Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

I mean, besides that all white people are evil and that humans are killing Mother gaia? Churchill dropped of England’s history syllabus Britain’s World War II prime minister Winston Churchill has been cut from a list of key historical figures … Continue reading →

Maybe, possibly, perhaps, this will be the item that puts the leftists onto treating Islam as badly as they do Christianity. In the United States, opposition to the teaching of evolution in public schools has largely been fueled by the … Continue reading →

And at this rate, stupid is going to be pretty bad Graduates from Richmond’s Binford Middle School get a diplomalike certificate, signed by the teacher and principal. It is ringed by six graphic marks, including icons of a notebook, an … Continue reading →

You may remember back in December when the San Francisco State University officals sanctioned the SFSU College Republicans for “desecrating” the flags of Hamas and Hezbollah by walking on them during one of their protests. Well, the SFSUCR club decided that … Continue reading →

The local Seattle media has been crying to anyone who will listen about Friday’s SCOTUS decision which took the race factor out of school assignments. Numerous gallons of ink have gone to bemoaning the idea that the Seattle schools will … Continue reading →

We’ve been talking a lot about the school system in Washington State the past few days, most of it bad, so I figured that I should probably get to showing you one of the most successful Washington academic projects. Monroe inmates … Continue reading →

Hopefully the Seattle Public Schools Board will learn a lesson from this A protest of military recruiting in Seattle Public Schools has shut down tonight’s School Board meeting. Acting President Darlene Flynn recessed the meeting before she could even take roll … Continue reading →

So you might as well read it. Paying taxes is a pleasurable duty Paying taxes feels good, say researchers. The surprising discovery, based on brain scans, can also predict which people are most likely to donate cash to charity. Bill … Continue reading →

And the Washington Assesment of Student Learning (WASL) test is going to have to go. After three rounds of testing, about 87 percent of students in the class of 2008 who are on track to graduate next June have passed … Continue reading →