There is no way out of this increasingly grim fiscal situation
but a sharp cutback in federal spending.   The successful
homeschool phenomenon in the United States does not address the
question of how public education can be improved here. The
Finnish model cannot be replicated as long as our progressive
educators are determined to keep dumbing down America’s
teachers. Finland produces the world's smatest kids because they
are taught by the smartest teachers on the planet. And the
teachers do not use poverty as an excuse for any student not
doing well, as U.S. teachers are being led to do.  Boy, is Sen.
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) ticked off. The son of immigrants from
Cuba, he says that Barack Obama’s plan to re-establish
diplomatic relations with Cuba is an abject betrayal of American
principles and the Cuban people.   Page 1 of 246