Category Archives: Education

Diversity and Affirmative Action Don’t Mix

Posted on March 24, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The Democrats in the California Legislature Grand Soviet, have a 2/3 majority in each chamber (leaves of absence aside).  They decided to use that power to partially repeal the California Civil Rights Initiative (i.e. Prop. 209), which they passed out … Continue reading →

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Politically Correct “Science”: Genderbread

Posted on March 19, 2014 by The Political Hat

     In their quest for “politically correct” declaration of are infinite genders, rather than the obvious two (male and female), the Toronto public schools have invented the “The Genderbread Person.”      This “Genderbread Person” is being used by at the Ontario Teachers … Continue reading →

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How the Left Defines “Diversity”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A “happy hour” to “build support and community” for “people of color” demonstrated exactly what the rabid Left on college campuses mean by “diversity”: White people not allowed.      The program coordinator at the “Diversity and Equity Center” at South Puget … Continue reading →

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Common Core Bonds in a Knot

Posted on March 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Some of the major problems with Common Core is that the materials are made by people who don’t understand what is being taught, teachers who don’t know how to teach it, and the use of jargon that makes Cockney rhyming … Continue reading →

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Yet More College Leftists Threatening Physical Action

Posted on March 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     It has been previously noted that the University of Michigan Black Student Union threatened “physical action” unless their “more-Left-than-Academics” demands were met, and how the university caved.      It turns out this was the first of many such threats of “physical … Continue reading →

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American Flag Banned in America

Posted on March 5, 2014 by The Political Hat

     American public schools can prohibit students from wearing the American flag because anti-American thugs were likely going to silence those students with violence anyway: “The court points out that the rights of students in public high schools are limited — … Continue reading →

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Tears of Unfathomable Sadness as UCLA

Posted on March 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The UCLA undergraduate student association council (USAC) had a vote on demanding divestment from Israel.  It failed 5 to 7.  This resulted in a divestment activist having a full-on mental breakdown.      While UCLA would not have paid attention to the … Continue reading →

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Academia Today: “Justice” over Freedom

Posted on February 23, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Yet another mis-educated elitist and Marxist, this time a student attending Harvard, has declared that freedom is oppression and that “Academic Justice” should trump “Academic Freedom.”  She writes in the Harvard Crimson: “If our university community opposes racism, sexism, and … Continue reading →

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Schools Crossing the Line

Posted on February 13, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A Wisconsin school is under criticism for forcing children to participate in a “game” where they had to reveal personal and family information, such as: Do your parents drink? Do you cut yourself? Has anyone in your family been to … Continue reading →

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What is Common Core?

Posted on February 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Over at Breitbart, Merrill Hope gives a good summary of Common Core, and exactly why parents should be wary of it.      So, just what is Common Core? “Common Core is like the convoluted plotline of a daytime drama, impossible to … Continue reading →

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