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Teacher Fired For “Wizardry” In… Wait For It… Florida

Can we declare our independence from Florida? Just in interest of propping up the national IQ.
Substitute teacher Jim Piculas does a 30-second magic trick where a toothpick disappears then reappears.
But after performing it in front of a classroom at Rushe Middle School in Land ‘O Lakes, Piculas said his job did a disappearing act of [...]

Florida Anti-Evolution Education Bills Dead

For a while, at least, some of the kids in Florida have a shot at a non-stupid science education.

A Puppet Pwns Ben Stein And His Stupid Intelligent Design Movie “Expelled”

I posted this in links yesterday, but I’m putting it here because I thought it was funny and worth more notice. I really hate these intelligent design (creationism) people and the way they continue to try and pervert science and education. Expelled and Ben Stein are even worse because they try to link Nazism and [...]

When I Moved From Florida It Got Dumber, Now It Is Even Worse

The legislature down there in America’s appendage passed a bill that calls for the theory of evolution (caution: may contain science-like material) to be downgraded to just contradictory noise in order to allow creationism based “intelligent design” into the classroom.
This reminds me of why I dislike Florida so.

Yet Again: Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Does Not Work

Proven, for the 7 millionth time.
Stoking the fire, a study published in the April edition of the Journal of Adolescent Health found that those who received comprehensive sex education were 50 percent less likely to become pregnant than those who received abstinence-only education. The study also found that those who received comprehensive sex education were [...]

Abstinence Only Doesn’t Work. In Other News, Water Is Wet.


Portland School Board Goes Over The Line


Dress Code At Morehouse?


Stupid Kids


Public Education Makes America Great


The Real Reason I Should Have Finished College


IB, AP Key To Education Success


Wacky World Of Degrees


In Which I, God Help Me, Agree With Bill O’Reilly


Best Speller In America Is A P-u-b-l-i-c School Kid


Rendell To The Rescue






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