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Washington's local NBC affiliate reports: D.C. police confirmed that a substance ingested by students at a northwest D.C. elementary school was cocaine, according to D.C. Public Schools.[SNIP]Here's The Post's Jay Matthews in November 2008, urging the first couple to consider sending the kids to public school: Why not see what their tax dollars are paying for? One educational gem happens to be the closest public school to their new home.[SNIP] Sixty-nine percent of Thomson's 355 students are from low-income families. Forty percent are Hispanic, 34 percent black, 22 percent Asian American and 5 percent white. That demographic mix often means...

In his Jan. 11, 1989 farewell address after eight years as President, Ronald Reagan warned that the teaching of U.S. history could be going into irreversible decline in the nation's elementary and secondary schools. ”If we forget what we did, we won't know who we are,” he said. “I am warning of an eradication of the American memory that could result, ultimately, in an erosion of the American spirit.” The Great Communicator's words have a poignant ring now that we know the memory-robber called Alzheimer's was about to afflict him. But his words were prescient in anticipating the assault on...

The United States Marine Corps this week opened a public high school in Chicago as part of a new 19 school expansion. This is the first such military-operated high school in the nation. If it is successful Chicago is expected to ask other branches of the military to do the same. The Chicago Public Schools commissioned on Monday the nation's first public high school run by the U.S. Marine Corps. This is seen as a setback to activists who are trying to bar military recruitment from public schools. A recent servey showed 78% of those responding support the idea of...

© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Satanic image found in Pearland, Texas, school (courtesy KHOU-TV) Local school officials in a suburb of Houston, Texas, are investigating how it was possible that a school police officer handed out calendars to students that featured explicit details on satanic and sexual rituals for every day of the month. Parents in Pearland are demanding answers, according to a news report on KHOU-TV. The school police officer who handed out the calendars was supposed to deliver a positive anti-gang message to the students last Monday, according to the report. "September 20th is a 'midnight host' whatever that is," said one...

The New Mexico Health Department is standing behind a sex-education teacher in Santa Fe who encouraged ninth-graders to taste flavored condoms. According to a report in the Santa Fe New Mexican, parent Lisa Gallegos said that when her 15-year-old daughter balked at putting a condom in her mouth, instructor Tony Escudero told her, "Come on, sweetie, have a little fun." Also, Gallegos quotes her daughter as saying when a male student expressed his disgust with homosexual activity, Escudero said, "Never say never, because you never know. Someday you might like it that way." "I agree with sex ed 100 percent,"...

Thursday, July 22, 2004 BRAVE NEW SCHOOLSTeacher has kids tasting flavored condomsGovernment agency backs instructor over 9th-grade girl's mom Posted: July 22, 20045:00 p.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com The New Mexico Health Department is standing behind a sex-education teacher in Santa Fe who encouraged ninth-graders to taste flavored condoms. According to a report in the Santa Fe New Mexican, parent Lisa Gallegos said that when her 15-year-old daughter balked at putting a condom in her mouth, instructor Tony Escudero told her, "Come on, sweetie, have a little fun." Also, Gallegos quotes her daughter as saying when a male student expressed his...