http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/publicschool/ en-us Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:45:15 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281756/posts The 111th Congress is currently in session in Washington D.C. A joint resolution has been submitted to Congress that would make prayer in public school constitutional again. House Joint Resolution 6 (H.J. Res. 6) is titled “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer.” This joint resolution is sponsored by Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R) of Missouri. It proposes an amendment that would allow prayer back into our public schools and public institutions. The resolution proposes the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States: Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed... Apologetics Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281756/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:45:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281750/posts The 111th Congress is currently in session in Washington D.C. A joint resolution has been submitted to Congress that would make prayer in public school constitutional again. House Joint Resolution 6 (H.J. Res. 6) is titled “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to voluntary school prayer.” This joint resolution is sponsored by Representative Jo Ann Emerson (R) of Missouri. It proposes an amendment that would allow prayer back into our public schools and public institutions. The resolution proposes the following amendment to the Constitution of the United States: Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed... Apologetics Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281750/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:33:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279474/posts Symbols of communism and marijuana and a prediction that "capitalism will fail" aren't exactly the sort of end-of-year messages you'd expect from an eighth grader. But that's precisely what some students at the Black Pine Circle School, a private school in Berkeley, Calif., chose to include in their "Class of 2007" mosaic. The symbols, which are prominently displayed outside the school, have prompted questions about the appropriateness of images like a hammer and sickle and a marijuana leaf on school grounds — and have led critics to say they are blatant proof of political indoctrination of young children. Black Pine... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279474/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:15:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275191/posts In a move to preserve our Christian culture and religious freedoms in America, an Ohio teacher has filed a lawsuit against the Mount Vernon City School District in Mount Vernon, Ohio. The District continues to be the center of controversy over issues of religious freedom. John Freshwater, a 24-year veteran teacher, filed suit June 9 in U.S. District Court against the district, district administrators, and other parties for violations of free speech and equal protection under the U.S. Constitution. The Voice magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275191/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:30:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273697/posts Diplomas Count by: Emily Kanyi, June 18, 2009 A report released by Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) Research Center shows that despite a marked improvement in the national high school graduation rate, three out of ten U.S. public schools students still fail to get a high school diploma. The U.S. national graduation rate rose from sixty-six percent in 1996 to sixty-nine percent in 2006. From 1997 to 1999 the statistics recorded a yearly sixty-six percent graduation rate and between 2000 and 2003 there was an improved annual graduation rate of sixty-eight percent. In 2003 to 2005... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273697/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:56:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267247/posts No Child Left Behind by: Malcolm A. Kline, June 08, 2009 United States Rep. Doug Lanborn, R-Colo., has introduced a bill to deny federal funding to public schools which distribute the “morning after” abortion pill. Right now, schools can give the abortifacient to minors without parental consent.... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2267247/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 16:19:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266066/posts Just after President Obama's Cairo speech ended, I clicked on the White House Web site. The home page, and especially its compelling large image, appeared to visually suggest the America that Obama has been describing recently -- a country that is not a Christian nation, nor a Jewish nation, not even a pluralistic nation, but "one of the largest Muslim countries in the world." The large close-up photograph that dominated the home page was of a covered woman, Afeefa Syeed, Senior Advisor for Culture and Development with the Middle East and Asia Bureaus at USAID (United States Agency for International... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2266066/posts#comment Sat, 6 Jun 2009 10:36:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263380/posts WASHINGTON, D.C., June 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Although President Barack Obama has advocated speaking "fair minded words" in debating differences on major ethical issues, his recent nominee to the Department of Education's Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools is a homosexual activist with a history of using foul and abusive language against those who have opposed his homosexualist agenda. Kevin Jennings, the founder of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), was recently appointed to the Obama Administration as Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe & Drug Free Schools, which is under the Department of Education led by Education... