Via Nick Bernabe of TheAntiMedia.org,
A Republican Arkansas lawmaker has introduced legislation to ban the works of the late historian, activist, and writer Howard Zinn from publicly funded schools.
The bill from Rep. Kim Hendren, just noted by the Arkansas Times, was introduced on Thursday and referred to the House Committee on Education.
Via Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
Strip away the centralized power that protects and funds cartels, and prices would plummet.
The mainstream narrative is "the problem is low wages." Actually, the problem is the soaring cost of living. If essentials such as healthcare, housing, higher education and government services were as cheap as they once were, a wage of $10 or $12 an hour would be more than enough to maintain a decent everyday life.
Dozens of students were temporarily suspended at a school in Minnesota on Wednesday after they questioned the safety of vaccines. The Rochester School district removed 71 students from class after they failed to show that they had received their vaccinations, as part of a plan to enforce a controversial state law that requires all school children to be immunized. CBS reports: Students had to submit the proper paperwork to the school district in order to prove they are exempt by Wednesday.
A school in Texas has found a unique way to treat children suffering from ADHD – by allowing kids two extra 15-minutes of recess. Kindergarten and first-grade students were found to pay more attention in class and fidget less when they were allowed to spend more time dong what kids like to do – engage in physical activity and play.
LendEDU, a private firm that connects students and their families with student loans and loan refinancing, has finally revealed a clue that helps us better understand the mystery of why so many college students across the country have become so comfortable haphazardly taking out $100s of thousands of dollars in student loans to fund their degrees in anthropology. According to a survey of 500 current college students conducted by LendEDU, apparently 49.8% of America's entitled youth is convinced that the federal government will simply forgive their student loans upon graduation...c