2009 (By Year)

Dec30, 2009

Year in Review - Education 2009

The year 2009 held positive, pessimistic, and altogether noteworthy developments in educational news.
Dec17, 2009

'Czar' promotes explicit school reading lists

President Obama's "safe schools czar" is coming under renewed attack.
Dec02, 2009

A day in a lab = educational 'boost'

One of the original authors of the "Cash for Clunkers" program is hailing National Lab Day.
Nov24, 2009

Faculty chastises abstinence promotion

A Virginia school principal has fallen under the scrutiny and criticism of her own staff for publicizing abstinence.
Nov16, 2009

Goodbye Corzine, hello educational progress

A New Jersey school choice advocate says he will not miss the state's outgoing Governor John Corzine or his ineffective methods of improving education for inner-city minorites.
Nov13, 2009

Parole restrictions keep terrorist at home

A controversial guest speaker was a no-show at UMass.
Nov12, 2009

NJ gov. vote 'thrills' education reformers

Education reform advocates in New Jersey are releasing a sigh of relief.
Nov11, 2009

Terrorist invited to speak on 'social change'

Outrage is being expressed over a speech invitation extended by a major university to a convicted terrorist.
Nov10, 2009

Abstinence education - teens are listening

Abstinence advocate Valeris Huber says a new report by the Centers for Disease Control shows that abstinence education is delaying sex among teens.
Nov10, 2009

Duke's sex-toy study labeled 'nonsense'

A North Carolina-based Christian group is appalled that Duke University would recruit female students to participate in a "sex toy" study.
Nov02, 2009

Teachers unions sense power in numbers

America's largest teachers unions are taking a controversial stance on the 2010 Census.
Nov02, 2009

Parents called to take pro-family stand

A pro-family organization is calling for a boycott of Scholastic Books.
Oct30, 2009

Christian college nixes forum with homosexual filmmaker

Hope College in Holland, Michigan, has scuttled a student-proposed forum on sexuality that would have featured the participation of an openly homosexual Oscar-winning filmmaker.
Oct29, 2009

No progress + lower standards = progress

The Department of Education has released a new report that shows a disturbing trend in state educational standards.
Oct28, 2009

Controversy may strengthen Christian commitment

The provost at Calvin College weighs in on the controversial memo decision.
Oct27, 2009

Christian college's memo causes confusion

After eight hours of deliberations, a Michigan college has decided to let a controversial memo stand.

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