As you read the following letter that was sent to the Marietta City School Board concerning an issue that occurred recently, please put yourself in the “shoes” of this parent. The real question here is if this happened to your…
The Boston Bombings: The Biblical Response
by Hope Taylor If you’ve had the privilege of visiting Washington, D.C., and had the courage to ride the subway which is know as the Metro, you will recognize the familiar phrase repeated thousands of times daily: “See Something, Say…
Glenn Beck Teaches Part of America’s History Like Never Before
It is the man, not the gun, that is capable of committing acts of evil. That was the message Glenn Beck conveyed throughout his highly anticipated keynote speech at the 2013 NRA Convention on Saturday. He made that case using…
What is Common Core? Part Deux…….
by Kevin Ritter In a recent issue of the Pirate, I described Edmund Burke’s notion of Moral Imagination and how that attribute was shared by many of the great minds of the western tradition. I described Burke’s belief that student’s…
Common Core Standards; federal government tyranny
By Jim Mullen Despite its lack of constitutional authority, the federal government relentlessly treads on the educational system with one giant bureaucratic boot after another. The very essence of every federal program is to encourage dependency, dissuade initiative, stifle competition,…
Ohio House Ed Committee Chair Says….
Ohio House Ed Committee Chair Says He’ll Fight for the Common Core “Kicking and Screaming” Some schools are already teaching the Common Core curriculum, and using Common Core text books like this one. The chair of the Ohio House Education…