Texas New Social Studies Include Islam’s Role in 9/11, Reject CAIR’s Demands, Pro-American

By Carole Hornsby Haynes        September 20, 2026 

This year commemorates 250 years of the world’s most successful experiment in self government. Yet America’s youth hate the country that has given them a life of freedom and prosperity, like no other nation, and are actively trying to destroy it. Sixty-one (61%) percent favor socialism. 

Record Spending, Record Failure: America's $1 Trillion Education Racket

By Carole Hornsby Haynes           September 10, 2026 

Results from the 2025 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) show American students are continuing to fall academically as the nation’s achievement gap widens.  The U.S. reading and math scores are at their lowest in nearly 25 years after a 14-point drop.Students ranked 27th in math and 13th in reading and science. 

'Reparations Personal Finance' Fused with Critical Race Theory

The problem of poverty is not slavery.   It is the black culture with single-parent families.  It is the adoption of Democrat Party government programs that encourage dependency.

By Carole Hornsby Haynes         August 8, 2026          American Thinker 

Beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year, millions of K–12 students will have to complete a personal finance course to graduate from high school.  Thirty states are either phasing in the course requirement, or have already done so, and nine states require the content to be integrated into other courses.

Yet many students will learn far more than how to buy a car, shop for insurance, and manage their household budgets. In schools using the free open education resource, NextGen Personal Financial Literacy (NGPF), each year five million students in more than 150,000 classrooms in all 50 states will learn that they are victims of slavery that ended in 1865 – 161 years ago. They will learn how reparations “redress the harms of slavery and violence against Black Americans and other historically excluded communities.”

Dolly Parton: The Remarkable Story of How One Person Transformed the Lives of Millions 

By Carole Hornsby Haynes            August 30, 2026 

The world has lost one of the greatest singer-songwriters in country music, story teller, cultural icon, actress, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Dolly Parton died on August 26 at the age of 80. Born in grinding poverty with only a high school education, she inspired others with her music and unwavering commitment to making the world a better place.