Federal Encroachment in Education With Anti-Bullying Policies Focused on LGBT Students The White House held their Bully Prevention Summit today. Why the federal… Shane Vander HartMarch 10, 20113 minute read
Independent Accreditation For Private Schools (HF 167) Survives Funnel Week in Iowa House Des Moines, IA – American Principles in Action would like to thank… Caffeinated ThoughtsMarch 5, 20112 minute read
Governor Terry Branstad Appoints Eric Goranson to the Iowa State Board of Education Caffeinated Thoughts contributor (and my friend and coworker at American Principles Project)… Shane Vander HartMarch 2, 20111 minute read
Iowa Core Curriculum Flunks History The Thomas B. Fordham Institute issued a State of the State report… Shane Vander HartMarch 1, 20112 minute read
Support Iowa House File 167–Independent Accreditation for Iowa’s Private Schools The Iowa Association of Christian Schools introduced HF 167 with the help… Eric GoransonFebruary 24, 20112 minute read
Emmett McGroarty in Townhall: Education Revolution… Without the People? Emmett McGroarty, one of our contributors, and the Preserve Innocence Executive Director… Caffeinated ThoughtsFebruary 23, 20111 minute read
A Conversation About Home Schooling Sixteen years of my life, thus far, have been dedicated to the… Mary SelbyFebruary 18, 20113 minute read
Waiting for Superman: Teachers’ Unions Are The Root of All Evil (in Education) I stopped by Redbox last night and saw that Waiting for Superman… Shane Vander HartFebruary 17, 20114 minute read
Keep Duncan Out of State Education Here is an op/ed at Politico co-authored by Joe Mack, who is… Caffeinated ThoughtsFebruary 17, 20111 minute read
Rand Paul: Abolish the Federal Department of Education At CPAC last week Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) said something I can… Shane Vander HartFebruary 14, 20111 minute read
Thomas Jefferson Argued for Local and Parental Control of Education The call for local control of education and for parental control is… Shane Vander HartFebruary 12, 20111 minute read
CPAC Review: Rick Santorum–Remarks Grounded In Our Founding Former Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) grounded his remarks in our founding. He… Emmett McGroartyFebruary 12, 20112 minute read
CPAC Review: Michelle Bachmann – I Need To Hear More I’ll get right to the point. I want to hear more from… Emmett McGroartyFebruary 12, 20112 minute read
Replacing Letter Grades: About Better Assessment or Boosting Self-Esteem? Waukee Middle School in Waukee, IA will be replacing their grading system.… Shane Vander HartFebruary 7, 20111 minute read
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s Preschool Plan Offers Budget Reduction With Greater Parental Choice I read an interesting article in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier about Iowa… Shane Vander HartFebruary 5, 20113 minute read
Rick Santorum: Get Rid of the “Factory Model of Education” Last week I had the opportunity to interview Rick Santorum for Caffeinated… Shane Vander HartFebruary 5, 20115 minute read