Category Archives: Education

Parent Review Committee for Common Core Sworn to Secrecy

Posted on October 11, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A parent review committee, created by the Utah legislature, to review the Common Core curricula are being asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement to stop them from discussing the materials they are to review.      This prohibition is allegedly meant to … Continue reading →

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Student Forced to Undergo “Diversity” Re-education Tells Off Indoctrinators

Posted on October 9, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A University of Wisconsin, Madison graduate student was forced to undergo mandatory “diversity training.”  After being forced to attend sessions where it was made clear that he was a sub-human oppressor and racist due to being a person of pallor. … Continue reading →

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“Critical Theory”: Modern Crypto-Marxism

Posted on October 7, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Marxism is alive and well.  Not so much in the former Soviet Union and the Warsaw pact countries, or even in Communist China!  Where is Marxism thriving?  The same place it always has thrived: In Universities and in the teaching … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Creating Foot Soldiers for “Social Justice”

Posted on October 4, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The use of public schools to indoctrinate children and convince them that lies are truth and to normalize collectivism continues unabated.  The Progressives, in their long march through the institutions, have come to the point where they are nakedly using … Continue reading →

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The Progressive Creed: “Segregation Now!”

Posted on September 26, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Once upon a time, segregation was considered to be abhorrent by so many, with the full weight of the Federal government used to stop states from segregating between whites and non-whites because “separate is inherently unequal.”  On the coattails of … Continue reading →

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Ground Zero of the War for America’s Future

Posted on September 23, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Since an AP study book was revealed to have re-written the 2nd amendment, more textbooks that have been widely adopted and used have been revealed to similarly re-write the 2nd Amendment to falsely make it seem that it only protects … Continue reading →

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Re-Writing the 2nd Amendment

Posted on September 17, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The 2nd Amendment states in full: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”      In 2008 the Supreme Court correctly ruled … Continue reading →

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There is No Family but the State

Posted on September 2, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Elementary school students in Illinois are being taught that the government is “like a nation’s family” and that it takes care of the citizens like a family takes care of a child.  As much as the defenders of the worksheet … Continue reading →

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They Would Rather the Poor be Poorer

Posted on August 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Alabama is having a new scholarship tax credit program challenged by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) because it doesn’t help every single child.  It would provide $3500 per student in a failing public school.  Not every child will benefit … Continue reading →

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Progressive Mathematics: 3 x 4 = 11

Posted on August 22, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Common Core standards, created whole-cloth from the minds of the Obama administration, are seeking to burn down the straw-man of “rote memorization” and building “understanding” as a path towards building mathematical knowledge.      In the below video, a teacher training session … Continue reading →

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