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Why Johnny & Susie Can’t Read or Write, Kindergarten ObamaCore Homework Assignment
Thursday, March 6th, 2014California Public School Children Being Deployed to Promote ObamaCare
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
Public School Indoctrination Center –Image: Robert Stark@Twitter
Just when one didn’t think the ObamaCare Roll-Out Team would come up with any other loony things to do to promote Obama’s broken chief legislative achievement, President Obama’s Minions never fail to do even more peculiar things.
ObamaCare/Covered California and The Children’s Partnership have teamed up to promote government managed health care to children and their families via newsletters, text messages, social media sites, at public school sporting events, health fairs and during them ‘suggested’ really cool extra special activities “enrollment nights” where families may gather at the school computer lab (isn’t that exciting) or elsewhere to get information on how to apply for ObamaCare.
Another reason that my six year old attends Catholic school.
Related: California Women’s Ins Plan Terminated Due to ObamaCare
Checking If Your Doctor is in What Network Major Snag in California
LA Clippers & Golden State Warriors NBA Players Promoting ObamaCare
L.A. Unified School Students Need IPad’s for State Tests, Whatever Happened to Paper & Pencil?
Friday, October 4th, 2013
Exam Day –Cartoon: For Better or For Worse/DeAnza College
(L.A.Times) IPad’s will be necessary for Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Students to take new state standardized tests at a cost of $1 Billion–$500 Million for the tablets and an additional $500 Million for extra bandwidth and teacher training.
LAUSD is getting hosed!
Given the fact that LAUSD has seen declining enrollment and facing a $350 Million deficit I’m thinking that the Sacramento Geniuses that came up with this brainstorm may want to reconsider paper and pencil? They worked good for many years.
Just imagine how much paper and how many pencils one could buy for just .10% of $1 Billion? If businesses could advertise on them, LAUSD could even maybe get them for free?
Nah, silly me! That would just make too much sense.
Glendale Unified School District Hires Company to Spy on Student’s Social Media Posts
Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
Social Media Spies –Image: Cyber Guardian Online
(CBS Los Angeles) The Glendale Unified School District has hired a Hermosa Beach company at a cost of $40,500 a year, to monitor 13,000 student’s social media posts claiming, its for the kid’s to prevent them from hurting themselves or someone else.
Riiight…
On 06 March, 2012 the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a law suit under the caption of R.S. et al -v- Minnewaska School District et al, USDC Minnesota over invasion of a student’s privacy on the grounds that the student’s Civil Rights were violated by the school district and the Pope County Sheriff’s Dept in two separate instances involving Facebbok.
The ACLU Minnesota Executive Director Charles Samuelson argued, “Student’s don’t shed their First Amendment Rights at the school house gate, (see: Tinker -v- Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503 (1969)) yet schools like Minnewaska seem to have no regard for that standard.”
Who actually believes that the Glendale Unified School District will be any more consciousness than the Obama Administration’s NSA when it comes to privacy?
Why Johnny Can’t Add, Subtract, Read or Write: Obama’s Newest New Math 2+2=5 and 3X4=11
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Math Is Was Serious –Image: Quick Meme
(Daily Caller) Quick what is 2+2? How about 3 X 4? If you said 5 or 105 that is just fine under the Obama Administration’s new ‘Common Core’ national curriculum that the Fed’s will impose on American public school children this year–yet another reason why my 6 year old will be attending Catholic School again this school year. I digress.
“We want our students to compute correctly but the emphasis is really moving more towards the explanation and the how and the why and can I really talk through the procedures that I went through to get this answer,” explains Amanda August, a curriculum coordinator in Grayslake, a suburb of Chicago.
Only in America: Under the Fed’s Newest New Math, getting the correct answer in math just doesn’t matter any longer as long as children can explain their convoluted reasoning how they arrived at the wrong answer.
