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What grade does NCLB get? In this fifth year, the No Child Left Behind Act is up for reauthorization amid a cacophony of assenting and dissenting voices. What is the bottom line?		Jul 9, 2007	1616
Need-to-know info on animal ID: the USDA has targeted farms and livestock facilities, and their livestock, for intrusive, unnecessary, and eventually mandatory identification and tracking regulations.		May 15, 2006	2357
Generation Joshua educates youth.	Brief article	May 15, 2006	182
Calif. bills push "gay" agenda.	Brief article	May 15, 2006	223
Homosexual fairy tale in school.	Brief article	May 15, 2006	114
Achievements of home-schoolers.	Brief article	May 15, 2006	219
To the shores of Tripoli: long before the term "state-sponsored terrorism" was coined, the Barbary pirates took hostages and exacted tribute from nations around the world, including the United States.		Apr 17, 2006	2572
U.S. Armed Forces place home-schoolers on equal footing.	Brief article	Mar 6, 2006	243
HSLDA gets family out of hot water.	Brief article	Mar 6, 2006	206
Designing an intelligent curriculum.		Mar 6, 2006	328
Who ya' gonna call?	Brief Article	Feb 6, 2006	292
Home schooling among black families on the rise.	Brief Article	Feb 6, 2006	295
Old problem, new solution.	Brief Article	Feb 6, 2006	199
Opportunity to excel: parental involvement and the chance to work at their own speed enabled these two siblings to enter college as junior-level transfer students at the ages of 13 and 14.		Nov 14, 2005	943
The danger of a federal curriculum: concealed within a Trojan horse of civic education, the federal government is well on its way to establishing a federal curriculum in our public schools.		Oct 17, 2005	1971
Keep the home-school fires burning: despite legislative problems, regulatory hurdles, media attacks, and other affronts to the home-schooling movement, home schooling continues to gain in popularity and strength.		Aug 22, 2005	2054
Father of the Bill of Rights: by drafting the Virginia Declaration of Rights, on which the U.S. Bill of Rights was based, George Mason left a legacy of freedom for future generations.		Aug 8, 2005	2583
Utah bucks "No Child Left Behind": Utah has passed legislation to maintain its constitutional primacy over the federal government in the education of that state's children.		Jun 27, 2005	1677
Lafayette's odyssey: the Marquis de Lafayette's dogged determination to fight for the cause of liberty enabled him to surmount many difficulties in leaving France and coming to America.		May 16, 2005	2427
Court-ordered euthanasia: euthanasia advocates claim it is not a crime to kill as long as the victims cannot speak for themselves.		Apr 4, 2005	1852
Curing the Continental Army's IIIs: Declaration of Independence signer, noted physician, teacher, and political writer Benjamin Rush led the reform of many medical problems in the Continental Army.		Apr 4, 2005	2844
"Who shall teach?": a global concern: parents' natural urge to direct the education of their children--and government's urge to nullify that direction--is universal.		Mar 7, 2005	1192
Washington's spies: General George Washington's intelligence network during the American War for Independence contributed largely to his success.		Mar 7, 2005	2785
Saving babies: a new outlook abortion "rights" proponents are finding that their position is becoming even more indefensible because of the increased viability of small-sized infants.		Feb 7, 2005	864
For heaven's sake, don't mention God! In a case of "turnabout is fair play," Stephen Williams, a history teacher, is suing a school district because the school district won't let him mention God in his lessons.		Jan 10, 2005	1013
Planned therapeutic nanny state: no matter the motives, efforts to do routine mental health testing on children in America's schools need to be stopped before they do irreparable damage.	Cover Story	Nov 15, 2004	884
Potshots at home schooling: critics of the home-schooling movement continue to snipe at parents who teach their children at home, portraying them as paranoid radicals and, now, potential terrorists.		Nov 1, 2004	636
National "indoctrination" association: year after year, one of our nation's most powerful labor unions continues to slip its leftist agenda past an ever-gullible public--and impressionable young students.		Aug 23, 2004	2042
Godly mountain man: like all fur trappers of the early 1800s, Jedediah Smith wore buckskin and carried a rifle. But, unlike many others, he also carried a Bible and exhibited a deep love for God.		Aug 23, 2004	3878
Diving in with American know-how: in 1776, American patriot David Bushnell's little wooden Turtle not only threatened British naval supremacy, its technology would help lead to America's own dominance of the sea.		Jun 14, 2004	2238
The fire that backfired: the British torching of Danbury, Connecticut, did not produce the desired effect--thanks in part to the midnight ride of 16-year-old Sybil Ludington.		May 3, 2004	2972
No child left unbrainwashed: despite the political backlash from several states, the federal government continues to push its nationalized education agenda.	Cover Story	Apr 19, 2004	3702
Encore--The Ready to Teach Act.		Apr 19, 2004	348
The Star-Spangled Banner: our beautiful national anthem perfectly mirrors the deeply religious and patriotic nature of its composer, Francis Scott Key.		Mar 8, 2004	3468
Man of science--and of God: George Washington Carver believed that Providence guided his scientific investigations and that those investigations led to a better understanding of God and His handiwork.		Jan 26, 2004	2239
France's champion of liberty: nineteenth-century economist Frederic Bastiat's writings demonstrate why socialism won't work any better for 21st-century Americans than it did for the 19th-century French.		Nov 17, 2003	3195
Acknowledging black Confederates: despite differing definitions of "soldier" and questions about motivation, the historical record is clear: many black Americans supported the Southern cause.		Sep 22, 2003	2951
Outfoxing the British: Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion used ingenuity and unorthodox tactics to play a significant role in the War for Independence. (History--Struggle for Freedom).		Jul 14, 2003	2573
Home schooling is the place to bee: home-schooled 14-year-old James Williams captures the coveted top spot in the 2003 National Geographic Bee. (Education).		Jun 30, 2003	1304
Betsy Ross: a just sew story. (History -- Struggle for Freedom).		May 5, 2003	3082