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The Kitchen Militia – The New Line of Defense

The alarm sounds throughout the countryside. As the alert is heard, one by one, two by two, the patriots respond. They are a loosely-organized, ragtag band, without official leaders, without uniforms, without official orders. Some gather together in small groups, others work alone. But armed with an overpowering idea of ...
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U.S. Students Are “Stupid” And It’s The Fault of The Education System – Not The Kids!!!

Kids can learn - if somebody bothers to teach them. Why do children know facts about everyday life - but not about history? Because they live in the everyday world. That's why they know current details, like the names of rock stars, movie stars or even the name of the ...
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Career’s Lite Rammed Through House

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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State Farm Helps Promote Gobbledygook

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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A Kiss On The Hand Can Be Quite Continental

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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Taking The “P” Out of PTA

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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The “Delphi Technique” And How It Robs Parents of Control Over Their Child’s Education

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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Don’t Mess With The Moms!

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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This is Not a Political Debate

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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