interview with Gov. Perry this past Friday (Sep 23, 2011) Link to Perry Interview with Hannity Highlights include … 1. He supports the 10th Amendment and that he supports States rights to deal with illegal immigration in a way that is in the best interest of their particular state (and, as such supports
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N.C. community college remedial rate rises faster than public school graduation rate JLF expert says data suggest public school standards remain alarmingly low John Lock Foundation Contact: Dr. Terry Stoops 919-828-3876 Click here to view and here to listen to Dr. Terry Stoops discussing this Spotlight report. EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: “If taxpayers want North Carolina to
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