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. 

Texas Brings the Bible Back into Schools

Leftists will scream that studying Scripture in public schools is unconstitutional, but is it really?

By Carole Hornsby Haynes        July 5, 2026         American Thinker

In the 1963 landmark decision in Abington School District v. Schempp, the U.S. Supreme Court banished Bible reading and prayer in public classrooms, ending a practice that had been commonplace since the nation’s founding. With the State Board of Education’s (SBOE) approval of a sweeping K-12 state required literature list, Texas returned the Bible to the classroom. 

Texas Ousts DEI from Education

By Carole Hornsby Haynes       February 22, 2026     American Thinker

After years of liberal professors spewing their propaganda at captive students who needed the class for graduation, the pendulum is slowly swinging back to the right.  

Democratic Socialists Are Courting the Youth

How Do We Stop Them? 

By Carole Hornsby Haynes         July 22, 2026        American Thinker 

In recent years, America’s positive views about capitalism have declined and socialism have increased. The shift is especially pronounced among younger voters. A 2021 Gallup poll found that just 47% of American youth, aged 18 to 34, favored capitalism, down nearly 20 points from 10 years earlier. By 2025 support had plunged still further with only 39% favoring capitalism, according to the Harvard Youth Poll. 

Mike Miles Brings Texas-Sized Reform to HISD; Can It Be Sustained?

By Carole Hornsby Haynes       June 12, 2026 

For the past three years, Texas Houston Independent School District (HISD) superintendent, Mike Miles, has endured widespread scathing criticism, including accusations of ongoing racism and unfairness. Well known progressive education researcher Diane Ravitch charges that “Mike Miles Is Ruining Some of Houston’s Best Schools.” With test scores “soaring after state takeover despite racism claims,” Miles has been vindicated. 

Texas Leads Nation in Stopping Student Revolutionaries

By Carole Hornsby Haynes        February 4, 2026 

On January 30, Texas students joined thousands of other government brainwashed students, often encouraged by educators, in a national demonstration against ICE.