http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/education/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:51:54 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418759/posts No matter what version of the new national health care plan finally emerges from Congress, Florida will find itself required to pay more of its scarce tax dollars to expand a federal program -- Medicaid. The St. Augustine Record http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418759/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 02:51:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418449/posts I picked up Going Rogue at Target a couple of weeks ago. It has a number of surprises, some pleasant, some just startling. It tends to confirm my belief that Sarah Palin, while perhaps not qualified to be president or vice president last year, was certainly more qualified than McCain, Obama, or Biden. My biggest surprise was that Going Rogue was apparently not “ghostwritten.” In a few places, I noticed sentences with “I” instead of “me” for the direct object — a mistake that a professional writer wouldn’t make. There is also a bit more use of “I” (at least,... PAjamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418449/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:20:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418026/posts Earlier in the year Jonah Lehrer explained in the New Yorker how cool deferred gratification is and how we need to teach it to our kids, the younger the better. Now, in the New York Times, John Tierney suggests that it's really an insidious habit for grownups, sacrificing real enjoyment for the mirage of an even better future. Can everything good be bad for you? Of course the respective sets of behavioral research described might be consistent. Children who master delaying pleasure become superior achievers and thus have the frequent flier balances that they are so counterproductively hoarding. The same... The Atlantic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418026/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:35:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417991/posts 12/30/2009 - JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq (AFNS) -- U.S. servicemembers hosted busloads of Iraqi children for a day of fun, games and culture sharing Dec. 19, 2009, as part of the ongoing base effort to directly engage the local populace here. The event marked the fifth of its kind in the last four months, each one focused on educating and entertaining local youths. The engagements began in late August, when medical professionals invited about 30 local kids to the base for a health and wellness fair. In early October, base officials began expanding and standardizing the "Iraqi Kids Day" program,... Air Force http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417991/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:43:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417417/posts Today, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal put out an op-ed piece touting Louisiana’s economic gains in an otherwise-rough year... The Hayride http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417417/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:23:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417257/posts I am always amazed how liberals always seem to deny that which they support.  Often times they will go so far as to state that the organizations they support only care about the good of society.  Take the NEA and what they support for instance.  I have heard liberals claim that the NEA only uses their member union dues to support education initiative drives across the nation, and that the dues are not used to support federal legislation in Washington.  Well, it is time to open the eyes of the blind and shine the light of truth on what... Enterprise Record Post Scripts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417257/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:37:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415872/posts The proposal included the suggestion of examinations of teacher candidates on "white privilege" as well as "remedial re-education" for those who hold the "wrong" views. "Those with the 'wrong' views were to receive remedial re-education, be weeded out, or be denied admission altogether," the group said. "The first step toward 'cultural competence,' says the task group, is for future teachers to recognize – and confess – their own bigotry. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415872/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:10:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415863/posts Although–or, perhaps, because–liberalism has dominated public education since the 1960s, test results and competency in general continue to decline, much to the stated chagrin of officials in the school system and local, state, and federal governments. Barack Obama has made reforming the education system in America one of his highest priorities. “[Education reform] will require a willingness to break free from the same debates that Washington has been engaged in for decades – Democrat versus Republican; vouchers versus the status quo; more money versus more accountability,” Obama has said. “And most of all, it will take a president who is... The Constitutional Alamo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415863/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:49:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415448/posts CHICO — Changes in the curriculum at Crosspoint Academy have some parents, including prominent radio host Delilah Rene Luke, concerned the private Christian school in Chico is straying from its biblical focus. But school leaders defend the changes, saying the new materials will grow the school’s 290 students into the next generation of Christian leaders. “The idea that Crosspoint is still fundamentally rooted in strong Christian values and delivers a curriculum with a Christian perspective in mind has not changed and that has never changed in this process,” said Eric Rasmussen, superintendent of schools for Crista, the Christian ministry organization... Kitsap Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415448/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:06:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415319/posts Father reported him to US Authorities six months ago The young man, who yesterday night attempted to ignite an explosive device aboard a Delta Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, Michigan in the United States has been identified as Abdul Farouk Umar Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old son of Alhaji Umaru Mutallab, former First Bank chairman. Mutallab, a former minister and prominent banker recently retired from the bank's board. The older Mutallab, as at the time of filing this report, had just left his Katsina hometown for Abuja to speak with security agencies, family sources say. According to the family members, Mutallab... This Day http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415319/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415385/posts What lesson has this teacher taught you? First, she nearly hit a cop while driving. Then she blows "intoxicated" on a breathalyzer test. And, for her final act, she publicly pees in front of strangers. The details: Jennifer Lee De Roberto, 35, of Temple Terrace, is a Hillsborough County elementary school teacher. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415385/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:19:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414595/posts A former Abington fifth-grade teacher accused of having sex with a 13-year-old boy hundreds of times has been sprung from house arrest to spend Christmas with her family. Brockton Superior Court Judge Thomas Connors gave Christine McCallum the OK to visit her mother in Rhode Island today and tomorrow, according to Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy J. Cruz’s office. