http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/publikskoolz/ en-us Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:01:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2136863/posts As promised, the following represents a very slightly edited selection of comments on the four preceding installments on the teen sex revolution in America. They include some previously posted comments for those who may have missed them. My responses are in italics: mefistofelerevised “The one year my daughter went to public school was enough. The teacher was a left wing jerk (woman). Of course she just won a award from her peers. In an interview with the local paper she said she got into teaching ‘to mold their views.’ I was the only parent, supposedly, who wouldn’t let my kid... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2136863/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:01:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136895/posts RANCHO BERNARDO — Kevin Change said it was strange the first time he saw an advertisement across the bottom of his calculus test. But now he and his classmates look for them. “It's really interesting to see what it is each time,” said Change, 16, a junior at Rancho Bernardo High School. Some are pithy one-liners, hawking the names of local businesses: “Brace Yourself for a Great Semester! Braces by Henry, Stephen P. Henry D.M.D.” Others are inspirational quotes, like “Keep the company of those who seek the truth, and run from those who have found it – Vaclav Havel.”... Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136895/posts#comment Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:41:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136704/posts November 21, 2008, 1:15 p.m. Americans Flunk Basic CivicsBut boy, do we know our American Idol. By Deroy Murdock However you regard the outcome of the November 4 election, it was heartening to watch 125 million Americans cast their ballots at precincts from coast to coast. Unfortunately, they and the many millions more who skipped the whole thing collectively know frightfully little about the government we just reaffirmed, the principles that undergird it, and the basic documents in which those ideas are enshrined. Thus, Americans slouch into the 21st century — a free and confident people blissfully unaware of... National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136704/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2136435/posts Do violent video games incite teens to commit violence? That’s like asking whether a child who witnesses violence in his home or is the victim of domestic violence would be more prone to act out violently in schools and elsewhere. Of course, video games as well as movies and television shows incite violence. Isn’t that why we have the MPAA movie ratings and, until recently, largely self-imposed network restrictions on violent, and sexual, content during the early hours of prime time programming? Likewise with the effect of movies and television and top twenty lyrics on a child’s budding sexuality. Seeing... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2136435/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136454/posts VINELAND, N.J. - November 21, 2008 - (WPVI) -- She was an adult film star who went by the name Crystal Gunns. But she reportedly says that's part of her past. She now an aid at D'Ippolito Elementary in Vineland, New Jersey, and that has some parents furious. "I understand it's her personal life, but I don't feel someone with that background should be working with young children at all," said preschool teacher Maria Martin. Crystal Gunns is apparently retired. She's now Louisa Tuck, a cafeteria and playground aide at D'Ippolito Elementary.  District officials were tipped off about the... 6ABC Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2136454/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:49:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136476/posts 12-year-old charged after deliberately "breaking wind" in class A 12-year-old Florida student was arrested earlier this month after he "deliberately passed gas to disrupt the class," according to police. The child, who was also accused of shutting off the computers of classmates at Stuart's Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School, was busted November 4 for disruption of a school function. A Martin County Sheriff's Office report, a copy of which you'll find below, notes that the 4' 11" offender admitted that he "continually disrupted his classroom environment by breaking wind and shutting off several computers." The boy, whose name was redacted from... The Smoking Gun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136476/posts#comment Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:43:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136204/posts Chancellor Michelle Rhee told the DC Council yesterday that the District needs to completely rethink its approach to preventing school violence, with a better trained security force but also by teaching students to manage conflicts before they spiral out of control. Rhee spoke to the council a day after fights among rival groups at Anacostia High School left five students injured, including three with stab wounds. Flooding school corridors with more police or private security guards is not the answer, she said. Students feel less safe in schools filled with guards, she said, and dollars are better invested in teaching... Washpost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2136204/posts#comment Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:12:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132534/posts I am taking a continuing education business class at NYU. Well last night after we reviewed the teacher (the course is almost over), he gave us a 15 minute rant. -Paul Krugman is a genuis and predicted everything. -More Regulation is needed -Reagan on was a bad period. We need to get back to the 70s -Barney Frank will help make things better -Community Reinvestment Act did nothing to this situation -Fannie & Freddie were only bit players Then a girl in the class added she's so happy now since we are going from a stupid president to a smart... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132534/posts#comment Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132575/posts Years after being advised by a state agency to stop, the Dallas Independent School District continued to provide foreign citizens with fake Social Security numbers to get them on the payroll quickly. Some of the numbers were real Social Security numbers already assigned to people elsewhere. And in some cases, the state's educator certification office unknowingly used the bogus numbers to run criminal background checks on the new hires, most of whom were brought in to teach bilingual classes. Dallas Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2132575/posts#comment Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:42:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130421/posts PEARL, Miss. -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi said Friday that it had received numerous reports from throughout the state from parents and students regarding alleged violations of students’ free speech following Tuesday’s election, Jackson television news station WAPT reported. On Thursday, the Pearl Schools superintendent said that a school bus driver and a coach were disciplined for allegedly telling students not to say President-elect Barack Obama’s name. Reporters with 16 WAPT News received several calls from upset parents that said a school bus driver told the children on a Pearl school bus that if they said Obama’s... WFTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130421/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129546/posts Ingrid Ocampo said her autistic son waited a year for services from the Philadelphia School District because she does not speak English and couldn't understand the district's forms and policies. Irma Zamora, another public school parent, expressed concern about signing permission slips printed in a language she can't read. ---snip--- "We want to know how our kids are doing in math, how they're doing in social sciences. We want to know how the school is organized," said Zamora, addressing district officials through a translator. "We want you to know that we are the same quality whether we speak English or... Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129546/posts#comment Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:45:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2128350/posts Superintendent Responds to Documentary Footage of Teacher Belittling Pro-McCain Student breitbart tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2128350/posts#comment Sat, 8 Nov 2008 01:57:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128182/posts This is ghastly. If you are a parent with elementary schoolchildren, you will hit the roof. Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128182/posts#comment Fri, 7 Nov 2008 22:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127384/posts Diantha Harris, a teacher in Asheville, N.C., and supporter of Barack Obama, berated one of her students for supporting John McCain. "In my class, Barack Obama won," she boasted. Yeah, condescending lectures have that effect. VIDEO eyeblast.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127384/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:30:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127365/posts Teacher Dianthia Harris browbeats McCain supporting student,Kathy,in Ashville N.Carolina grade school. The poor girl is obviously distressed over the teacher's line of questiong and belittling her choice of candidate in front of her school mates. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127365/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:04:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127281/posts Homosexual pledge card. A pro-family advocate is outraged that a California public school teacher would pass out homosexual pledge cards to her kindergarten students. pro homosexual pledge cardThe pledge cards were produced by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, or GLSEN, and featured oaths that students would not use "anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender language or slurs," that students would intervene on behalf of homosexual students when possible, and that they would actively support safer schools efforts. Tara Miller is a kindergarten teacher at Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science in Hayward, California. She passed out the pledge... One News Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2127281/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 20:59:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122787/posts Charleston, S.C. - ... Somehow, [Principal MiShawna] Moore had transformed one of Charleston’s worst schools into one of its best, a rare breakthrough in a city where the state has deemed more than half the schools unsatisfactory. It seemed almost too good to be true. It may have been. The state has recently started a criminal investigation into test scores at Ms. Moore’s school, seeking to determine whether a high number of erasure marks on the tests indicates fraud. Ms. Moore, who has denied any wrongdoing, has taken a job out of state, leaving behind hurt feelings and wounded pride... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122787/posts#comment Sun, 2 Nov 2008 21:18:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121593/posts A California school system refuses to say what action, if any, it will take after it received complaints about a kindergarten teacher who encouraged her students to sign "pledge cards" in support of gays. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121593/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:56:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121561/posts Talking to [NPR], Melody Barnes, a spokeswoman for Mr. Obama’s campaign, said recently that Mr. Obama supports “portfolio assessment” of student performance. Portfolio assessment usually requires a student to perform various classroom assignments, like write essays, do individual projects, participate in group projects. These assignments are put into a portfolio for that student and evaluated. In a debate earlier this month, Linda Darling-Hammond, education adviser to Mr. Obama, pointed to other countries where students are assessed based on “kids doing science inquiries, research papers, technology products.” Portfolio-assessment supporters claim that this method gives a broader view of a student’s knowledge... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2121561/posts#comment Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:59:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118082/posts Judge delays 8th-grade algebra in California schools SACRAMENTO — A Sacramento County judge has agreed to delay a requirement that all California eighth-graders be tested in algebra. AP via San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118082/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:04:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117780/posts Fremont mayor's campaign apparently broke law by recruiting students on campus for election work Fremont Mayor Bob Wasserman's re-election campaign has recruited more than 130 high school volunteers by approaching them on campus in apparent violation of state education law. The mayor's campaign staff recruited students in classrooms at three of Fremont's five high schools, promising college recommendation letters from the mayor himself. They asked students to commit four hours a week to phone-banking, door-to-door outreach and other work like putting up lawn signs and preparing mailers. And many students have signed up. Offering the recommendation letters was legal, but... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2117780/posts#comment Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:30:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116446/posts The era of the chocolate cookie, sold from a card table for 25 cents, is rapidly fading on California school campuses. Thanks to the state's tough new nutritional standards for public schools, bake sales - that age-old staple of school fundraising - are nearly obsolete. Cookies, cupcakes, pizza and other easy-to-sell goodies invariably exceed the fat, sugar and caloric limits set by the Legislature for foods sold on campus to schoolkids. And at a time when school budgets are being slashed, some parents and school staff are mourning the loss. "Bake sales are one of the quickest and easiest ways... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2116446/posts#comment Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:43:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115337/posts Schools should stop serving hot dogs and other processed meats because even small amounts increase the risk of adult cancer, says a provocative new commercial airing on TV stations around the country. The spot is produced by the Cancer Project, an affiliate of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. "Protect Our Kids," which can be watched online at www.pcrm.org/hotdog.html, is based on a comprehensive report released late last year by the American Institute for Cancer Research and the World Cancer Research Fund. After reviewing all existing data on nutrition and cancer risk, scientists concluded that processed meat increases one's risk... UPI via Pravda http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2115337/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:53:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114668/posts SACRAMENTO, October 23, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Parents of students attending an elementary school in Hayward, California, are in a frenzy after learning the school allegedly made no effort to inform them their children were to participate in today's homosexual "Coming Out Day" school event, reports the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI), a legal firm specializing in the defense of religious freedoms and parental rights. Parents of children at Faith Ringgold School of Art and Science were shocked to see a poster announcing the homosexual event, as they had not received any previous notification. In fact, according PJI, the school specifically decided... lifesitenews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114668/posts#comment Sat, 25 Oct 2008 02:17:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114467/posts Gay rights activists are met with defiance from administrators at Mississippi College. Soulforce visited the campus last year and are back again with a message of acceptance for gay and transgender students. College officials say the will not let the group push their agenda on school grounds. "I will not continue to cause myself to suffer any longer," reads 16 members of Soulforce. The gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender equality workers read a letter they say is written by a gay Mississippi College student. The alienation and name calling described is just what the the group is working to change.... WDAM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2114467/posts#comment Fri, 24 Oct 2008 21:39:05 GMT