http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/begin-sex-ed-in-kindergarten-says-new-%e2%80%98national-standards%e2%80%99-report/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/begin-sex-ed-in-kindergarten-says-new-%e2%80%98national-standards%e2%80%99-report/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:00:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123519 CNSnews.com: “Ideally, comprehensive sexuality education should start in kindergarten and continue through 12th grade,” says the “National Sexuality Education Standards” report . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/begin-sex-ed-in-kindergarten-says-new-%e2%80%98national-standards%e2%80%99-report/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/judge-removes-%e2%80%98religious-freedom%e2%80%99-amendment-from-the-ballot/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/judge-removes-%e2%80%98religious-freedom%e2%80%99-amendment-from-the-ballot/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:08:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120890 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/judge-removes-%e2%80%98religious-freedom%e2%80%99-amendment-from-the-ballot/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/political-earthquake-social-conservatives-awaken-to-the-public-union-menace/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/political-earthquake-social-conservatives-awaken-to-the-public-union-menace/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:47:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97726 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/11/political-earthquake-social-conservatives-awaken-to-the-public-union-menace/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wisconsin-an-education-in-special-interest-power/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wisconsin-an-education-in-special-interest-power/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 19:12:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=96706 writes at the Heritage Foundation: "Wisconsin is a microcosm for a larger problem with education unions. According to Mike Antonucci, who specializes in research on education unions, during the 2007–2008 election cycle, the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers spent more than $71 million on campaigns for issues and candidates, or more than $100 per teacher in five states. These national unions receive their money from the dues of teachers forced to send money to their local affiliate, which then sends the funds to the state affiliate and then on to the national union." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/28/wisconsin-an-education-in-special-interest-power/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/peter-heck-american-teachers-should-revolt-against-the-nea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/peter-heck-american-teachers-should-revolt-against-the-nea/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:41:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=68019 OneNewsNow: "A little over a year ago, I wrote a column suggesting that due to the blatant hostility the National Education Association was expressing towards Christians, it was time for Christian teachers to withdraw their membership from the NEA. As it turns out, the focus of my call to abandon this radically left lobby group was a bit too narrow. As evidenced by its own website, the NEA is not merely anti-Christian, they are anti-American as well. How else can you explain the plan that appeared on the NEA's 'Diversity Calendar' instructing teachers to make October 1st a special recognition of the Communist revolution in China?" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/09/peter-heck-american-teachers-should-revolt-against-the-nea/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/groups-urge-congressional-hearings-on-faith-based-initiative/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/groups-urge-congressional-hearings-on-faith-based-initiative/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:31:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=64683 Religion Clause: "On June 18, thirty national organizations comprising the Coalition Against Religious Discrimination, sent a letter (full text) to the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee urging it to hold hearings on the current status of the Faith-Based Initiative." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/30/groups-urge-congressional-hearings-on-faith-based-initiative/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/11/powerful-failure-how-the-national-education-association-fails-to-use-its-influence-for-education/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/11/powerful-failure-how-the-national-education-association-fails-to-use-its-influence-for-education/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:01:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/11/powerful-failure-how-the-national-education-association-fails-to-use-its-influence-for-education/ this report on the NEA. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/11/powerful-failure-how-the-national-education-association-fails-to-use-its-influence-for-education/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/north-carolina-7th-graders-to-learn-about-iuds-abortifacients-condoms/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/north-carolina-7th-graders-to-learn-about-iuds-abortifacients-condoms/#comments Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:56:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/north-carolina-7th-graders-to-learn-about-iuds-abortifacients-condoms/ LifeSiteNews: "North Carolina schools are preparing to implement the 'Healthy Youth Act,' signed on June 30, 2009 and set to take effect in the 2010-11 school year. It states that students from 7th to 9th grade should be taught 'about the effectiveness and safety of all FDA-approved contraceptive methods in preventing pregnancy.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/09/north-carolina-7th-graders-to-learn-about-iuds-abortifacients-condoms/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/14/school-districts-are-not-legally-compelled-to-diminish-christmas/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/14/school-districts-are-not-legally-compelled-to-diminish-christmas/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:32:17 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=44999 writing in The Valley News: "One organization that is postured perfectly to help [school administrators ward off legal threats over Christmas] this is the Alliance Defense Fund, a not-for-profit 'legal alliance' of over 1,300 attorneys and allied organizations nationwide whose mission includes efforts to inform the general public as well as government officials about what is and remains permissible under the Constitution, especially where it comes to religious liberty." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/14/school-districts-are-not-legally-compelled-to-diminish-christmas/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/09/school-choice-even-obama-supports/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/09/school-choice-even-obama-supports/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:35:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=38575 The American Spectator: "[T]hese days, it's been the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers that have been spitting mad, while school choice supporters have reasons to smile. Why? Because Obama and his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, are using federal stimulus funds and their respective bully pulpits to force states into spurring the growth of public charter schools, the government-funded-yet-privately-operated schools that are the nation's most prominent and successful version of choice." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/10/09/school-choice-even-obama-supports/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/court-rules-that-%e2%80%98sexual-orientation%e2%80%99-laws-include-former-homosexuals/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/court-rules-that-%e2%80%98sexual-orientation%e2%80%99-laws-include-former-homosexuals/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:50:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34097 PFOX: "In a precedent setting case, the Superior Court of the District of Columbia has ruled that former homosexuals are a protected class that must be recognized under sexual orientation non-discrimination laws. The Court held that, under the D.C. Human Rights Act, sexual orientation does not require immutable characteristics." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/25/court-rules-that-%e2%80%98sexual-orientation%e2%80%99-laws-include-former-homosexuals/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/05/teachers-unions-back-judge-sotomayor/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/05/teachers-unions-back-judge-sotomayor/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:38:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32259 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/05/teachers-unions-back-judge-sotomayor/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/nea-goes-all-out-for-same-sex-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/nea-goes-all-out-for-same-sex-marriage/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:13:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=32117 Townhall: "The National Education Association, which usually passes a dozen or more pro-homosexual resolutions every year at its annual national convention, this year in San Diego went all-out in support of same-sex marriage. This emphasis on advocacy for homosexuals was spelled out in a five-point New Business Item E." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/04/nea-goes-all-out-for-same-sex-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/28/to-nea-use-power-indifferently/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/28/to-nea-use-power-indifferently/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:29:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=31236 writes at EdNews.org: "At the national NEA meeting in early July, Bob Chanin, its outgoing general counsel, asserted (http://www.nea.org/grants/33242.htm#) that power was the source of the NEA's success—the outcome of long years of union activity—and that pursuing its other goals at the cost of sacrificing power is 'too high a price to pay.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/28/to-nea-use-power-indifferently/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/08/nea-calls-for-lgbt-rights/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/08/nea-calls-for-lgbt-rights/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:39:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29458 365Gay.com: "The National Education Association adopted two resolutions calling for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights at its annual conference last week." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/08/nea-calls-for-lgbt-rights/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/06/at-meeting-nea-declines-to-remain-neutral-on-abortion-and-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/06/at-meeting-nea-declines-to-remain-neutral-on-abortion-and-marriage/#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:11:23 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29319 Baptist Press: "The National Education Association, the nation's largest labor union, voted July 5 to reject a proposal officially to remain neutral on the issues of abortion and family planning. Also during its annual meeting in San Diego July 1-6, the NEA went on record as supporting laws legalizing civil unions and 'gay marriage'" . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/06/at-meeting-nea-declines-to-remain-neutral-on-abortion-and-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/nea-to-consider-full-support-of-homosexual-marriage/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/nea-to-consider-full-support-of-homosexual-marriage/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:08:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=29073 One News Now: The co-founder of the National Education Association (NEA) Conservative Educators Caucus says the NEA will consider adoption of a resolution supporting homosexual "marriage." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/07/02/nea-to-consider-full-support-of-homosexual-marriage/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/30/teachers-union-to-consider-abortion-issue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/30/teachers-union-to-consider-abortion-issue/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:42:11 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=28678 One News Now: "The National Education Association will convene for their national meeting in San Diego July 1-6. Jeralee Smith, one of the co-founders of the NEA Conservative Educators Caucus, says one of the items her group has placed on the agenda is abortion." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/30/teachers-union-to-consider-abortion-issue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/the-cyber-way-to-knowledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/the-cyber-way-to-knowledge/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:23:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27740 NCPA: How can we reform U.S. K-12 education so that U.S. students will be competitive with Finnish teenagers? Technology -- particularly online education, say Terry M. Moe and John E. Chubb, authors of "Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education." Technology holds two potentially dramatic benefits, say the authors: * One is simply a general improvement in education as students from "anywhere -- poor inner cities, remote rural areas, even at home" gain access to high-caliber instruction. * More important, is technology's ability to destroy the political barriers that prevent education reform . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/the-cyber-way-to-knowledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/california-teachers-union-loses-case-on-campaign-flyers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/california-teachers-union-loses-case-on-campaign-flyers/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:37:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27711 San Francisco Chronicle: "A school district can prevent a teachers union from putting campaign pamphlets for political candidates in school mailboxes, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case from San Leandro." Teachers Association vs. Governing Board of the San Leandro Unified School District, S156961 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/california-teachers-union-loses-case-on-campaign-flyers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/the-neas-latest-trick/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/the-neas-latest-trick/#comments Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:53:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27629 Wall Street Journal: "Public school teachers are supposed to teach kids to read, so it would be nice if their unions could master the same skill. In a recent letter to Senators, the National Education Association claims Washington, D.C.'s Opportunity Scholarships aren't working, ignoring a recent evaluation showing the opposite." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/19/the-neas-latest-trick/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/18/school-choice-advocates-stand-with-families-to-promote-parental-choice-in-education/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/18/school-choice-advocates-stand-with-families-to-promote-parental-choice-in-education/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:04:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=27593 Alliance for School Choice: "School choice advocates today questioned the National Education Association (NEA) for their aggressive stance against D.C. school vouchers, arguing that the organization is misinforming Members of Congress about the success of the program." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/18/school-choice-advocates-stand-with-families-to-promote-parental-choice-in-education/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/pro-life-advocates-to-protest-national-education-association-convention-next-month/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/pro-life-advocates-to-protest-national-education-association-convention-next-month/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:16:13 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=26585 LifeNews: "As they have in past years, pro-life advocates will again protest the National Education Association and its pro-abortion policies at its annual convention." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/06/10/pro-life-advocates-to-protest-national-education-association-convention-next-month/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/15/obama-vs-the-nea/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/15/obama-vs-the-nea/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:36:33 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/adf.php/2008/02/15/obama-vs-the-nea/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2008/02/15/obama-vs-the-nea/feed/ 4