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"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." - Nelson Mandela |
House Ed Committee Studies How Feds Can Avoid Being A Burden to Taxpayers -- 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.
How Texas Could Give Teachers A Big Raise Without Costing Taxpayers Anything
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 14, 2017 Published by Dallas Morning News
On July 18th the Texas Legislature convenes for a special session to address 20 items, one of which is a $1000 pay raise for teachers.
Education spending represents a major chunk of each state’s budget, bloated with the usual unnecessary layers of government bureaucracy. In a 2012 Congressional testimony Neal McClusky with the CATO Institute stated, “Our public schools have been on a decades-long hiring binge with ultimately no gains to show for it.”
by Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 14, 2017
Government schools are conducting psychological and mental evaluations of children without parental consent or knowledge. Blame the unconstitutional Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) that was passed under the Obama administration with Republican support.
Big Tech, Big Government to Create National Student Database?
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 7, 2017 Daily Caller
We have national healthcare and national curriculum standards. If our Republican-led Congress has its way, we will soon have another unconstitutional national program – a federal student database.
For years those who want to establish social control have advocated for a centralized government database to track and link student data across agencies.
Texas STAAR Is A National Star!
By Carole Hornsby Haynes, Ph.D. July 5, 2017 Education Views
The Texas required standardized tests -- STAAR -- are vilified by parents and teachers alike who complain teachers are forced to teach to the test, using 25 percent -- 46 days -- of precious classroom time. But there is more to the story than that.
