06.05.09
by Pete Chagnon – OneNewsNow.com
An educational expert is questioning the need for universal pre-kindergarten.
Chester E. Finn is senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution and chair of the task force on K-12 education. He is also author of the...
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Laurie Higgins
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06.04.09
There is a new report out from the Educational Testing Service (ETS) that the mainstream media for some reason seems reluctant to cover. According to their website, the Educational Testing Service “is a non-profit institution with the mission to advance...
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Laurie Higgins
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05.27.09
A Homewood-Flossmoor reporter for the Southtown Star, John Ryan, posted a criticism of my article about a Homewood elementary school that has spent public money on the National SEED Project on Inclusive Curriculum. In it, he explained that he “requested...
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Laurie Higgins
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05.18.09
All over the country, taxpayers are unwittingly funding dubious professional development opportunities that schools provide to teachers through conferences, workshops, and seminars that teachers attend during the school year and summer vacation. I’ve written about these primarily in the context...
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Laurie Higgins
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05.12.09
At the April 21, 2009 meeting of the Local School Council, Principal Deborah Clark made the stunning announcement that a representative from the homosexual activist organization, Lambda Legal, would be making a presentation to 7th and 8th graders on MAY...
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Laurie Higgins
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05.04.09
What will legalized “civil unions” mean for public education?
The manipulation of language is the homosexual movement’s stock in trade. The creation of the term “civil union” is intended to conceal the reality that civil unions are, in fact, marriages....
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Laurie Higgins
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04.24.09
Although the experience of being slandered over the past couple of weeks has been painful, the reason I’m writing about it has nothing to do with my feelings. My experience is, unfortunately, not unique. All over the country, those who...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.21.09
Another cacophonous, divisive Day of Silence has come and thankfully gone, but it’s important to take a moment to reflect on the vitriol and deception promulgated by some of its supporters. It’s important because their deceitful words expose the dark...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.16.09
Once again another academic frets over the rare occasion of a school district acquiescing to the concerns of taxpayers who are tired of funding the efforts of “social justice” teachers to use public money to advance their particular socio-political ideology....
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Laurie Higgins
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04.14.09
A national coalition of pro-family organizations is urging parents to call their children out of school on the Day of Silence (DOS), an annual event sponsored by the partisan political action group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN)....
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Laurie Higgins
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04.08.09
There is a resolution before Congress asking the federal government and all public schools to officially recognize and celebrate the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network’s Day of Silence and its pernicious goals, which extend far beyond the elimination of...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.05.09
The Day of Silence fast approaches, so Illinois Family Institute wants to encourage parents to spread the word about the Walkout. As you call your local high schools, be prepared for evasive, lawyerly responses from administrators.
I just spoke with...
The ghosts of elections’ past are haunting Pennsylvania Avenue. If you’ll remember, it was Illinois’ own fallen Governor Blagojevich who promised Universal Preschool. Likewise, the massive tentacles of the new administration are prying their way into the nation’s playpens, targeting...
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Laurie Higgins
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04.02.09
Again, Illinois Family Institute wants to commend all those Naperville taxpayers who acted on their convictions, expressing their vigorous opposition to the Bill Ayers invitation. If only more communities would follow your example, we could effect positive change in our...
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Laurie Higgins
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03.30.09
I posed the following questions to Naperville North Superintendent Alan Leis and the members of the District 203 Board of Education:
Of all the people Naperville North or teacher Kermit Eby could have invited to speak to students, Bill Ayers...