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263380/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 01:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263109/posts Education, by the state, is designed to create some knowledge in children. More than that, however, education is designed to create good citizens, wards of the state if you will. We teach conformity, how to line up and move from one place to the other at the ringing of a bell. Some issues are difficult and require a lot of ground work before the real discussion can begin. To me education is not one of those complicated issues. At least that is true if we look at education the same way as we look at parenting. What is parenting? Parenting... The Voice magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2263109/posts#comment Tue, 2 Jun 2009 18:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259540/posts In "freeing herself" from the poverty of her childhood, Sonia Sotomayor had the benefit of attending private, not public schools. The next time an official in Obama Administration advances efforts to disenfranchise school vouchers or hails the virtues of public education even as he sends his children to a posh private one; the next time a federal court takes up a similar education-related issue; perhaps they should call to mind the personal story of U.S. Supreme Court nominee, current Court of Appeals Court Judge, Sonia Sotomayor, who, it is asserted, bootstrapped her way to her currently and swiftly opening door... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2259540/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 03:07:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258728/posts How corrupt has America become? I am the Middle School President at my school and the SCA was planning Color Games, an end-of-the-year parade like atmosphere, with kickball and basketball and capture the flag like games. I was put in charge of picking the inflatable, I went to this companys website and picked an inflatable that said "God Bless America" on it. It had a flag in the background. When I showed this to my sponsors (teachers) i was promptly yelled at and told that if we put God up on there then we have to put "Buddah bless America"... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2258728/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 00:56:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2256240/posts Our county school system (Wake County, NC) will have schools open on Memorial Day (this coming Monday). I have informed my son that he is NOT going to school on Memorial Day, and that if asked, he's to tell whomever the truth that it's the day we remember our veterans, and that I don't give a flip what the school bureaucrats think about it. Is this happening anywhere else? If so, keep your child home. Do a family activity. Send a message. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2256240/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 13:53:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252890/posts Surrounded by elementary students from the Green School in Baltimore and charming critters – including an armadillo, cheetah and an Asian Toddy Cat – Democrats declared that the introduction of the “No Child Left Inside Act of 2009” was “historic” legislation that would connect children with nature. Some critics, however, said it is a way to spread environmental propaganda in the public schools. CNS News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2252890/posts#comment Sun, 17 May 2009 23:24:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250887/posts Any parent would be appaled to learn their child was taken out of the classroom for a mandatory mental health evaluation without their knowledge or consent. But such is the case in Florida where more than 3 out or every 1000 children, on average will be involuntarily committed for psychiatric examination. 3,365 separate involuntary commitments were performed, in 2007 directly from school grounds. Over 3000 separate incidences of children being escorted, mandatory, from school to a psychiatric receiving facility and held in a secured ward, separate from their parents, and without their parents consent in one year. The Voice magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250887/posts#comment Thu, 14 May 2009 16:39:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249394/posts WASHINGTON, DC— Among many educators and public officials in the U.S. is a drumbeat for “universal pre-school”—and for government to provide it to all 4-year olds so as to close school-readiness gaps and prepare kids to succeed in kindergarten and beyond.In his newest book, Reroute the Preschool Juggernaut (Hoover Press, 2009), Hoover Institution Senior Fellow Chester E. Finn, Jr. takes strong issue with this conventional wisdom and examines such fundamental questions as: Which children really need preschool that aren’t already getting it? Will a universal program help the kids who need it most? Will it be a costly windfall for... Hoover Institution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249394/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 18:18:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249104/posts The California State Senate is poised to vote on a bill making an official "homosexual day" in every public school. It would be called "Harvey Milk Day" in honor of the openly homosexual San Francisco Board of Supervisors member who was shot and killed in 1978 along with the city's mayor, George Moscone. S.B. 572, which was approved 7-to-2 out of committee last week, says observances conducted on May 22 should recognize Milk's "accomplishments as well as the contributions he made to this state" -- and that "all public schools and educational institutions are encouraged to observe...and...conduct suitable commemorative exercises."... ONE NEWS NOW.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249104/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 08:59:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2246758/posts The Rutherford Institute is suing a Billings, Montana, school over a graduation decision. John Whitehead, founder of the Institute, says many people were scheduled to speak at the 2008 Butte High School graduation. Some chose serious subjects, others humor, he says. "Renee Griffith, who is a Christian, wanted to mention Christ once and mention God once in one of her very short remarks, and the school said she couldn't do it," he explains. "She [insisted she] wanted to do it, so then they actually removed her from the graduation ceremony and did not allow her to speak." According to a... ONE NEWS NOW.