The Mercer County School Board in Western Illinois knows exactly how to help students achieve their full potential: They’re now starting all board meetings with a useless, potentially illegal prayer. … Last week a local minister asked whether the board should pray before their meetings. “We did look into legal counsel to see what they [...]
Muslim Countries Want Their Women to be Educated
February 11, 2010 By 25 Comments
Contrary to what you might expect after reading about honor killings and the mostly male-run societies, predominantly Muslim countries support equal education for women. This is according to The Pew Global Attitudes Project (PDF): Charles McAlpin summarizes the results: In a positive sign for women’s rights globally, overwhelming majorities in all nine countries said they [...]
How Not to Save Money for College
February 1, 2010 By 19 Comments
How should you save money for college? Put money in a savings account? Rely on student loans? Invest your money? Purchase a CD? Or… pray and just *hope* everything works out? Reader Roman received the following survey results from his bank. Prayer ranks 3rd!… and it could very easily be 2nd. Now, when people wonder [...]
Wyoming School Board Says “No” to “No Place for Hate” Posters
January 31, 2010 By 24 Comments
Take a look at this sign: You see the problem with it? Apparently, it teaches kids that gay marriage is great and the “traditional” family structure needs to be broken down (?!?!) And if you don’t see that, then you might be wondering (as I do) why those signs were taken down from schools in [...]
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