The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The NEA and AFT wield an exorbitant amount of power within and over government policy, and that power should be put in check. On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education initiated proceedings to withdraw federal recognition from that body which accredits most American law schools...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The practice of equitable grading will only further reinforce an entitlement mentality with zero responsibility or self-government being taught. Equitable grading includes ineffective practices such as unlimited retakes, no late penalties, no zeros, no homework, and no required participation. These grading policies make no sense to...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Nebraska law requires all children to be enrolled in a “public, private, denominational or parochial school,” or to homeschool them. If parents fail to comply, the punishment is a Class III misdemeanor, including up to three months in jail and a $500 fine. Families are urging a Nebraska court to consider if the government-school monopoly is an unconstitutional...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The NEA provides resources for teaching 9/11 calling the US “cruel and inhumane” and blaming the 9/11 attacks on America’s support for the Jewish state. Not only do the lessons not provide the radical Jihadist motivations of the attacks, but they also appear to equivocate on whether al-Qaeda mastermind Osama Bin Laden was behind the attacks...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The Democrats continue to openly embrace Socialism while maintaining their ability to remain tone deaf. While the Democratic Party at the national level is full on embracing Socialism, state Democratic leaders are embracing Socialist policies, beginning with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who is maintaining sole control of...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Booksellers have recently discovered that AI has breached the gates. The revelation that millions of print books are being scanned to train artificial intelligence models and then destroyed should raise concern. “What I’ve been hearing is alarming. People are right to raise a red flag about it,” Susan Benne, executive director of the Antiquarian...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Detroit public schools offer gift cards worth up to $1,000 to reward student attendance as chronic absenteeism remains a serious problem. Critics argue that simply paying students to appear in class does little to improve engagement, academic performance, or meaningful learning outcomes for struggling students...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – What’s worse, renaming a Great Lake or removing the word “mother,” and replacing it with “postpartum individual”? Democrats whined and complained profusely after Trump made the announcement that he was changing the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America. Bill Maher exposed them for who they are by sarcastically saying they...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – The fact that his letter had to be sent speaks to the horrible state of affairs in which our pubic education system finds itself. The impetus behind the letter was due to reports surfacing about schools withholding critical information from parents under the guise of “confidential medical information.” Other reports noted that teachers were...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – AFT president Randi Weingarten calls ICE actions illegal and immoral while they claim she is a criminal illegal alien supporter. Weingarten is urging her members to boycott Target, deeming the company unethical, because it refuses to publicly denounce ICE. As usual, Weingarten finds herself on the wrong side of the argument...