Rasmea Odeh was convicted in Israel for her participation in bombings in 1970: one killed two students in a marketplace and an attempt to bomb the British consulate. She lied on her immigration papers saying…
Monthly Archives For February 2015
Questioning Common Core
Michael Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute has nine question for Common Core opponents, which I would like to answer with eight questions of my own. First, Mr. Petrilli: Do you mean that you…
Scott Walker’s New Budget cuts $300 Million from Higher Ed
13% of the University of Wisconsin’s funds are being slashed by Governor Scott Walker, who is responding to estimates that the state’s budget will be some $900 million short by 2017.
Left Losing Wisconsin’s Teacher’s Unions
It’s getting harder and harder to find left-wing activists, even in public school unions in progressive Wisconsin. “In 2011, in the wake of the largest workers uprising in recent U. S. history, I was elected…
Marquette Suppresses Academic Freedom
As we have reported, a professor at Marquette, John McAdams, was suspended after criticizing a graduate student who said she would not tolerate criticism of gay marriage in her classroom His suspension is drawing criticism…
Harvard is Fighting the Obama Admin’s Rules
Great op-ed on why the Obama Department of Education is overreaching their boundaries with sexual assault rules. Schools like Harvard shouldn’t have to have such onerous regulation from the top, which actually do no one…
Hamas on Campus at UC-Davis
Chants of “Allahu Akbar” broke out while Jewish students were protesting the divestment-from-Israel vote among students. Real classy, no, not at all.
Common Core on the Ropes
The Common Core education standards are not advancing as supporters had hoped and the Obama Administration that promoted them bears much of the blame, according to a journal of the education establishment. “Common Core has…
White House Targeted College Savings
While the Obama Administration hatched a plan to make community college free, the White House plotted a change in the tax treatment of savings accounts parents use to pay for their children’s college education. “During…
Fracking College Degree to be Offered at Illinois Community College
Talk about an actual practical college degree, for starters.