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“Give me just one generation of youth, and I'll transform the whole world.”-Vladimir Lenin |
House Ed Committee Studies How Feds Can Avoid Being A Burden-- Really?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 18, 2017
Maybe the message is getting through to Republican conservatives on Capitol Hill that government pre-K programs are a failure – no matter how much liberals lie about how government early childhood programs close the gap for poor children.
Trump’s Education Budget: Cuts Reduce Federal Control, Common Core
Eliminating ineffective & duplicative programs calls for a $10.6 billion in cuts
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. May 25, 2017 Texas Insider
President Donald Trump has released his full budget proposal with sweeping cuts as promised during his campaign. Since President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965, the federal government has appropriated nearly $2 trillion -- 10 percent of all K-12 education spending -- to improve the educational outcomes of American students. Yet achievement gaps remain and graduation rates for disadvantaged students are stagnant.
Texas State Board of Education Turns Back Common Core Effort, Stands Firm on English Standards
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | February 8, 2017 Texas Insider
For the past tumultuous year and a half, the Texas English language arts and reading (ELAR) curriculum standards (TEKS) have been under review – actually rewritten rather than reviewed as the panel was instructed.
A small faction attempted to hijack the current standards approved in 2008 by eliminating the literary/historical content to create new standards that are Common Core-compliant and suitable for Common Core-aligned tests.
What the Senate Should Ask Trump's Pick for Education Chief
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | January 16, 2017 Education Views 
President-Elect Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary is scheduled to begin confirmation hearings on January 17. While Democrats greatly fear what she might do to reduce their tyrannical control over public education, conservatives also are deeply concerned about where she stands on various issues.
Why the Dems Loathe Betsy DeVos
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | January 10, 2017 Education Views (Original title: "Betsy DeVos: Public School Enemy #1)
The Senate confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos, President-Elect Donald Trump's nomination for Secretary of Education, are scheduled to begin January 17. Already the liberal hypocrites are doing what they do best – character assassination of anyone not of their radical ilk.
Common Core Faction Tries to Take Over Texas’ English Standards
By Carole Hornsby Haynes | January 30, 2017 Texas Insider
It seems that Texas is an ongoing battle ground for K-12 standards reviews. We’re still in a war to get the Common Core process standards stripped out of the math standards adopted in 2012. Now the English standards review seems headed for a shootout at this week’s State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting.
Staunch Common Core Supporter Is Top Contender for U.S. Education #1 Deputy
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | January 16, 2017 Education Views
Getting rid of Common Core and supporting school choice were both campaign promises of President-Elect Donald Trump. So it's a mystery why Allan B. Hubbard, director of the National Economic Council under President George W. Bush and executive director of the President’s Council on Competitiveness and deputy chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle, is reported by Education Next to be a top contender to serve as Betsy DeVos’ #1 deputy should she be confirmed.
Why Are the Feds Psychologically Profiling Your Child?
By Dr. Carole Hornsby Haynes | July 29, 2016 Education Views
John Stuart Mill, nineteenth century philosopher, characterized government schools in his 1859 treatise On Liberty, “A general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another…it establishes a despotism over the mind, leading by a natural tendency to one over the body.”
