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  • Interesting BYU Admission Statistics

    Hey, I was an Eagle Scout, attended seminary and got my Duty to God. Statistics on BYU’s Incoming 2009 Freshman 96% participated in seminary 83.6% received their Duty to God or Young Womanhood Recognition Award 69.6% of males received Eagle Awards 84% received some advanced placement high school credit 83% participated in performing arts in…

  • Obama is right!!!

    “If a school continues to fail its students year after year after year, if it doesn’t show any sign of improvement, then there’s got to be a sense of accountability.” President Obama, March 8, 2010 Unfortunately he also said it should be a last resort. I think bad teachers should be called out on a…

  • Hum, what a surprise

    It seems today that the most unbelievable stories come out of the educational system. The 4 year old who brings a tic tac to school and get’s suspended until he’s 17. You know–those stories. Well here is a post that unfortunately isn’t shocking. It’s not shocking because the teachers unions have the states tied up…

  • Jordan School District Teachers—Sit Down

    A colossal example of government waste was recently uncovered. The Pentagon paid $998,798 to ship two 19-cent washers from North Carolina to Texas. Yes that is extreme but government waste is historic. With the government tripling the deficit in a single year, it’s expected that waste will triple as well. Yet during this period where…

  • Alpine School District

    My boy Hunter is in 7th grade. It’s his first year of junior high and this semester he is taking health class. Based on the subject matter it sounds more like sociology than health. Recently they have been talking about drugs, mental problems and blended families. So in order to learn about these topics they watch…

  • Liberal Educators – “Gay, Lesbian Pledge Cards”

    A California school system refuses to say what action, if any, it will take after it received complaints about a kindergarten teacher who encouraged her students to sign “pledge cards” in support of gays. During a celebration of National Ally Week, Tara Miller, a teacher at the Faith Ringgold School of Arts and Science in…

  • K-12 Educators are Predominantly Liberal

    It’s a well known fact that college educators are predominantly liberal. For years I ignorantly assumed that this didn’t apply to K-12 educators. I thought they were “normal” meaning they were just as likely to be liberal or conservative as other citizens. I no longer hold that opinion. Educators tend to be liberal. I think…

  • One Mad Hombre

    I’ve been dreading this for years. My boy is in sixth grade and is preparing for a three day school excursion. Sixth graders go to a place called “Clear Creek”. It is up in the mountains at a school district camp. The activity lasts three days and two nights. The camp is staffed with teenagers.…

  • Dumbing Down our Children

    “In my daughters parent teacher conference we expressed our concern about the lack of spelling words and tests. And that my daughter really struggled with spelling.  Her teacher’s response was, ‘all she needs to know is how to click the spell check button on her computer. No one needs to know how to spell anymore.’” Teacher in Jordan Utah School…

  • School Vouchers

    I believe in school vouchers. I believe in vouchers for the rich and poor. I believe in choice, competition and the free market. I believe school teachers and administrators are government employees. While many are good and hard working they suffer as employees of a huge, monolithic system. Vouchers are good for everyone. Children with specific interests Children with…