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Governor Quinn in the Minority in Rejecting Title V Abstinence Education Funds
By Laurie Higgins   |   09.28.10
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently thanked Governor Patrick Quinn (D) for rejecting Title V federal funds for abstinence education and praised him for turning instead to the new federal program for funding comprehensive sex ed called the Personal...
The Homosexualist Agenda in Catholic Schools
09.28.10
Michael Patrick recently wrote (edited): I read your excellent article ‘Joseph Farah is right about the homosexualist agenda…’ Thank you for publicizing the information from Laurie Higgins’ speech. The timing of your article was impeccable – inspired by the Holy...
Astonishing Data from the Center for Disease Control
By Laurie Higgins   |   09.24.10
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) just released the information below, which must be disseminated in public high schools. In light of the astonishing HIV infection rates among men who have sex with men, all public high schools have an...
Back to School Concerns
By Laurie Higgins   |   09.15.10
Some of the most serious problems infecting public education emerge from the stranglehold that disciples of the “teaching for social justice” movement and the related social and political movement to normalize homosexual practice and Gender Identity Disorder (GID) have on...
UN Treaty Used to Threaten Homeschool Families
09.07.10
PURCELLVILLE, Va., Sept. 7/Christian Newswire/ — This week the fate of four homeschooling families will be decided in Botswana. The families, adherents to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, have been ordered by a judge to send their children to public...
Illinoisans Duped by “Anti-Bullying Act”
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.26.10
Editor’s Note: This is perhaps one of Laurie’s most important articles exposing the radical agenda in our public schools. Please read, take action, and then share this extremely important information with your neighbors, relatives, and friends.  David E. Smith, IFI’s
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Prager’s Speech to High School Students
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.20.10
Below is a speech written by Dennis Prager that he recommends every American high school principal deliver at the start of the school year. In addition to encouraging you to read this remarkable speech, IFI is urging taxpayers to send...
Helena Montana Sex Ed Curriculum for Elementary Students
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.15.10
Educators in Helena, Montanahave proposed a health curriculum that includes ideas so controversial that it is gaining national attention. Please read this article about what’s taking place in Montanabecause there are activist ideologues right here in Illinoiswho would like to...
Interview with Judith A. Reisman: Something Rotten in the State of Montana?
07.15.10
By Michael F. Shaughnessy –EducationNews.org Dr. Reisman , first of all could you tell us a little bit about your background and experience? Well, below is my short summary but based on YOUR knowledge and interests, let me say I...
Religion, Morality and Knowledge
07.13.10
Written by Teri Paulson Deficiencies in Public Education I am a product of Illinois public schools. I was raised in the Wheaton area and attended public schools for 14 years, including a four-year degree at a public university. I paid...
University of Illinois Inclusivity Standards Exclude Catholics
By Laurie Higgins   |   07.12.10
Examples of hypocrisy and viewpoint and religious discrimination are tumbling out of academia faster than I can keep track of. The latest is from the problem-ridden Universityof Illinois(U of I), or as I have come to think of it, the...
Caveat Emptor Oak Park River Forest Taxpayers
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.28.10
Caveat Emptor: Let the buyer beware. That’s one of the serious problems plaguing public schools: buyers–that would be taxpayers–rarely have any real sense of the product–that would be the teachers and administrators–that they’re “buying.” I may be wrong, but I...
Nettelhorst Elementary School Marches in Saturday’s Shameful Parade
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.24.10
Last year, Nettelhorst Elementary School, a public school in Chicago, tried to deny they were marching in the Chicago “Gay Pride” parade, but not this year. With unadulterated pride, they announce their participation on the school website, extending an invitation...
The Friendly Atheist: Poor Role Model for Teens
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.22.10
Naperville/Aurora’s Neuqua Valley High School math teacher, Hemant Mehta (aka “The Friendly Atheist”), weighs in on a California Court decision in his usual uncivil, disreputable way. Bradley Johnson, a California public school teacher, has had a large banner hanging in...
Political Activism Trumps H.S. Basketball Trip
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.12.10
Another boneheaded and politically motivated decision by District 113 — the district for which I worked for a decade — has landed the Deerfield and Highland Parkcommunities in the news — yet again. It seems that ever since George Fornero...
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