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Massachusetts: Middle school principal apologizes to Muslim students who found Holocaust lesson offensive
By Jihad Watch Many Muslims regard Hitler as a hero. Those who think this is an “Islamophobic conspiracy theory” simply haven’t been paying attention. There was a Hitler clothing store in Gaza. Mein Kampf was a perennial bestseller in Turkey and Egypt. Many Muslims have expressed admiration for Hitler in public fora. And so that is likely […]
Some of the Impacts from Not Immediately and Properly Upgrading K-12 Education
By John Droz, Jr. Critical Thinking and AI Literacy are the key missing subjects. This is a followup to my last commentary where I am proposing that a State immediately implement a new K-12 course: Critical Thinking and AI Literacy. Question to AlterAI: Presently it appears that no State is formally and properly teaching its K-12 students to be: 1) Critical Thinkers, or 2) AI […]
Fraud and Waste in America’s School Districts
By Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) Fraud in American public school districts is predominantly an internal issue, with 97% of cases involving trusted staff or volunteers rather than external hackers. The most common method is cash theft (62% of cases), often skimmed from activity fees and fundraisers before records are created, while less frequent digital payment […]
Washington School Board Director and Sex Shop Owner Hosts Sex Event for Children as Young as 9
By The Geller Report Jenn Mason’s WinkWink Boutique in Bellingham is offering the ‘Uncringe Academy’ covering gender, puberty, and sexuality By Rachel del Guidice, Fox News, June 6, 2026: A Washington school board director who owns a sex shop is helping host a sex education event for children as young as 9 years old, drawing scrutiny […]
Critically Thinking about K-12 Standards — An Extraordinary New Development
By John Droz, Jr. Most people do not realize that the real power regarding K-12 curricula resides with their State Board of Education (SBE) — not local boards. In most States, among other things, the SBE does the following three key things: they approve Standards for every subject and every grade year, they approve textbooks for every subject and every grade year, and they […]
1,000+ University of Calif Professors Revolt: Students Can’t Do Middle School Math, Demand Return of SAT/ACT Requirements
By The Geller Report Over a thousand University of California professors signed an open letter to the Board of Regents demanding they bring back standardized testing after it was removed during covid for equity. They reveal that many STEM students are below Middle School level in Math. The poison fruit of leftwing policies. Dumb students, an obvious […]
Qatar spent over $65,000,000 to manipulate U.S. education
By Jihad Watch Now you know why once-great educational institutions such as Harvard and Georgetown (and many others) are filled with pseudo-academic Islamic apologists and outright dawah propagandists. Now you know why it was so easy to get American college and university students all over the country to agitate for Hamas. Now you know why […]
School is the New Family. God Doesn’t Exist. Civics, Who Cares
By Karen Schoen School is the New Family. God Doesn’t Exist. Civics, Who Cares Since I left the teaching profession, I am sad to say that education has taken a sharp left turn. Country, God, Family and the values of America are no longer mentioned, much less taught in-depth. Instead, students are taught to hate, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Intercepts $60 Million In Student Loan Fraud
By The Daily Caller The Trump administration has blocked $60 million in fraudulent student loan applications since launching a new risk assessment tool last month, the Daily Caller has learned exclusively. The Department of Education launched a new risk assessment tool on April 26 to screen federal student aid applicants for fraud. Since the tool […]
How Did This Leftist Group Smuggle Its Divisive Ideas Into 169 School Districts, Without Parents Knowing?
