09.05.09
by Michelle Malkin – Townhall.com
“ABC” stands for All Barack’s Children. On Sept. 8, young students across the country will be watching television. Yes, they’ll be parked in front of boob tubes and computer screens watching President Obama’s address on...
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Laurie Higgins
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09.03.09
How far the goals and activities of public education have moved since its inception can be seen in a look at Challenge Day–or more accurately Challenge Days–which are scheduled for Aug. 31-Sept. 3 at O’Fallon Township High School (OTHS) in...
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David E. Smith
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09.02.09
CNSNews.com reported yesterday that compared with other students, home school students score higher than the national average on the ACT college entry than other students taking the standardized test.
The national average for 2009 graduating high schoolers reported by ACT...
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Laurie Higgins
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08.20.09
District 204 parents really should spend some time perusing Neuqua Valley math teacher, Hemant Mehta‘s website to determine whether he is the kind of man with whom they want their children to spend a school year. He absolutely has a...
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Laurie Higgins
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08.17.09
Last week, I wrote an article forewarning IFI readers to avoid the “Bean” in Millennium Park on Saturday, August 15 at 1:00 p.m. because the “Great Nationwide Homosexual Kiss-In” was going to take place there. I never suggested banning the...
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Laurie Higgins
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08.12.09
In the fall of 2008, I wrote two articles describing how absurdly imbalanced public high school book collections are on the topic of homosexuality. I mentioned in those two articles that DeerfieldHigh Schoolhad approximately 65 books that espouse liberal views...
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Laurie Higgins
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08.01.09
Dear Mr. Mehta,
You wrote, “The Illinois Family Institute’s Laurie Higgins is going after me (and my job) again.”
I have never in any context suggested that you should be fired or that you should resign. In fact, I don’t...
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Laurie Higgins
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07.14.09
Those of us who are troubled by both premarital sexual activity and by comprehensive sex education should not abide in a state of willful ignorance or complacency about the problem of how to educate our children about sexuality issues.
Far...
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Laurie Higgins
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07.08.09
On Thursday morning, June 25, three days before the Chicago”pride” parade, I called Nettelhorst Elementary School Principal Cindy Wulbert to ask whether the school was participating in the parade as was reported in the Chicago Tribune. I was told that...
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Laurie Higgins
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07.07.09
There is much to ruminate about following the publication of a study that compared the sexual behavior of teens who took virginity pledges with that of teens who did not. The study by Janet Rosenbaum appeared in the Jan. 2009...
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Laurie Higgins
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06.30.09
According to the Chicago Free Press, on Monday, June 22 openly homosexual CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Ron Huberman, met with homosexual teens and community activists from a group called Gender Just who are “demanding” that Huberman “immediately commit...
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Laurie Higgins
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06.25.09
I am so angry I could scream — but instead I’ll write.
Nettelhorst Elementary School, a public school located in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago, has the dubious honor of being the first Chicago public school to march in Chicago’s...
06.17.09
Illinois Family Institute is calling for the immediate resignation of Kevin Jennings, the newly appointed Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools. In this position, Jennings would become the second-in-command in the Department of Education. ...
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Laurie Higgins
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06.16.09
Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools, which comprise District 113, have offered SEED, SEED II, and SEED for Administrators for many years. In addition, District 113 has employed the services of the pricey Glenn Singleton and his Pacific Educational Group...
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Laurie Higgins
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06.05.09
If anyone has any doubts about the direction Secretary Education Arne Duncan wants to take public education regarding the issue of homosexuality, look no further than his selection of Kevin Jennings as the Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of...
