State Universities Are Teaching Students To Blow Up Oil Pipelines, Records Show
‘How to Blow Up A Pipeline’ author wants to send message to ‘capitalists’ that ‘their properties will be trashed’ At least sixteen universities are promoting the book “How to Blow Up A Pipeline,” which outlines for readers how to commit eco-terrorism — oftentimes making it required reading, a Daily Wire investigation found. The book was […]
Drunk middle school teaching assistant arrested after student drank her vodka thinking it was Mountain Dew: police
A middle school teacher in Georgia was arrested and canned after a student drank vodka thinking it was Mountain Dew. Her blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit, police said. Alexandra “Nicole” Lambert, 39, was fired from her Morgan County middle school after a student took a sip from a bottle that belonged […]
Anti-Israel teaching assistant fired from NYC elementary school
A Brooklyn teaching assistant who was handcuffed and embattled during last week’s protests at Columbia University has been fired, it has been learned. James Parra, a fifth-class paraprofessional from Brooklyn Arbor in Williamsburg who called Israel a “racist” and “terrorist” state, shared his ouster on social media Wednesday. “After eight years of dedicated service, six […]
‘A Lot of the Problem’ on Campuses Is Due to Them Teaching Dumb Stuff Like Taylor Swift Courses
On HBO’s “Real Time” broadcast Friday, host Bill Maher said many of the protesters on campus don’t know what they’re talking about and that “a lot of the problems” are with Harvard. He said schools were teaching ridiculous classes, such as the one about Taylor Swift. Former CNN host Don Lemon said “some” of the […]
Is Ohio State teaching ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’?
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Late last month, Amy Andryszak, the president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, sent a letter to Gov. Michael DeWine (R-OH) in response to seeing The Ohio State University initially had plans to add How to Blow Up a Pipeline to its curriculum. The book, written by Swedish […]
How teaching sex ed helped Dan Hurley in coaching career
GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dan Hurley spent nine years as a high school basketball coach at St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, but that’s the beginning of his journey before landing his first head coaching job at Wagner in 2012. That’s just part of it. Hurley spent time as a teacher. That included teaching sex education right […]
School leaders welcome proposal to tackle harassment of teachers | Teaching
School leaders have welcomed proposals to create a “Unity and Conflict Unit” to support teachers who face threats and harassment that “restricts their freedom” while at work. This is one of many recommendations. Examination commissioned by the government It focuses on the case of a religious studies teacher at a West Yorkshire school who was […]
Alabama lawmakers pass legislation that bans state funding of DEI, restricts teaching ‘divisive concepts’
The Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature has banned state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at public universities, local school boards, and government agencies, and banned education on “divisive concepts” at public universities. They passed sweeping legislation to restrict it. The law restricts public universities from teaching “contradictory concepts” about race and gender, and requires transgender […]
Alabama Legislature passes legislation banning state funding of DEI, limiting teaching of ‘divisive concepts’
The Republican-led Alabama Legislature passed a new measure banning state funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at public universities, local school boards, and government agencies. of Education is restricted by law It eliminates “divisive concepts” around race and gender, and prohibits transgender students from using the restroom that corresponds to their gender identity […]
Court upholds revocation of teaching license of cop who shot Philando Castile
The Minnesota Board of Education was justified in denying a substitute teaching license to a former police officer who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop in 2016, an appeals court ruled Monday. The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the findings of the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing Standards Board, which concluded that […]