The Job of the Education Secretary Isn’t to Defend Public Schools. It’s to Help Kids Learn

This is only a part of an excellent article over at Vox:  Consider the trends: Since 2005, SAT reading scores have dropped by 14 points. A writing component was added to the SAT in 2006, and scores have dropped every year since then except for two years when they were flat. Math scores for 2015

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One unidentified 9th Circuit Judge seeks vote on further review of panel Order

Weird.  A Judge at the 9th Circuit, whose name is not revealed, has requested a vote be taken whether to conduct en banc (full court) review of the February 9, 2017, Order by a three-judge panel denying Trump’s request for a stay of the District Court Temporary Restraining Order. That TRO put a halt to all substantive

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Texas Bathroom Bill Could Preclude Texas From Hosting Future Super Bowls

The bill requires people to use the bathroom that matches their biological sex. From The Houston Chronicle: “If a proposal that is discriminatory or inconsistent with our values were to become law (in Texas), that would certainly be a factor considered when thinking about awarding future events,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email response

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Polarizing HHS nominee confirmed by Senate on party-line vote

Georgia Republican Rep. Tom Price was confirmed Friday morning as Secretary of Health and Human Services. He’s been one of Obamacare’s biggest opponents in Congress. A polarized Senate voted early Friday morning to confirm Tom Price, the conservative Georgia congressman who has been one of Congress’s most vehement opponents of the Affordable Care Act, as

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Most Americans agree with travel ban despite Trump’s falling approval rating, poll finds

You wouldn’t know it based on the MSM’s reporting.  A new poll shows that the majority of Americans still support Trump’s executive order prohibiting citizens from seven mainly Muslim countries from entering the US, despite a fall in his overall approval rating.  Read Full Article

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DHS Report: Trump “Wall” To Cost $22 Billion, Take 3.5 Years To Build

A report from the Department of Homeland Security says that Trump’s border wall will be a series of fences and walls. The report says that wall could cost up to $21.6 billion and take three and a half years to complete. Via ZeroHedge:  Offering the first official glimpse of the parameters of Trump’s “wall” along

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