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Daniel Hannan The Washington Examiner 6/22/2015 There are moments when I want to weep for America. They often come, now that I think of it, when I read the Washington Post. Last week, that newspaper ran an article by a long-serving English teacher in Sacramento called Dana Dusbiber, who dislikes Shakespeare so much that she […] June 23rd, 2015 | Tags: culture, Dana Dusbiber, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, literature, Maya Angelou, William Shakespeare | Category: Education, History, Progressives, Racism | Comments are closed
Mark Antonio Wright National Review 5/19/2015 A rather uneventful college commencement season full of the usual platitudes and bromides was shaken up by British novelist Ian McEwan’s refreshingly challenging the zeitgeist of trigger warnings, free-speech zones, and campus censorship at Dickinson College in Pennsylvania this week. McEwan did not shy away from addressing the current […] May 24th, 2015 | Tags: "microaggression", Charlie Hebdo, Dickinson College, freedom, Ian McEwan, literature, Peggy Noonan, safety, trigger | Category: 1st Amendment, Censorship, Education, Pennsylvania, political correctness, Progressives, terrorism | Comments are closed
The Right Scoop YouTube 4/13/2012 – –
April 28th, 2014 | Tags: "victimology", Bill Whittle, capitalism, Columbia University, critical theory, culture, Erich Fromm, Feminism, ideology, Institute for Social Research, Karl Marx, Kenneth Gladney, lies, literature, MSNBC, Rodney King, slavery, The Frankfurt School | Category: Barack Obama, Communism, Education, Germany, History, Marxism, Media accountability, Nazis, New York, political correctness, Politics, Racism, Socialism, Tea Parties, Video, World War I | Comments are closed
Robby Soave The Daily Caller 5/8/2013 With the Common Core national education standards coming under increased scrutiny from conservative activists, Republican politicians, and even teachers unions, The Daily Caller News Foundation took a look at the Obama administration’s recommended reading list for K-12 kids. Common Core’s English standards stress nonfiction over literature. By grade 12, […] May 8th, 2013 | Tags: "Common Core of State Standards Initiative Project", executive orders, literature, reading | Category: Books/media, Education, Government | Comments are closed
Ginni Thomas The Daily Caller 4/14/2013 Will Estrada, the director of federal relations for the Home School Legal Defense Association, says classics are being abandoned in the standards of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. “We’ve started seeing what is in this Common Core curriculum, and it’s not good, Ginni,” the 29-year-old told The Daily […] April 17th, 2013 | Tags: 'Race to the Top', "Common Core of State Standards Initiative Project", Council of Chief State School Officers, executive orders, Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), literature, Melissa Harris-Perry, National Governors Association, parental rights, Rick Santorum, treaties, Will Estrada | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Education, Education, Marxism, Progressives, sarah palin, United Nations, US Constitution, Video | Comments are closed
“Obama has managed to press direct support for his most cherished and controversial policy initiative onto your local school district.”
Paul Mirengoff PowerLine 12/6/2012 Controversy is brewing over new Common Core State Standards in English that call on public schools to emphasize the reading of “information text” instead of fictional literature. According […] December 7th, 2012 | Tags: 'Race to the Top', "Common Core of State Standards Initiative Project", American Principles Project, Linda Darling-Hammond, literacy, literature, political indoctrination of children, politicized curriculum, propaganda, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Education, Education | Comments are closed
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