Obama's insistence on sex-ed leaves America's youth unprotected

The latest hot quote from U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) leads me to wonder exactly what values and morals he's instilling in his daughters and what values and morals he will advocate if he becomes the next president.

When a western Pennsylvania woman encouraged the senator to stop abortion, Obama said that "good people can differ" on the abortion issue. Then Obama, an abortion rights supporter, made it clear he also thought children should have access to federally funded, sexually explicit materials provided through so-called comprehensive sex education.

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Exodus: California Christian Groups Unite to Remove Children from Public Schoools

Several Christian groups have formed a coalition to boycott the California public school system, following legislation signed into law by Governor Schwarzenegger that will indoctrinate children to favor sodomy as a healthy and normal lifestyle choice.

Read entire article, 2-07-08

College Not Necessary for Many New Careers

U.S. News & World Report, which has made a name for itself by ranking and announcing the Best Colleges every year, is now ranking and listing the Best Careers for young people. A comparison of the latest lists shows a shocking disconnect and makes for dispiriting holiday reading. 1-02-08 Read more

Help Pat Boone send a strong message, 11-14-07

Pat Boone's 2007 TV Decency Survey

How Much Is That Degree Really Worth?

Do you know any young people with college degrees working in restaurants, retail stores, or somewhere else for which their degree is worthless? Do they owe tens of thousands of dollars in student loans? There are lots of them out there. Perhaps they are reevaluating the worth of a college education. I’m not talking about people who want to be engineers, nurses, biologists, or something else in the hard sciences. I’m talking about some of the so-called “soft sciences” like Women’s Studies or Art History, or some other useless course of study. Only people with huge trust funds should pursue these majors. By Tom McLaughlin, October 23, 2007

September 2007 Education Reporter

> The Arab World Studies Notebook

> K-12 Courses on the Middle East: Are They a 'Stealth Curriculum'?

> NBC Will Partner with Channel One

> Controversial Maryland Sex Ed Curriculum Is Adopted

> Minority Enrollment Nearly Doubles in Thirty Years

> BOOK REVIEW:
Feds in the Classroom: How Big Government Corrupts, Cripples, and Compromises American Education

> R.I.P. Norma Gabler: A Legend

> Taking the Boy Crisis in Education Seriously:
How School Choice Can Boost Achievement Among Boys and Girls

Read the September Education Reporter

Mexican curriculum in Oregon schools stirs debate

Some Oregon high schools are adopting Mexico's public school curriculum to help educate Spanish-speaking students with textbooks, an online Web site, DVDs and CDs provided free by Mexico to teach math, science and even U.S. history.


The Oregon Department of Education and Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education are discussing aligning their curricula so courses will be valid in both countries. Associated Press, September 20, 2007

Colorado illegal immigrants will get college aid in N.M.

Fort Collins - At least 10 illegal immigrants from Colorado will get to attend classes at the University of New Mexico this fall, with many not having to pay for tuition or books. Denverpost.com, July 16, 2007

April 2007 Education Reporter

What Cho Learned In The English Department

What was the motive behind 23-year-old Cho Seung-Hui's killing of 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech? Why was he consumed with hate, resentment and bitterness?

Read more of Phyllis Schlafly's May 9 column

Conservative icon draws protests at TCNJ

EWING -- Commentator and activist Phyllis Schlafly's conservative views are well known. She has spent more than 50 years writing and speaking out in favor of Republican principles and traditional family values, and against the women's liberation movement and feminist beliefs. NJ.com, May 03, 2007

Missouri State University's Social Work Program Fails External Review

MSU student Emily Brooker filed a suit against the school for violating her First Amendment rights after she objected to signing her name to a letter to the state legislature supporting homosexual adoption. MSU agree to settle with Brooker and to both clear her academic record and reimbursement for her attorney fees. After the settlement, MSU’s social science department was reviewed by deans from two other universities. MSU’s President Mike Nietzel said that the review was “as negative a review of an academic program as I have ever seen.” Belleville.com, 4-6-07.

What Colleges Teach -- and Don't Teach

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says that the Federal Government needs some accountability for the billions of dollars the taxpayers pour into university education. That's right, we do; but her plan, to set up a national database to track students plus a system of testing like No Child Left Behind, is not the solution. April Phyllis Schlafly Report

What Colleges Don't Teach

Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says that the Federal Government needs some accountability for the billions of dollars the taxpayers pour into university education. That's right, we do; but her plan, to set up a national database to track students, plus a system of testing like No Child Left Behind, is not the solution. Phyllis Schlafly column, 4/11/07

March Education Reporter now online

Read the entire February 2007 Education Reporter:
http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/2007/mar07/er_mar07.html

Eagle Forum Announces the 14th Annual Collegians Summit

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June 21 - 22, 2007

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New Utah Law to Regulate Noncurricular Clubs

The new law gives public school authorities and parents more control overthe noncurricular clubs and their children’s participation in these clubs.
The law requires children to get their parents’ consent before joining a
school club and parents have the ability to review the material presented at
club meetings. The law also gives administrators the authority to refuse to
allow clubs like the Gay Straight Alliance on grounds that homosexual
student clubs violate “the boundaries of socially appropriate behavior.”
Sltrib.com, 3-10-07.

Triumph for Parents' Rights in Utah

Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed into law a bill that prohibits school authorities from recommending psychotropic drugs, like Ritalin, to students. The law also protects parents from attempts to remove their children from their custody if they refuse to give their children psychotropic drugs. This is the first law of its kind in the U.S. and a great step forward for parents’ rights. Sltrib.com, 3-10-07.

TeenScreen program officially dead in Fresno, CA.

Sharon Kientz, a California Eagle and former school board member in Auberry, California, has been acknowledged as having led the battle to keep TeenScreen, a mental health screening program, out of the Fresno School District. One board member received so many emails opposing TeenScreen that he said "please tell your organization that we have no interest in or intention to adopt TeenScreen."

Sharon was also honored several years ago by the National Right to Read Organization as its "Teacher of the Year," because she continued teaching phonics during her 20 years teaching kindergarten, even after California adopted the "whole language method."