Category Archives: Education

Yet More College Leftists Threatening Physical Action

Posted on March 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     It has been previously noted that the University of Michigan Black Student Union threatened “physical action” unless their “more-Left-than-Academics” demands were met, and how the university caved.      It turns out this was the first of many such threats of “physical … Continue reading →

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American Flag Banned in America

Posted on March 5, 2014 by The Political Hat

     American public schools can prohibit students from wearing the American flag because anti-American thugs were likely going to silence those students with violence anyway: “The court points out that the rights of students in public high schools are limited — … Continue reading →

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Tears of Unfathomable Sadness as UCLA

Posted on March 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The UCLA undergraduate student association council (USAC) had a vote on demanding divestment from Israel.  It failed 5 to 7.  This resulted in a divestment activist having a full-on mental breakdown.      While UCLA would not have paid attention to the … Continue reading →

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Academia Today: “Justice” over Freedom

Posted on February 23, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Yet another mis-educated elitist and Marxist, this time a student attending Harvard, has declared that freedom is oppression and that “Academic Justice” should trump “Academic Freedom.”  She writes in the Harvard Crimson: “If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and … Continue reading →

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Schools Crossing the Line

Posted on February 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A Wisconsin school is under criticism for forcing children to participate in a “game” where they had to reveal personal and family information, such as: Do your parents drink? Do you cut yourself? Has anyone in your family been to … Continue reading →

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What is Common Core?

Posted on February 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Over at Breitbart, Merrill Hope gives a good summary of Common Core, and exactly why parents should be wary of it.      So, just what is Common Core? “Common Core is like the convoluted plotline of a daytime drama, impossible to … Continue reading →

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All Your Children Belong to Us, Redux

Posted on February 10, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A former Massachusetts Secretary of Education and Common Core advocate, Paul Reville, has openly stated: “Why should some towns and cities and states have no standards or low standards and others have extremely high standards when the children belong to … Continue reading →

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Boys are Boys; Girls are Girls

Posted on February 7, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Boys are more than imperfect girls, yet are treated as defective or stupid when they fail to respond well or learn as well as girls when they are treated as something they are not, i.e. girls.      As author Sarah Hoyt … Continue reading →

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The Least Free Places in America

Posted on February 6, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The institutions that are supposed to foster free speech and open debate are, in all irony, paragons of suppressing dissent: College campuses.      Greg Lukianoff, President at The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), explains how what should be an … Continue reading →

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Ecological Justice Math

Posted on February 1, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Without further commentary, from a 1st grade classroom: Social justice #math in grade 1 #tdsb pic.twitter.com/7Ps4HTK03V — Anastasia (@MsPoulis) January 23, 2014

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