As the Detroit Public Schools (DPS) scandal unfolds, the truth about Norman Shy continues to be revealed. Shy became immensely wealthy, and at least one way he did so was to become an “approved vendor” for DPS, allowing him to run a kickback scheme with the help of at least a dozen school principals. Here, in [...]

According to a Bloomberg story, the nation’s second largest source of debt is government loans to provide for college. The national student loan balance sits at just over a trillion dollars, and that is triple where the balance stood in 2005. Delinquencies are rising and sit above 11%. A compelling quote from the story: “Although [...]

In Australia they say “no tall poppies.” In corporate America they kindly say “dumb yourself down” in order to be in harmony with the culture of mediocrity. Here, a 9-year-old 5-time reading champ, Tyler Weaver, was told by the public library director, Marie Gandron, that he “hogs’’ the school’s reading contest every year and should “step aside” [...]

The Washington Post reports that the Prince George County Board of Education can own your child’s ideas. A proposal by the Prince George’s County Board of Education to copyright work created by staff and students for school could mean that a picture drawn by a first-grader, a lesson plan developed by a teacher or an [...]

Detroit students suspended for…? (click to see)

The Michigan legislature is working to pass an anti-bullying law to “protect” vulnerable children in the public school system. Doesn’t this strike people as being bizarre that almost all the individual states have passed these laws? Don’t we already have laws against aggression/violence? A question: So what is it about government schools that promotes “bullying?” Why [...]

This is a gem that is really fun to visualize.

“The scientific method is not about credentials…..Ultimately, the letters that tag at the end of your name have nothing to do with the process of science.” That is a quote from the autodidact Chris Masterjohn in an upcoming podcast with Jimmy Moore. Chris is the master of exposing the government-medical-pharmaceutical establishment on cholesterol issues. Believe [...]

As usual, the bobbleheads in the MSM (mainstream media) are doing a shoddy job of reporting this story: “Florida Father Apologizes for School Bus Tirade, Threats.” A Florida man apologized Tuesday for boarding his daughter’s school bus earlier this month and threatening the other children and the driver, saying he acted out of frustration over [...]

In response to my post about the Snowe-Rockefeller cyber security propaganda campaign, Skip Oliva sent this along to me: the FTC’s version of “No Child Left Behind.” The government has taken up the task of propagandizing children on government Internet security. A program called Net Cetera: The Federal Trade Commission today reported to Congress that [...]