Public School Advocate Matt Damon Claims Has No Choice But to Send His Children to Private School
Thursday, August 8th, 2013
(Reason) Matt Damon is moving to Los Angeles, when he arrives, he’ll be sending his own children to private school–no biggie???
In 2011, Damon took on FOX News reporter Michelle Fields over public school teachers, claiming that he was a strong advocate for the public school system.
Hypocrite: Fast forward two years and Damon tells The Guardian that he didn’t have a choice about educational options because public schools are not ‘progressive’ enough.
Michelle Fields reacted on FOX News/Hannity on Wednesday saying, “Actually yes, he (Matt Damon) did have a choice. The people who don’t have a choice are the rest of Americans who don’t have Matt Damon’s bank account and can’t afford to send them (their children) to private school.”
Damon has been critical of various aspects on modern public schooling, including the focus on testing and quantitative measures of success but has been vehemently opposed to alternative providers (especially those capitalists that dare to make a profit) saying that he’ll continue to cheer public education—for other peoples children.
Related: Academic Performance in California and L.A. County Drops
China Regime President Xi Jinping Borrows Obama Idea on Spreading Propaganda to Children
Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Birds of a Feather Walk Together: Xi Jinping & Obama –Beijing Cream
(Shanghaiist) China Regime President Xi Jinping calls for Maoist Indoctrination of Chinese Youth.
Flashback: Remember when the Obama Administration attempted to politicize education and spread propaganda in classrooms by calling on students to write letters to themselves and engage in round table discussions about what ‘the president wants to do for us.’
Sonoma State Univ Orders Student to Remove a Cross Necklace for It May be Offensive to Others
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
(Washington Times) A 19 year old California student filed a religious accommodation request after she was ordered to remove a cross necklace because it may offend other students.
Audrey Jarvis was working for the schools Associated Students Productions at a student orientation fair when a Supervisor ordered her to take the necklace off FOX News reports.
It is well established that students retain their constitutionally protected 1st Amendment rights–this includes the right of students to wear T-Shirts other other religious symbols. See, Tinker -v- Des Moines Indep Community School District 393 U.S. 503 (1969) Burnside -v- Byars 363 F. 2d 744 (1966)
Accordingly the American Center for Law & Justice reports school officials do not have complete control over students, likewise students may not be compelled to only express sentiments that are ‘officially’ sanctioned–Schools may only restrict the free speech rights of students when it “materially or substantial disrupts school discipline,” See, Burnside -v- Byars Id
On the 14 February, I wrote here “In order for the state in the person of school officials to justify the prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must be able to ‘show that its action was caused by something more than a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompanies an unpopular viewpoint. Certainly where there is no finding and no showing that engaging in the forbidden conduct would ‘materially and substantially interfere with the requirements of appropriate discipline in the operation of the school the prohibition can not be sustained.” See Tinker -v- Des Moines Indep Community School Dist Id and Burnside -v- Byars Id
Sonoma State Univ spokesperson Susan Kashack confirmed to FOX News that the incident did occur and expressed the regret that university president Ruben Arminana extended.
U.S. Spending on Education Tops Global List However Students Still Trail on International Tests
Thursday, June 27th, 2013
(EAG News) The U.S. spends more than other developed nations on its students education each year–despite spending about $11,000 per elementary student and $12,000 for high school students in 2010 factoring in the cost of programs–the U.S. spent on average $15,171 annually per student, more than any other nation covered in the study the Associated Press reports.
What do we get for all of this spending? Continued mediocrity.
Related: L.A. Catholic Students Test Scores Higher Than Public Schools
H/T: Lana Wong
Merry Christmas…
Friday, June 14th, 2013
Merry Christmas Everyday
(FOX News) Texas Governor Rick Perry signed legislation into law protecting “Merry Christmas” Thursday, removing any risks of saying “Merry Christmas” and to insure that the religious holiday and all religious observances like it will always be permitted to be observed in Texas Public Schools.
H/T: The Kitchen Cabinet