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414595/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:51:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414580/posts Beware of the Sleeping Giant– Sarah Palin warned the big government democrat-socialists: Tomorrow’s Health care Takeover vote Will cause the sleeping giant to awaken and take action. “Average” Americans will take action as light shines on big government growth and corruption. The democrats have bribed enough senators and will vote tomorrow morning at 7:00 AM EST to take over health care. May December 24, 2009 be the beginning of the end of big government socialism in America. We Will Never Forget. Gateway Pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414580/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414154/posts The city says it will offer free online prep courses for the SAT to 11th graders in all city public schools. Education officials say the program will allow access to test prep materials and college planning help. The city is trying to stop a downward spiral of four-straight years of declining scores on the exam. The program is expected to cost the city less than $350,000. As many as 50,000 students are expected to register for the course, which should be ready in time for students taking the test this spring. ny1 news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414154/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:52:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414100/posts I listened to Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on Sean Hannity’s radio show yesterday. He sounded tired and barely able to rally the troops against the Democrats’ government health care takeover. He told Sean’s guest host at the end of an obligatory-sounding critique of Harry Reid that, and I quote, “We’re going to fight ‘em all the way to the finish line.” That’s what he said: “We’re going to fight ‘em all the way to the finish line.” Before the cloture vote on sneaky Sunday, Sen. John McCain had sounded the same message with more energy, invoking John Paul Jones... Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2414100/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:25:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413960/posts Every once in a while one gets an insight into the sad state of higher education in the United States. Back in 2008, when my agent was attempting to market the manuscript of what recently appeared in two companion volumes under the titles Montesquieu and the Logic of Liberty: War, Religion, Commerce, Climate, Terrain, Technology, Uneasiness of Mind, the Spirit of Political Vigilance, and the Foundations of the Modern Republic and Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect, he ran into an unexpected snag. None of the editors at the trade presses he approached had ever... BigGovernment.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413960/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:44:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413952/posts While many of us are putting in every spare moment that we have trying to fight back against Islam taking over America, we have the Smitha Middle School of Marietta Georgia, actually promoting Islam to the students there. Here are some of the slides that are being shown. This is just outrageous. Logan's Warning http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413952/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:37:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413760/posts Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Why Does Interpol Need Immunity from American Law?   [Andy McCarthy] You just can't make up how brazen this crowd is. One week ago, President Obama quietly signed an executive order that makes an international police force immune from the restraints of American law.Interpol is the shorthand for the International Criminal Police Organization. It was established in 1923 and operates in about 188 countries. By executive order 12425, issued in 1983, President Reagan recognized Interpol as an international organization and gave it some of the privileges and immunities customarily extended to foreign diplomats. Interpol, however, is also... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413760/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413876/posts Flashback to a different era here is an educational video from 1950. My how things have changed! Imagine young people discussing different kinds of Love and things like how they get along with one another taking place today. Today most are only taught about Birth Control and STD's. No thought is given to long term consequences. I thought it was interesting and I hope you enjoy it. blueloriblogspot.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413876/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:55:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413147/posts My fellow Americans you all are overlooking the obvious or refuse to accept the premise that we are not dealing with Americans. I read that it is unconstitutional; it flies in the face of the rule of law; a legal body cannot bind its equal. I agree whole heartily with all of these arguments, but again I repeat, you are denying the obvious. Until you accept the obvious, who we are really dealing with and after accepting that realization you’ll understand what needs to be done next and it has nothing to do with waiting for elections next November. These... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413147/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:37:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412579/posts GETS FORMER SEQUOIA CO. VP NAMED AS ADVISER TO U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Earlier this month, Obama made his first official move to corrupt and undermine the 2010 elections. The move consisted in the little noticed appointment of a technical adviser to the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). The importance of the appointment was explained at The Brad Blog last Monday. The Official Press Release of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission read as follows: U.S. ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 1225 New York Ave. NW – Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 For Immediate Release December... The Post & Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412579/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:42:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412345/posts The Democrats have consistently cultivated a public image as the party of the little guy, the party that stands up against big interests and protects the rights of minorities. You would think that a program that helps minority students, lowers costs, and increases funds for public schools would be right up their alley. You would be wrong. The Democrats in Congress have essentially killed Washington D.C.’s Opportunity Scholarship Program effectively throwing nearly 2000 disadvantaged students back into one of the worst school systems in the country. The very popular program had a long waiting list and has strong support in... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412345/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:58:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412160/posts Israel, A Bird’s Eye View by Ari Bussel Israel from above is a miracle and looks too innocent to be generating all the havoc around her. As we increase our distance into the clouds, she looks petite, fragile, almost under-developed, clearly out of proportion with the daily uproar that surrounds her. Flights to Europe that depart at the early morning hours are a disaster, forcing one to wake up at 2AM in order to leave at 3AM for the airport to catch a 5:30AM flight. Essentially, the night’s rest is ruined, nonetheless, seeing the horizon lit with a yellowish-reddish light... "Postcards from Israel - Postcards from America" http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412160/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:35:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411636/posts To boost the economy out of the recession, President Obama has chosen to spend an additional $100 billion on public schooling over the next two years. His education secretary, Arne Duncan, is touring the nation to promote this education "stimulus." However well-intentioned, their effort isn't just futile; it's also counterproductive. Far from being an engine of wealth creation, the education system is bleeding the economy to death. The U.S. spends 2.3 times as much per pupil in real, inflation-adjusted dollars as it spent in 1970, but the return on this ballooning investment has been less than nothing. Student achievement at... CATO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411636/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:18:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411521/posts LEBANON — When a parent complained in the fall that putting “Silent Night” on a school’s holiday program was focusing too much on a single religion, Principal Mark Finch scratched the carol. But after the Pioneer School pupils finished their concert Tuesday, members of the audience sang it anyway. Oregon Live http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411521/posts#comment Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:47:15 GMT