Category: Education

Wednesday's important events

There are (at least) two newsworthy events today, one of which has received much more attention than the other. Tonight, President Obama will address a rare joint session of Congress to lay out his vision of health care "reform".  Also, the Supreme Court will hear... more »

Obama's address to students

After receiving much unflattering attention, President Barack Obama will broadcast a message to America's primary school students today.  And while the White House is calling opposition to Obama's message "silly" (along with Obama proxies like the NY Tim… more »

Ward Churchill jury verdict vacated by judge

In a remarkable victory for justice and common sense, Denver District Court Judge Larry Naves overturned the April jury verdict in favor of former "professor" Ward Churchill. You can read more about the judge's decision in my article today for Human Eve… more »

Don't assume "universal pre-kindergarten" is a good idea

A New York Times article entitled “Recession Stalls State-Financed Pre-Kindergarten, but Federal Money May Help” laments that “the recession appears to have stalled the expansion of state-financed pre-kindergarten programs”. However, the closest the rep… more »

Colorado Senate defeats in-state tuition for illegal aliens

I offer my sincere thanks and congratulations to Democratic State Senators Morgan Carroll, Jim Isgar, Moe Keller, Linda Newell, and Lois Tochtrop. With their 5 votes and the unanimous vote of all the senate Republicans, SB170 was defeated by a vote of 1… more »

Dems trying to sneak through in-state tuition for illegal aliens

[Update: The State Senate's Appropriations Committee has just passed SB170 by a 5-4 vote, overriding all amendments from Republicans which would have offered the same treatment to legal immigrants as illegal immigrants, pointing out that the bill is almo… more »

Vote today - your view on in-state tuition for illegal aliens

[Update: I can now find neither the poll nor its results on the Representative's web page. I wonder if he got flooded with a lot of "no" votes and decided to take down the poll. I'll try to find out next week and let you know...] A Democratic member… more »

How Colorado public school teachers can get a refund from the CEA

Thanks to Ben DeGrow for bringing this to my attention. In the following video, public school teacher Michael Alcorn explains how public school teachers can claim a refund of the $39 that the Colorado public school teachers' union collects each year f… more »

Good news? The meeting "ended bad...very bad"

Fox News is reporting that today's meeting at the White House about the proposed bailout of the financial industry went "very poorly" and "ended bad...very bad" as House Republicans seemed to dominate the meeting with their objections to the deal. Int… more »

Universal preschool: Worse than just a waste of taxpayer money

Universal pre-K is one of the more insidious ideas of Nanny State liberals... more »
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