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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela |
America Continues Shift Toward Soviet-style Planned Economy
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. February 14, 2019
The U.S. continues its shift from capitalism toward embracing the principles of government/corporate economic control similar to the failed ideas of a state planned economy like that of the former Soviet Union and Nazi Germany. The federal government has no constitutional authority for involvement in the private sector, either by planning the economy or training the workforce.
Texas Education Commission Shows Profound Ignorance About How Children Learn
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. February 13, 2019
Fifty-nine percent of Texas third graders cannot read but the Texas Commission on Public School Finance concludes the reason lies in a child’s lack of preparedness for kindergarten. The 2018 report of the Commission claims, “testimony reflected that students who were kindergarten ready were more than three times more likely to meet the state standard for third-grade reading vs. those students who weren’t.”
Digital Learning Expanded by Texas Lawmakers Despite Dangers
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. February 8, 2019
The 2019 Texas legislature is rushing headlong into expanding technology in K-12, forcing children into more “personalized learning,” a euphemism for replacing teachers with digital screens. Ignoring volumes of proof that digital learning has lowered academic achievement and created mental and psychological problems, states spend $5 billion each year of taxpayers’ money on technology.
Federalized School Choice? A High-Risk Choice
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. February 6, 2019
In his State of the Union speech, President Trump urged lawmakers to pass a school choice bill. Fortunately, it’s highly unlikely that any such legislation will be passed. The $1 billion competitive grant for vouchers that Trump favors and the federal tax credit scholarship, considered a federal power grab by conservatives, lack Congressional support.
President Signs DeFacto National Database Bill
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. January 18, 2019
Despite months of protests by many Americans, a dangerous data mining bill, Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act (H.R. 4174, “FEPA”), became law this week.
