Hukd on Fonix werkd for da Prez
Can you spot the error in this White House blog headline? Perhaps instead of picking on America’s fat kids, Michelle Obama could tackle the education crisis amongst their own ...
Review of “Bully”
If you’d never been a kid, or never been the parent of a child attending school, you’d probably be excused for thinking that bullying has suddenly exploded in the classrooms, hallways ...
Remembering to Remember: Reflections on the Holocaust
In July, I had the honor of traveling to Israel with some of Canada’s brightest journalists to attend a conference hosted by Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum and education ...
Beyond 180: An interview with Ray Comfort
In a little over three weeks, a controversial 30-minute YouTube video has gone viral, garnering over 1,000,000 views. The video is very simple: one man interviewing several young college-age ...
Condemned to Repeat
We’re facing a future of uninformed voters
American students don’t understand history, which should worry all of us. After all, these young students will grow up to be ...
Billionaire Peter Thiel offers grants to college drop-outs
When I started my freshman year of high school, the principal addressed the class of new students with a speech that included the following statement: “If you don’t go to ...
Philadelphia Coddles Kids With Condoms, Not Parents
Due to markedly higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in urban areas, particularly in young children, Philadelphia, the city of Brotherly Love feels inclined to lower ...
Why tuition subsidies don't help those who really need it
Leave it to a professor to suggest direct subsidies to students. To be honest though, in today’s political climate, each party has some form of policy for post-secondary education. ...
Ignatieff’s education policy was invented on the fly
Michael Ignatieff’s education policy was invented on the fly — and it shows
Ignatieff wants you to know that his party is the party of students and affordable higher education.
An ...
In Support of Casey Heynes
Casey Heynes refused to let the bully keep going
Many have probably seen the video, which has now gone viral, of 16 year-old Casey Heynes retaliating after being bullied at school. ...

