By Karen Welsh Thousands of teachers throughout North Carolina received pink slips last spring, informing them of impending job losses in the 2010-’11 school year. Protest marches followed, a media blitz ensued, and newspapers across the state deemed the layoffs “catastrophic” and “disastrous.” Once the publicity died down, however, most school boards quietly finalized their …
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Dan Proft
Obama Failed the ‘Education Nation’ Test
By Dan Proft NBC dedicated a week of programming at the end of September to spotlighting the good, the bad, and the ugly of K-12 education in America under the rubric “Education Nation.” Part of NBC’s “curriculum” included an interview with President Obama by Today Show host Matt Lauer. The president inadvertently offered an insight…
Paul Driessen, Robert Carter
Lomborg’s wrong solution to a partly real problem
The best Plan B is to prepare for and adapt to all future climate changes By Paul Driessen and Robert Carter Bjorn Lomborg has been energetically courting publicity for his new film, “Cool It.” The film has attracted minimal box office sales thus far, but he has been publishing articles at an impressive clip, in…
Education Today
UN Curriculum in the U.S. Part 1 of 2
International Baccalaureate (IB) • International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) IB Mission “… The aim of all IB programmes is to develop internationally minded people who, recognizing their common humanity and shared guardianship of the planet, help to create a better and more peaceful world…Three programs for students aged 3 to 19 help develop the intellectual, personal,…
Steve's Say...
Steve’s Say . . . End All Airport Screening and Make us All Safer
A mother takes her sick miserable child in to see the pediatrician. Diagnosing that the child almost certainly has a viral infection, the physician nonetheless prescribes a course of bubblegum-flavored antibiotics. Why? “It is easier just to write the prescription and make the mother feel better that she is doing something for her child. If…
Govenor Scott Walker
Governor-elect Scott Walker Outlines Chief Legislative Priorities
This week, Governor-elect Scott Walker unveiled a bold and ambitious agenda for the upcoming legislative session. Walker made it clear that he intends to enact all of the reforms described below within the first year of his governorship. With a large Republican majority in the Assembly and a six vote majority in the Senate, it…