Science subtext: Gender parity
Sabrina Schaeffer
At the White House science fair this morning, President Obama is expected to announce a new education initiative to invest $100 million into training 100,000 new teachers.
Women’s Health Always Hangs in the Balance
Carrie L. Lukas
The Catholic League’s head, Bill Donohue, made headlines with his statement that Catholics were prepared to fight the Obama administration’s new free-contraception mandate “maybe even in the streets.”
The Real Price of Free Pills? Our Core Freedoms
Carrie L. Lukas
One-size-fits-all government mandates are the real enemy of real diversity.
Fattened by ‘Help’
Julie Gunlock
A city Health Department official committed a major political gaffe last month: She spoke honestly about problems with school feeding programs.
Re: Will America Ever Be Ready for the Truth about Daycare?
Julie Gunlock
I think it’s pretty clear that parenting isn’t what it used to be. In fact, we have a whole generation of parents today that are doing a pretty darn good job of avoiding it.
What Is So Appealing About Ron Paul to Young Voters?
Karin Agness
The first primaries of 2012 are complete, but the fight over the proper role of government continues.
The NEA's Plan: Keep Your "Kids" Captive Longer
Charlotte Hays
When the National Education Association addresses the problem of high school dropout rates, you can bet their proposals will do more for the union, than for dropouts.
Why Can't Girls Just Be Girls?
Sabrina Schaeffer
While much of the radical feminism of the 1960s and '70s has fallen by the wayside, some dangerous flotsam and jetsam trail in its wake -- namely, a robust effort to muzzle imaginative play for girls.
Child’s Play
Carrie L Lukas
Parents mistakenly assume that trading playing time for reading time is a way to help prepare preschoolers for school, when play itself is actually an important way for kids to development necessary skills.
Elizabeth Warren's Quiet Support for Public School Vouchers
Carrie Lukas
A public school voucher system would radically reform education while stabilizing the housing market.
SOTU response
Sabrina Schaeffer
Once again President Obama’s style was polished; yet his substance was tarnished.
The Perennial SOTU Canard of Equal Pay
Carrie L. Lukas
When will Democrats drop this tired feminist mantra from major political addresses?
Misplaced Priorities: Environmentalists, Junk Mail and the Keystone Pipeline
Carrie L. Lukas
Discouraging junk mail might actually help the environment... but environmentalists don't seem to care about that.
