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Exit Exam Canceled

I know I am a little late on this, but on Friday a liberal Superior Court judge unilaterally invalidated the California High School Exit Exam for the class of 2006.
This is unfortunate for everyone involved.  The 90% of students who have passed the 9th Grade English and basic Algebra exam will now hold greatly devalued […]

Update on Suspended Students

An update on the students who were suspended from their public schools last week for wearing anti-homosexuality T-shirts. This comes from The Pacific Justice Institute, which is representing the students:
Sacramento, CA—Several students in Sacramento-area high schools have been suspended for peacefully expressing their religious beliefs. The problem: those beliefs opposed homosexuality, which was being promoted […]

Anti-Abortion Shirt Banned at Public School

Yet another troubling story about censorship of conservative ideas on a public school campus, this time from Wisconsin:
On a recent day, Farnsworth Middle School seventh-grader Zoe Macknick wore a green T-shirt to school with the saying “Help Cure Abortion,” because she said she wanted to express herself.
When the school’s principal, Dave Williams, told the 13-year-old […]

Mira Loma and the Day of Silence

Some of you may have heard about the Day of Silence and the related events at Mira Loma High School here in Sacramento, CA. As a student there, I wanted to share the information I have gathered, and then, in a separate post, explain my opinion. In this post, I have tried […]

California Senate Supports Undermining Own Economy, Schools

The California State Senate has endorced the work and school stoppages by ilegal immigrants on Monday.
For me the big issue is not that the State Senate is supporting illegal immigrants. That is nothing new. The Senate has always been willing to pass things like drivers licences and in-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
But this takes it […]

National Symbols Banned at Colorado Middle School

A couple days ago there was a story running around in conservative circles about the ban of several national symbols of America, including the ban of wearing American flags; red, white and blue; and camoflouge. Camoflouge was seen as supporting the troops, which apparently, the school administration thought was inflammatory, and well, who knows what […]

Sacramento District To Endorce “Day of Silence”

Eric Hogue reports:
From an inner-office memo from Arturo Flores, Susan Miller, Evan Lum and Joan Polster (Assistant Superintendents) to Sacramento City Unified School District Principals and school officials …(the grammar is actual, from the memo itself.)
On April 6, 2006 the Board of Education is expected to approve a Resolution proclaiming Wednesday, April 26, 2006 as […]

What’s Happened to the Liberal Arts Education?

Subtitle: Why I am a Student of our History
By Jordan Harms
Remember when we took pride in our nation and its freedom and still respected the Father of Our Country? Today’s high school students going into college lack even a basic knowledge about America’s Founding Fathers. How sad for these kids that they […]