Education

Illinois School Pushes Smut on Children as Young as 12 with Porn-Laden Book

by J. Matt Barber August 29, 2007

Illinois School District 126, covering Alsip, Hazelgreen and Oak Lawn, has defended its choice to assign summer reading to 12- and 13-year-olds that is replete with harsh profanity and references to teen sex (even teen sex with adults).
Prairie Junior…

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NYC’s Khalil Gibran International Academy an Incubator for Islamist Radicalization

by Thomas More Law Center August 28, 2007

Claiming it is nothing more than a thinly disguised incubator for Islamist radicalization, the Thomas More Law Center, a national Christian public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced today that it will represent a group of citizens…

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The Horror of 1915 — Remembering the Past, Hoping for a Better Future

by Kristine Steakley August 20, 2007

This article appeared in the May 2007 BreakPoint WorldView magazine.
George Orwell or Franz Kafka could have been writing the headlines last fall when author Elif Shafak was put on trial in her homeland of Turkey. Her crime, "insulting Turkishness,"…

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San Diego School District Removes “God” from Classroom

by Thomas More Law Center July 21, 2007

The Thomas More Law Center has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Poway Unified School District, located in San Diego, California. The lawsuit was brought on behalf of Brad Johnson, a respected teacher who has been teaching in…

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Providing Opportunities at Ave Maria

by Ave Maria University July 19, 2007

Moving a university campus over a summer is an immense job. Ave Maria University is busy doing just that, but it recognizes the importance of remaining first and foremost a center of learning. So, amidst packing and re-organizing, not to…

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Seeking an End to Discrimination of Christians in NYC Schools

by Catholic League June 30, 2007

Yesterday, New York City Council Member Tony Avella introduced his Department of Education Holiday Display Resolution (Res. 930/2007). Avella's bill calls for a nativity scene to appear alongside the menorah and crescent and star in New York City schools. Currently,…

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Princeton Scholar’s “Inhuman” Views Uninvited from Noted European Conference

by LifeSite News June 20, 2007

Every so many years some of the world's most eminent scholars and religious and political leaders meet in the Polish city of Gniezno to discuss matters pertaining to Europe, especially the uniquely European view of spirituality and the nature and…

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Moving Day for Ave Maria University

by Elisabeth Corbalis June 18, 2007

Ave Maria University is almost ready to move to its permanent campus! For the past four years, the school has been located on a temporary campus in Naples, Florida, while the permanent university buildings and the town of Ave Maria…

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Avoid Summer Learning Loss

by Lisa Hendey June 15, 2007

My boys are launching into their second full week of summer vacation. They are in full summer mode, staying up too late and sleeping in as only growing teens can sleep.
One fact of life around our home is summer…

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Has Maryland School Board Found “Gay Gene”?

by Elizabeth OBrien June 14, 2007

The Montgomery County School Board has recently approved a new sex education curriculum for public schools. The curriculum teaches that homosexuality is caused by a specific "gay gene."
In response to the school board's decision, Parents and Friends of ExGays…

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