Published March 20, 2015: by Mary Grabar We are happy to announce that after a nearly two-year long process Dissident Prof has been awarded status by the IRS as a 501(c) (3) tax-exempt charitable organization.

I am delighted to quote from the IRS letter:

“Dear Applicant,

“We are pleased to inform you that upon review of your application for tax exempt status we have determined that you are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Contributions to you are deductible under section 170 of the Code.  You are also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers or gifts under section 2055, 2106 or 2522 of the Code. . . .

    “We determined that you are a public charity under the Code section(s) listed in the heading of this letter.”

For contributors’ information:

    Public Charity Status: 170 (b) (1) (A) (vi)
    Effective Date of Exemption: February 29, 2012

(I am told that any contributions made after the “Effective Date of Exemption” are tax deductible.  Please note as you file your 2014 returns!)

It was a difficult and expensive process, and one that took a lot of time and energy.

But now we are ready to dedicate our energies to “resisting the re-education of America” by continuing to post articles, offer talks, and publish guidebooks.  If you are able, I hope you will consider making a tax-deductible contribution.

With your help, Dissident Prof will be able to:

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Posted June 10, 2016, by Mary Grabar: This week, Dissident Prof had the honor of being among such luminaries as the Wetumpka (Alabama) Tea Party and NorCal Tea Party Patriots, as well as tea parties in such places as Clark Valley, Clinton County, Dallas, Dayton, Dupage, and with the Conservative Roundtable of Texas, and Conservative Women for a Better Future, a total of 426 organizations designated by the IRS as having the wrong "viewpoint" for non-profit status. Our applications for 501(c)(3) status were "flagged" and held up.  We were subjected to extra scrutiny when the IRS did respond.  Dissident Prof is a plaintiff in the class action lawsuit against the IRS.

After being stonewalled for over a year, we at Dissident Prof were asked to jump to and justify our stance on, among other things, but primarily, Common Core.  I had to account for every penny spent since I started with my own funds while working as a college instructor.  The IRS did everything short of scouring the files in my office in the basement of my house where I spent hours and hours writing and setting up the organization. 

Read more: Contraries: June 10, 2016, IRS hit list

Posted December 4, 2015, by Mary Grabar: Thank you everyone who came out for my talk on the "Gamification" of the Classroom, K-16, or P-20 (preschool through grade 20).  It was sponsored by the Georgia chapter of the National Association of Scholars, a great organization dedicated to high academic standards.  Visit them as www.nas.org. 

There is much to report on the education, or more accurately, re-education front, as I come back from my travels to Clinton, New York.

One can barely keep up with the missives from Super Parent, the U.S. Department of Education.  This week it sent out invitations to teachers, urging them to apply to become Teaching Ambassador Fellows.  One of these teacher ambassors, Patrick Kelly, testifies,

Read more: Contraries: Common Core Still? Obama in Composition Classes

Posted June 13, 2013, by Mary Grabar: Check out the Selous Foundation for Public Policy Research for Part I of my three-part series on Common Core testing, "Common Core, Teaching to the New Test."  Testing, er "assessments," will drive the curriculum (it already is).  Then read the great review of Exiled by Rachel Alexander, "Blacklisted by Higher Education." She writes,

Read more: Common Core Testing & Exiled Review