Our British friends laugh at us: PLANS to build a state-of-the-art library next to Republican catastrophe Sarah Palin are causing outrage across mainstream America. Campaigners have described the project as insensitive and a deliberate act of provocation by people with brains. The issue is forming a dividing line in advance of November's mid-term congressional elections with candidates being forced to … Read More
Can Universities Expel Students For Their Anti-Homosexual Views?
The story is in the news this week not once, but twice. First, in Georgia: (July 27) When officials at Georgia's Augusta State University told counseling student Jennifer Keeton they were concerned her outspoken Christian views might affect her ability to work with gay, lesbian and transgender clients, they gave her a choice: participate in a remediation plan or leave … Read More
The Scientific Rigor of Bob Jones University
Below is an actual page from a 4th grade science textbook published by Bob Junes University Press (you can purchase it here, if you want). You can have fun exploring other Bob Jones school textbooks here. I highly recommend their student textbook on world history.
Funny Story
So it seems the Creation Research Graduate School wanted to offer a Masters of Science program and have it accredited. So they decided to set up shop in Texas (moving from California). So the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which approves curricular programs for accreditation, looked at the CRGS Masters of Science program and said, "Uh, this isn't science. This … Read More
Adventures in Homeschooling
In Paradise (California): Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz face one count of murder, one count of torture and one count of child abuse. The torture count alleges that the parents beat their 11-year-old adopted daughter so severely she ended up in the hospital with kidney failure. The child abuse charge is for bruising authorities reportedly found on the couple's 10-year-old biological … Read More
Alabama Education
The Birmingham News: A Jefferson County teacher picked the wrong example when he used as
Who Would Jesus Turn Down?
The Catholic Church keeps digging a hole for itself: BOSTON — A Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was "in discord" with church teachings, according to one of the boys' mothers. It's at least the second time in recent months that students have not been allowed to … Read More
Only In Alabama
In the Republican primaries for Alabama governor, the top Republican candidates are having a battle to show voters who is the more bonafide creationist. It all started with this attack ad: Ironically, the group behind that ad is called the True Conservative PAC, a political group that gets most of its money from the teachers' union — or, more accurately, … Read More
Alabama Thinking Hits Connecticut
Another story about teach Darwin in public schools. It's not unusual to see this in a red state, but Connecticut? Mark Tangarone, who teaches third, fourth, and fifth grade students in the Talented and Gifted (TAG) program at Weston Intermediate School, said he is retiring at the end of the current school year because of a clash with the school … Read More
Checking Back In With The Texas School Board
Yup, they're rewriting history: Teachers in Texas will be required to cover the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation’s Founding Fathers, but not highlight the philosophical rationale for the separation of church and state. Curriculum standards also will describe the U.S. government as a “constitutional republic,” rather than “democratic,” and students will be required to study the decline in value of … Read More
Good News From The Texas Board Of Education
If you didn't know already, Texas has always played a vital role in textbooks used throughout the nation. The reasons for this are economic: Texas is the nation’s second-largest textbook market and one of the few biggies where the state picks what books schools can buy rather than leaving it up to the whims of local districts. This means that … Read More
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Stand For The Pledge of Allegiance
Bit of a controversy surrounding a 12 year old student in Maryland who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. Fortunately, the U.S. Supreme Court resolved this issue more than half a century ago: If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in … Read More
Right Wing Sign Of The Day
I should make this a regular feature of this blog. Anyway, today's sign comes from yesterday's rally for Republican Rick Perry, running for Texas governor. Sarah Palin was at the event.
Whither Higher Education?
I recently had a discussion with someone about the merits of higher education when it comes to future income. And as if on cue, the Wall Street Journal today covers the same subject. There is a sense that a liberal arts degree doesn't really get you anything in terms of a career, and one would be better off with a … Read More