By The Daily Signal The Southern Poverty Law Center has spread its woke activist agenda in education to at least 169 school districts in 42 states, according to a new report, and the impact of teachers unions helps explain this expansive influence. Learning for Justice, the SPLC’s education arm, promotes “social justice” activism, pushes racially divisive messaging, and […]
Sharyl Attkisson and K-12 Education
By John Droz, Jr. I’m a fan of Sharyl Attkisson — since seeing her thoughtful reports on TV, back around the Civil War time. She now has a Substack and is doing what a good journalist should be doing: objectively reporting on societal issues. (I’ve added her Substack to the select few that I recommend.) Last month, she wrote […]
TERROR-LINKED Muslim Students Associations Taking Over America High Schools
By The Geller Report The islamization of our public schools is instrumental in the advancement of civilizational jihad. With the left’s capture of the American education system, the sharia advancement of the left/Islamic axis was inevitable. By: Donna Fodor, RAIR, May 1, 2026; This new story out of Texas, revealing how Muslim Brotherhood-linked Muslim Student Associations […]
5 Big-City Public Schools Spend Billions More but Students Learning Less
By Family Research Council Public schools in five of the nation’s most densely populated cities are spending billions of local, state, and federal tax dollars, but students are learning less compared to where they were five years ago, according to results reported in the 2025 edition of the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). The NAEP — […]
Trump administration to probe NYC public schools over ‘Palestinian resistance’ seminars for kids young as five
By Jihad Watch In the Palestinian territories, children are routinely taught about the “resistance” as part of the curriculum. A 2020 UK Parliamentary report on a Westminster Hall debate described exactly what that “resistance” means: Palestinian children have grown up in an environment of institutionalised radicalisation. In schools named after suicide bombers, schoolchildren are taught from the […]
“Critically Thinking about Feelings”: An AI Assessment
By John Droz, Jr. Another Test for AlterAI… Like several of my commentaries, my last one was somewhat controversial. In it I discussed some of the evidence that the Democrat party is attempting to portray themselves as the “good guys” because they are empathetic to the downtrodden, minorities, etc. I decided to submit that column to AlterAI for […]
Michigan Dems nominate lawyer who praised Hezbollah for University of Michigan regent over Jewish incumbent
By Udi Geva Michigan Democrats ousted Jewish incumbent Jordan Acker (who had been repeatedly targeted by anti-Israel activists) from the University of Michigan Board of Regents on Sunday, nominating Dearborn trial attorney Amir Makled in his place — despite recent reporting by the Detroit News revealing Makled’s history of pro-Hezbollah and antisemitic social media posts, […]
Professor Of Islamic Civilization Says ‘Get Over It’ To Concerns About Rape Gang Crisis
By The Daily Caller A Georgetown University professor is under fire for telling people who share concerns about Muslim “rape gangs” to “get over it.” Professor Jonathan A. C. Brown, chair of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown, posted the dismissive remark twice on X in response to users discussing a link between Islam and an escalating […]
AI Assessments of: “Overview of America’s #1 Threat” — Part 3
By John Droz, Jr. I asked six (6) different AI’s as to what they thought… Since the evidence indicates that our K-12 education system is America’s most threatening problem, I decided to do yet another test of popular AIs to see what they had to say. As a test I submitted my last commentary (a K-12 overview) […]
Trump Admin To Stop Taxpayer Funding Of Worthless College Degrees
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Overview of America’s #1 Threat: Part 3
By John Droz, Jr. This is the last of a three-part series on the most significant threat to the American Experiment we are facing. Part 1 was a picture that I thought was worth 10,000 words. Then Part 2 made a brief, major point. Part 3 is this more detailed explanation. I originally put this together for a new […]
The Pledge as a Proxy for National Decline-A Briefing
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Overview of America’s #1 Threat: Part 2
By John Droz, Jr. Since few seem to be very concerned with the tsunami that is now visibly coming, I will resume our regular programming… See Part 1 of this exceptionally important three Part series. Let’s simplify this seemingly complicated K-12 education matter. The two most important aspects of school education are: 1) WHAT is taught (curricula / content), and 2) HOW it is […]
Is the End of the American Federation of Teachers in Sight?
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Overview of America’s #1 Threat: Part 1
By John Droz, Jr. A picture is worth a thousand words… I’m a BIG fan of Lincoln. One (of several reasons) is that he was an extraordinary wordsmith. His Lyceum Address is not that well known (e.g., compared to the Gettysburg Address), but it speaks to us today. More accurately, it is screaming at us. Its basic message is that despite America […]
The Renegade Academy
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The Financialization of College Sports and the Meaning of a College Education
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Why the US South Is Rising
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When the Virtual World Becomes the Real World
By Family Research Council I spent more than 40 years watching how environments shape soldiers. Put a man in a foreign culture long enough, and his instincts begin to change — his sense of danger, his habits, even what he considers normal. What American parents are watching happen to their children follows the same pattern. […]
SCOTUS Gender Decision Slams Brakes On Coerced Speech
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Silicon Valley’s Slot Machines: The Reckoning for Our Kids
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