15-Year-Old Tea Partier Speaks Out To Fox’s Megyn Kelly About ‘Bullying’ From Liberal Teachers

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15-year-old conservative Benji Backer recently wrote an article for Tea Party group FreedomWorks in which he described chronic bullying from high school teachers who disagreed with his political views. Today, he appeared on Fox News with Megyn Kelly to share his story and urge school boards around the country to prevent what happened to him… Read more »

Teach for America’s teachers are besting their peers on math, study shows

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Of all the education reform initiatives taking place in the United States., perhaps none is as controversial as Teach for America. The nonprofit, which places high-achieving college graduates without traditional teacher qualifications in classrooms in underserved areas of the country, has drawn criticism from teachers’ unions and others who doubt that its participants can match… Read more »

Are Teachers Bullying Conservative Students?

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A Wisconsin school district has launched an investigation into accusations that teachers have bullied and harassed a politically active conservative student. Benji Backer, a 15-year-old student at Appleton North High School in Appleton, tells me that he’s been subjected to name-calling, foul-language and classroom lectures that bashed Gov. Scott Walker and labeled Republicans as racist… Read more »