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2246758/posts#comment Fri, 8 May 2009 09:26:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2241490/posts As if, as a parent, I don't have enough to worry about in sending my children to public school. There are issues of violence and drugs in schools, though things are pretty quiet round these parts. Still, there has been an occasional incident of fighting, or girls subjected to inappropriate physical contact. In the latter case, it shouldn't have to be the school administration I have to worry about. And definitely not with the blessings of the Supreme Court. Now my husband and I are all for a school administration having the authority to keep the school safe. In too... Clearly Nebulous http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2241490/posts#comment Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:53:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238821/posts When she was a 13-year-old student at Safford Middle School in Arizona, Savana Redding was strip-searched by school officials in search of - this is no joke - ibuprofen. Now she is suing the district and the officials for violating her Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. It is not good for Redding that while the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on her case last week, Justice David Souter commented, "My thought process is I would rather have the kid embarrassed by a strip search, if we can't find anything short of that, than to have some other... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238821/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:25:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236698/posts The Alliance Defense Fund has filed a lawsuit on behalf of students and parents against the Wilson County School Board in Tennessee. Lakeview Elementary School students wanted to display posters that referenced God and prayer, but school officials said they had to cover up those references before the posters could be displayed. The posters were hand-drawn by students and announced voluntary activities such as the "See You at the Pole" prayer event. Nate Kellum is with the Alliance Defense Fund. "Well, Christian students shouldn't be censored just for expressing their beliefs. They do not check their constitutional rights upon stepping... ONE NEWS NOW.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236698/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:23:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234346/posts Truthfully, I’m not writing this article from a political agenda. I’m writing, as one who cares deeply about children and the education profession. I’m writing from a position as an insider. I taught in public schools for 20+ years, served as an adjunct professor in Teacher Education, and now I am an educational consultant. I work with private schools and see parents rushing to transfer their children to our school, as if they are fleeing from some monster. Sadly, teaching according to this legislation seems to place educators in a “social role” of compliance rather than coming into their classrooms... The Voice Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234346/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:41:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226754/posts Sixty fourth-grade students from Runyon Elementary school will be receiving zeros on the writing portion of the CSAP, according to the Colorado Department of Education. Littleton Public School officials said teachers discovered that a test question on the 2008 CSAP was identical to one used for practice testing. a fourth-grade teacher had committed the question, called a prompt, to memory several years ago. The teacher, who was not identified, used the prompt for student preparation, not realizing it would appear again on a test. Jo O'Brien, assistant commissioner of Standards and Learning for the Colorado Department of Education, said state... 7NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226754/posts#comment Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:43:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225507/posts Rasmussen Poll: Just 53% of Americans Say Capitalism Better Than Socialism... Developing... drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225507/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:19:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224613/posts Although liberal groups and even courts protect HIV and AIDS victims from having to divulge their condition on any records, for fear they might be denied public activity and employment, innocent school kids are scrubbed, fumigated, and isolated lest they spread the deadly virus of Christianity. ....Wade was given a fourth grade assignment to choose a “hero,” write a description of his hero and portray the chosen hero as part of a “live wax museum.” He would then give an oral report in front of the class. When 9-year-old Wade chose Jesus as his hero, school officials immediately insisted that... newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224613/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 03:46:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213791/posts For nearly two years, single mother Heather Plano (name changed to protect privacy) had juggled her children’s illnesses and medical care along with their public school attendance and homework. Having one child with a severe blood disorder and immune system problems, Heather finally decided that homeschooling would be better, not only for his health but also for his academics, as he would not miss classes due to illness. Just before Christmas in 2008, Heather officially withdrew her son from public school and began homeschooling. On January 5, the LaSalle County truant officer called Heather to inform her of a meeting... Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213791/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:23:39 GMT