Santorum is like a conspiracy theorist’s wet dream come true

Though there is a correlation between college education and liberal tendencies, but that’s only because reality has a liberal bias. Santorum wants you to stay stupid and ignorant so you’ll continue to be a good little Republican. #seb #politics #Santorum #Education

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In Michigan, the average spending per prisoner is close to three times that spent per student.

Students vs Prisoners

I love my State, but damned if our priorities aren’t seriously fucked up:

via Cool Infographics.

An infographic on the State of Education in the U.S.

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An illustration of the problem:

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Tennessee Tea Partiers want to reject history and substitute their own.*

Pic of an intelligent Tea Partier.

Do you really want this guy setting your kid's educational standards?

They say that reality has a Liberal bias which probably explains why the Far Right is always trying to change it through revisionist history. Down in Tennessee the leaders of the Tea Party met up with state legislators to present their “demands” on . . . → Read More: Tennessee Tea Partiers want to reject history and substitute their own.*

Take the Pew Research Center Science Knowledge Quiz.

From the You-Have-To-Be-Fucking-Kidding-Me department comes this Pew Research Center Science Knowledge Quiz. It’s a series of 12 questions on what can only be described as stunningly basic science knowledge. Questions such as “Which over-the-counter drug do doctors recommend that people take to help prevent heart attacks?” Stuff that all you’d have to do is . . . → Read More: Take the Pew Research Center Science Knowledge Quiz.

Spencer Iowa school board proposal would put religion back into schools.

It seems the religious nutcases in one town in Iowa want to waste a lot of taxpayer money on the inevitable lawsuits that will come of this:

The school board in Spencer, Iowa is proposing a sweeping policy change. A change that will sanction prayer at graduation exercises and other extra-curricular activities, allow for the . . . → Read More: Spencer Iowa school board proposal would put religion back into schools.

Primary School Gay Curriculum

Calif. District Creates Primary School Gay Curriculum

Monday, June 1, 2009 3:24 PM

By: Rick Pedraza

This is the headline for an article that describes how Alameda County, Calif, schools are planning to introduce lessons that will be designed to prevent bullying and teasing based on stereotypes. You can find the full article here: http://www.newsmax.com/us/school_district_same_sex/2009/06/01/220249.html?s=al&promo_code=7DC2-1 . . . → Read More: Primary School Gay Curriculum

Teaching kids to write in cursive is on the decline.

At least according to this Indianapolis Star article:

Learning to write in script is a time-honored tradition. But in today’s time-starved classrooms, some around the country are questioning whether, given everything else vying for space in the curriculum and the increasing use of technology, teaching these children cursive is even necessary.

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How well can you do on this civics quiz?

Ebonmuse of Daylight Atheism wrote an entry about a recent poll by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute that caught my eye:

A recent poll by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute found, as many previous surveys have found, that Americans’ knowledge of political and historical facts about our country is abysmal. But this one added a twist – . . . → Read More: How well can you do on this civics quiz?

Catholic Bishop says too much education is a bad thing.

People are so much easier to control when they’re dumb and illiterate. The heyday of the Catholic church, after all, was the middle ages. While still more influential and powerful than they probably should be, the Catholic church has had a harder time of it lately and it’s all the fault of those educated parishioners:

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