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Homeschoolers beat average on entrance exams
... Homeschoolers, who have scored an average of 37 points higher than all students on standardized ... of the HSLDA. The results indicate a "greater likelihood of success in college" for the students ... "The Little Book of Big Reasons to Homeschool" The HSLDA also said the test results confirm
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Mariah Carey joins 'American Idol' as judge
... Entertainment President Kevin Reilly, wearing a grin as big as Careys list of hits, confirmed the hire ... the female diva slot and removing any last sliver of doubt that Jennifer Lopez is really leaving. Fox
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Evaluate school principals, too
... Fierce battles continue around the country among school officials, teachers unions and parents ... about how best to evaluate teachers so that the incompetents can be terminated. Largely overlooked ... witnessed a few teachers able to create lifelong learners keeping the doors of their classrooms shut
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Mandatory 'gay' lessons spark lawsuit
... player Sheryl Swoopes. Teachers then ask if students are surprised to learn that those ... May 26 by the Alameda County Board of Education by a vote of 3-2. Students from kindergarten through ... the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment governs any survey, analysis or evaluation given to students. Under
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How Obama's alma mater treated war vet
... -DADT continued hostility to the military. As for Sgt. Maschek, these students owe him an apology. Don't expect their teachers to recommend it. ... "Racist!" shouted some Columbia University students at an Iraq War vet. Other students reportedly ... better treatment from the audience. The subject of the students' scorn? Former Army Staff Sgt
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Michelle Obama argued for race-based faculty hiring
... black and female law school faculty by attacking the "traditional model," in which law students were educated through the Socratic method. ... then named Michelle Robinson penned an article for the newsletter of Harvard's Black Law Students ... Association (BLSA), arguing that Harvard and its students were perpetuating "racist and sexist
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'Gays' seek $1M to recruit private-school teachers
... ." According to GLSEN, the guide provides teachers with "strategies for supporting LGBT students ... a guide on how teachers can be a "supportive ally to LGBT students … and create a safer ... , anal sex in restrooms, affairs between students and teachers, five-year-olds playing sex games, semen
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'Gay' indoctrination starts in Minneapolis
... issues, and the district considers the HRC promotional program another tool for teachers ... ' becomes standard behavior for students," the memo states. "From an enforcement standpoint, school ... of California's homosexual indoctrination program for public school students also has been documented
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Sixth grader targeted for pro-gun remarks
... parents. "It's not a real formal program," he said, adding that sometimes teachers suggest students ... that some teachers recommended he be tested early for a popular standardized pre-college performance ... caused him to be "flagged" as a potential violence risk by teachers and school administrators, who
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Teachers should be graded, say parents
... regarding their performance. I think teachers) should be graded in the same way, said Pagan, 36 ... , of the lower East Side, whose 5-year-old son is a student at Public School 64. Teachers should ... be compensated for students performing well. The feds have threatened to yank $1 billion in education cash