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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela |
Texas Schools Rush into Social and Emotional Learning: the ‘New Common Core’
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. August 8, 2016 Education Views
Texas declined the federal government’s efforts to force Common Core Standards into its schools. Yet now Texas is rushing headlong into implementing the ‘New Common Core.’
Donald Trump, Jr. Was Right About American Public Education
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | August 3, 2016 Education Views
Donald Trump, Jr., son of the Republican presidential candidate, had the audacity to be political incorrect at the recent Republican convention when he described American public education as being fundamentally flawed, “Our schools used to be an elevator to the middle class. Now they’re stalled on the ground floor. They’re like Soviet-era department stores that are run for the benefit of the clerks and not the customers, for the teachers and the administrators and not the students.”
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.”
Dallas Police Exiting in Droves…Will There Be A National Force?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes | July 12, 2016 Daily Caller
On the evening of July 7 following the Black Lives Matter rally in Dallas, Texas, a coordinated attack killed five police officers and wounded seven others. The gunman, Micah Johnson, was a black military veteran with radical left leanings who said his goal was to kill white officers.
Making K-12 Less Expensive: Get Rid of Teachers!
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | June 17, 2016 Education Views
National outrage over the status of public education continues to mount as taxpayers realize they are paying more and getting less.
NAEP To Psychologically Profile Students On 2017 Test
By Carole H. Haynes | July 14, 2016 Education Views
John Stuart Mill, called the “most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century," characterized government schools in his 1859 treatise On Liberty.
Buffalo Teachers Union Continues Gouge of Taxpayers for Tummy Tucks
By Carole Hornsby Haynes July 11, 2016 Education Reviews
Since 2004 when the Buffalo Teachers Federation signed a new contract with the Buffalo Board of Education (BOE), which oversees New York State’s second largest school district outside of New York City, teachers have been gouging taxpayers for cosmetic surgery. Yet there has been a lack of basic resources to satisfy minimum state requirements for the high poverty area schools.
New K-12 Law’s Heavy Handiness in Testing Sparks More Public Outrage
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. | June 1, 2016 Daily Caller
Congress replaced No Child Left Behind with Every Student Succeeds Act, promising to return control to the states. However, with the federal government loath to give up power over telling states and districts what they must do, there are signals that we can expect a showdown as states begin the implementation of ESSA.
