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There they go again. Buck McKeon, Republican of California and Bill Goodling, Republican of Pennsylvania marshalled H.R. 1385, "The Employment, Training and Literacy Enhancement Act or 1997" through the Education and Workforce Committee on a voice vote with no hearings. And then, only two weeks out of committee, these amazing ...
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In a remarkable ad, State Farm Insurance has announced it is presenting its "Good Neighbor Award" to a first grade teacher for teaching her students to spell incorrectly. Under the headline, "In Ms. White's Class, Some Of The Best Writers Can't Even Read Yet", the ad praises the teacher for ...
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BUT A PECK ON THE CHEEK CAN GET A FIRST GRADER SUSPENDED... I'm sure you've read the story by now. Poor little six-year-old Johnathan Prevette liked a little girl in his class - and apparently she liked him - and so he kissed her. Immediately our politically correct (we know ...
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Many parents, desperate to help their children because of concern over their inability to read, write or follow simple logic, reach out to trusted, familiar institutions for answers and for hope. When dealing with issues of education, the PTA seems to be a reasonable, logical choice. It's a choice many ...
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One of the eight stated purposes of Goals 2000 is "increased parental involvement in learning." Yet parents have experienced a strange phenomenon when they have tried to follow the goal and actually get involved. They are rejected. They are not, however, rejected rudely or dismissed abruptly. In fact, most parents ...
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Below is the text of an address I gave to the national conference of the Separation of School and State Alliance, held in Washington, D.C. November 21 and 22, 1997. The topic was "Why Victory Is Possible, Even Probable," in the fight to end government control over our nation's schools ...
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On October 16, 1997, 60 members of the violent environmental organization Earth First terrorized two female staff members of Congressman Frank Riggs at his office in Eureka, California. Wearing black ski masks and hoods, they dropped a 400 pound tree stump onto the office floor and four Earth First members ...
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A new spirit is hailed in the world – the spirit of Common-ism. All the major powers of the New Europe and the New Americas have entered into a political-spiritual alliance to bring about this new specter. Yesterday’s "isms" are Communism and Capitalism. The "ism" of tomorrow is Commonism. From ...
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