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School administrators violating civil rights of children – Fed to step in

By Steve McGough / March 9, 2010 /

Certainly not the ultimate nanny-state policy, but at least the federal government is not suggesting regulation of parents at home … yet. School administrators who violate the civil rights of kids on the other hand, they are fair game if they want federal funding.

Economics: Fear the boom and bust with Keynes and Hayek

By Steve McGough / January 27, 2010 /

As I was trying to decide if I was going to watch President Obama or try to generate some Schedule C income tonight, a reader sent this link to a video at the EconStories Web site. You can call this Econ 201 since it is a bit more advanced, but well worth the time to…

I’m experiencing deja vu: Obama’s education plan

By Steve McGough / July 24, 2009 /

I’m not kidding. It looks like Obama is proposing to spend $5 billion on the exact same “leave no child behind” type of federal legislation pushed through Congress eight years ago. He’s saying it didn’t work last time so we’re going to do basically the exact same thing again? This is out of control.

Obama’s flip-flopping statements on school vouchers

By Steve McGough / March 7, 2009 /

One Wednesday, I wrote about the Obama administration’s plan to sunset the the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program – a federal initiative – that provided scholarships to kids. After the kerfluffle of the Wall Street Journal piece, Education Secretary Arne Duncan proposed a solution. Let the kids who are already in the private system stay there,…

Are you up on your civics? Take the quiz!

By Steve McGough / December 3, 2008 /

I’m going to be blunt. There are a lot of ignorant Americans walking the streets of this great country, and I’m not sure what to do about it. We already know dollars spent per student, teacher to student ratios nor the number of computers in the classroom have much effect on academic performance, so today…

The liberal education syndicate

By Steve McGough / August 14, 2008 /

I’m using syndicate to imply a negative connotation. Here at Conservative247 we try our best to pass along information that is educational. Generally, it’s no holds barred when it comes to providing lessons about what defines conservative concepts here in the United States. If you have not added Walter E. Williams to your reading list,…

The Cost of Education

By Steve McGough / December 20, 2007 / Comments Off on The Cost of Education

Walter Williams posted his column yesterday that dealt with the average cost paid – per year I assume – by public secondary education schools in the U.S. compared to other countries. He also looks quickly at the academic results posted by the U.S. Department of Education1. We’re not doing all that well; ranked 33rd in…

93% of Detroit 8th graders fail reading test

By Steve McGough / December 12, 2012 /

While many union teachers in Michigan called in sick yesterday to protest in Lansing, 100 miles east in Detroit, only 7 percent of 8th graders can read at grade level.

University ban on blood drives sends wrong message

By Steve McGough / May 5, 2010 /

San Jose State University will continue to suspend future blood drives due to federal government regulations concerning a donor’s personal history. The FDA bans gay men from donating blood, and officials say this is discrimination.

Medical schools suggest big government incentives for new docs

By Steve McGough / January 3, 2010 /

When I was writing about the future shortage of physicians months ago, I was wondering when medical school deans would first suggest a federal bailout to  increase the number of future docs. And so it has come…