New York Legislators Want School Expectations Based on Race

(huffingtonpost.com) Albany progressives, backed by the New York City teachers union, want to lower standards for students to attend the Big Apple’s eight specialized high schools because some minority students can’t pass their rigorous entrance exams.

Feds Giving Military Vehicles and Equipment to Local Police

(Reuters/Jessica Rinaldi) Bullet-proof vehicles that once patrolled battle zones in Iraq and Afghanistan will soon begin appearing as police vehicles in American communities – and on a college campus or two – thanks to a federal government giveaway program for excess military equipment.

Kansas Union Sues to Get Teacher Tenure Back

(atlasnetwork.org) The Kansas teachers union is expected to sue the state over elements of a recently passed education funding bill, although union officials said they’re not yet sure what the lawsuit will entail.

Iowa Teacher Orders Black Student to Call Him ‘Master’ – School Won’t Say How He Was Disciplined

(static01.mediaite.com) Officials in Iowa’s Des Moines school district aren’t saying how they’ve disciplined the high school teacher who last month told an African-American student to address him as “master.” From EAGnews: The incident in question occurred in mid-May when student Jabre White and his classmates were preparing to take their final exam in economics.

Leftists say United Negro College Fund Made a Deal With ‘the Devil’ When It Accepted $25m from Koch Brothers

(alternet.org) “No good deed will go unpunished.” That saying must have run through the minds of Charles and David Koch – “the Koch brothers” – after news of their $25 million gift to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) was denounced by some progressives on as a deal with “the devil.” Critics contend the money is tainted because the Kochs are libertarians who believe in limited government.

Kentucky Family Believes Poor Treatment at Local VA Hospital Led to Their Father’s Death

(lexington.va.gov) Family members of World War II veteran Louis Smith believe he may still be alive if it wasn’t for the shoddy care he received at the Lexington, Kentucky Veterans Administration facility, which they described as “inhumane, negligent, and insensitive.” “He was there for his country and he was proud to do it, and where were they for him?” Betty Abell, Smith’s daughter, told the Lexington Herald-Leader.