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Ninety percent of parents believe their children are performing at “grade level” or higher in their schoolwork, according to a Learning Heroes survey this spring. Yet only about a third of high school graduates are ready for college-level courses, writes Fordham’s Mike Petrilli in Education Next. Ignorance isn’t bliss, he argues. If students and their parents knew they weren’t […]

Most U.S. students lack the language skills and vocabulary necessary to belittle classmates effectively, according to the National Center for Education Research, reports The Onion.   “Unfortunately, most of our students are finishing high school with only a fifth-grade ability to shame and deride their peers,” said report co-author and educational psychologist Joyce Marrone. “While they know how

“Data show that students who earn C’s in foundational courses are much less likely to graduate. As a result, U of Arizona may require some C students to repeat a course.” There is also a high correlation between ACT/SAT scores and college completion/success rates.  For freshmen taking writing composition at the University of Arizona, receiving

More than 100 sex offenders have filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s sex offender registry laws, arguing that the rules governing registration and community notification are unconstitutional. The Idaho Statesman reports that Twin Falls attorney Greg Fuller filed the 73-page lawsuit Thursday in Boise federal court on behalf of the 104 unnamed offenders. Nearly 40 defendants

This New York Times column by Lionel Shriver about millennials’ free speech problem is required reading. He writes as a Democrat who is trying to survive the progressives.  As a lifelong Democratic voter, I’m dismayed by the radical left’s ever-growing list of dos and don’ts — by its impulse to control, to instill self-censorship as well as to

President Obama stated unequivocally he had no knowledge of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State. During an appearance on ’60 Minutes’ last October, the President was didn’t parse words. He didn’t issue a non-denial, denial. He flat out said “No” when asked if he knew of

After the looting, the riots, the protests, the singing, the sadness, and the national furor, the video has now been released by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department showing the shooting of Keith Scott that took place earlier this week. Two viewpoints were released. First is the body cam footage. WARNING: GRAPHIC FOOTAGE.  The second video is

Congress has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill prohibiting any more cash transfers to Iran, after President Obama’s January transaction, totaling $1.7 billion, which he is accused of using as ransom to free American prisoners.  Read Full Article

Director Oliver Stone has lashed out at the US government, saying that surveillance levels under President Barack Obama are worse than those of the feared Stasi – East Germany’s secret police before the collapse of communism.  Read Full Article

Even the Democrats have vowed to override Obama’s veto. President Barack Obama has vetoed the legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia. The bill passed unanimously in both the House and the Senate and was met with widespread public support.  Read Full Article

Laboratories around the US sent out highly contagious viruses and bacteria samples they mistakenly believed were inactive on at least 21 occasions since 2003, a government audit found, deeming oversight of the sample-sharing program sorely lacking.  Read Full Article

Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members, were granted partial immunity deals in exchange for their cooperation with the FBI, according to a Republican congressman. “No wonder they couldn’t prosecute a case. They were handing out immunity deals like candy,” House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told Associated Press on Friday.

And, no, it had nothing to do with his being a closeted homosexual or his hate of gays.  More of Orlando shooter Omar Mateen’s negotiations with police have been released. The transcripts shed some light on Mateen’s motivations for the June 12 killing and injuring of more than 100 people at Pulse, an LGBT nightclub

The FBI investigation looking into Hillary Clinton’s breaches of professional conduct has made public another violation, which culminated in “verbal security counselling,” after an aide to the secretary of state left sensitive documents at a Moscow hotel.  Read Full Article

This could be interesting. Hillary could take Obama down with her.  President Barack Obama used a pseudonym when communicating with then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by email, while her IT company referred to her email deleting as a “cover-up”, new FBI documents reveal.  Read Full Article

Thank goodness for Safe Spaces! Shane Williams was standing in line at Orange Julius with his 6-year old daughter when the screaming started last week. Instinctively, Shane pulled his daughter close and began searching for the cause of the commotion. Williams saw a woman running toward him; blood ran through her fingers where she clutched

Army veteran Ryan Smith, who deployed once to Iraq in 2011 and never fired his weapon in anger, has now transferred these experiences into critiquing police use of force within the United States on social media, sources confirm. Smith, who served one 12-month tour as a trainer for the Iraqi Army, and received a Combat Action

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton purchased a Gulfstream G500 at 35% interest from a used aircraft dealer on Sunday to show that she really understands how the troops live and most importantly, how they spend, sources confirmed. “We advised her to go with a Dodge Charger but it just didn’t seem right to her,” said Jennifer

I’d rather take my chances in a computer-driven car in California any day!  Google’s self-driving cars don’t have a flawless safety record, but it’s clearer than ever that careless human drivers remain the greater threat. A commercial van running a red light struck one of Google’s autonomous Lexus SUVs as it crossed a Mountain View intersection, seriously damaging the side

You aren’t surprised, are you? Top level government officials have been covering for her for years.  Hope you aren’t waiting for the State Department to publish every last document from Hillary Clinton’s private email server before making avoting decision — you’re going to be disappointed. A federal judge has set a schedule that will only publish 1,050 pages of recently