The overwhelming emphasis in education today is on diversity. No, I’m not just speaking about the ideology of diversity so often attacked by conservatives. In this post, I’m principally speaking about the diversity in teachers and materials. The modern ideal is for students to switch out teachers each year—and beginning in middle school or high
READ MOREIn the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the Supreme Court announced a 4-4 vote on March 29, 2016. The tie was due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. For teachers unions around the country it was a great victory that would have likely not happened. Here is how The New York Times describes
READ MOREBecause of Bernie Sanders’s campaign for the presidency, many Americans are asking if “democratic socialism” is possible. Can there be a form of socialism that really includes the voices of all the people? In a March 17 feature at FEE.org, economist Sandy Ikeda offered some strong reasons to doubt it (see “‘Democratic Socialism’ Is a
READ MOREWhen it comes to education, learning to read is probably at the top of everyone’s list in terms of importance. Yet learning to read has become a long and arduous process through which parents and teachers hope and pray their students will make it. The long and arduous process of learning to read raises the
READ MOREVia Anne Bayefsky at Fox News: According to the United Nations, the most evil country in the world today is Israel. On March 24, 2016, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) wrapped up its annual meeting in New York by condemning only one country for violating women’s rights anywhere on the planet
READ MOREParents have a moral obligation to care for their children’s needs to the best of their abilities. But what happens when parents endanger their children’s basic necessities for the sake of their children’s wants? According to a recent article on a T. Rowe Price survey in the Financial Advisor, that is a situation that almost
READ MOREThis week, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews that women who have abortions should be “punished” in some form. Of course, that evoked outrage from pro-choice voters. But it also riled most pro-life voters, too. It’s important to understand why, if only to keep our facts straight. The
READ MOREAccording to The Nielsen Company’s “The Total Audience Report” for the 3rd quarter of 2015, the average American adult spends 4 ½ hours each day watching TV and a total of 9 ½ hours each day being entertained through all devices. A typical critique of time spent watching TV and being entertained usually follows the
READ MOREThere is a fascinating bit of data revealed in a number of recent The Nielsen Company entertainment studies. While those in the entertainment and media industries may be aware of the discrepancies, the general public probably has no idea how different the entertainment habits are of different races of Americans. We certainly didn’t. In the
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