#Schools
Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous
A ‘Science of Reading’ Revolt Takes on the Education Establishment - The New York Times
Fed up parents, civil rights activists, newly awakened educators and lawmakers are crusading for “the science of reading.” Can they get results?
Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous
California education official embezzled over $16 million, hid cash in mini fridge
A former California public school district official was sentenced to over five years in prison after officials found he embezzled nearly $16.7 million from the district over the years — hiding stacks of cash in a small refrigerator.
Politics | Joe Biden/Biden Administration
Report: President Biden to appoint an ‘anti-book ban’ coordinator to protect the LGBTQ community
Biden should read some of these books to kids.
News | The News
Police kill would-be school intruder thwarted by secured doors, quick law enforcement response
Observers comparing incident to Uvalde, Texas, mass shooting in which gunman thought to have entered elementary school through unsecured door
Politics | Liberal Hypocrisy
Why Does the White House Oppose 'Hardening' Schools?
As Katie noted yesterday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated during her Tuesday press briefing that President Biden does not support the 'hardening' of schools as part of the conversations on anti-mass shooting solutions. In this answer, it very much sounds like Jean-Pierre is ruling out beefed-up school safety as something Biden would be willing to consider. You be the judge:
News | NEWS
Uvalde Schools Locked Down at Least 48 Times This Academic Year
In October 2021, Mayor McLaughlin reported the district had been forced into lockdowns 48 times largely due to human smuggler pursuits.
Politics | Covid 19
NYT analysis finds school closures harmed students, especially in major cities ‘which tend to be run by Democratic officials
"An unprecedented, disastrous social experiment on kids with no upside and so much loss. And it was obvious in 2020."
Politics | Education or Indoctrination?
School goes private after first-grade teacher tells kids that sometimes the doctor is wrong when he makes a guess as to baby’s sex
All of that expensive schooling and doctors can only guess the sex of a newborn baby.
Politics | Education or Indoctrination?
Teacher says it’s up to adults to make the classroom welcoming to kindergarteners who identify as transgender
Kindergarteners have cell phones and are going to know about this stuff anyway.
Politics | Education or Indoctrination?
Public Schools Are Cesspools of Debauchery. Get Your Kids Out Now, Before It's Too Late.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned during the pandemic it’s that many parents had no idea what was going on in their kids’ schools. Oh, parents knew there was crazy stuff going...
Politics | Education or Indoctrination?
Here’s a great thread on those ‘nice-sounding programs’ being used to ‘create little activists’ at school
It's no secret that activist teachers believe they're "saving" children from their parents.
Family & Parenting | Kid's
Unions Fight to Keep Parents From Finding Out What Being Taught – PJ Media
Across the country in at least a dozen states, Democrats are blocking bills that would require curriculum transparency in public schools
Politics | Education or Indoctrination?
Twenty-one days to brainwash your child
The parents of Farmington Hills, Michigan (a suburb 25 miles outside of downtown Detroit), were none too pleased to discover recently that their school board was forcing students to take a “21-Day Equity Challenge” as part of the district’s "diversity, eq
Politics | Politics
Michigan Democratic Party deletes social post claiming parents aren’t ‘client of the public school’
Facebook post ignited a hailstorm of criticism as the debate over parental rights continues to rage across America.
Politics | Covid 19
Dr. Walensky cites a study The Atlantic said was ‘based on very shaky science’ to push masks in schools
"...so unreliable that it probably should not have been entered into the public discourse."
Politics | Woke Insanity
UK School Bans Terms ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ to Describe Children’s Behaviour
A school has banned the terms "good" and "bad" to describe pupil behaviour to remove "emotional words" from classroom management.
News | News
Schools gave laptops to kids during pandemic — then they spied on the students for their own good: report
Schools across the United States reportedly handed out laptops to pupils for distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic — and then spied on them with the very same electronic device, according to a Monday report from The Guardian.
What are the details
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Pro-Antifa HS Teacher Boasts of Turning Students Into ‘Revolutionaries’
Project Veritas released a shocking video of a California AP Government teacher, Gabriel Gipe, boasting about politically indoctrinating...
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Illinois' Pritzker Signs Bill Requiring Kindergartners to Define Gender Identity
Illinois’ governor, J.B. Pritzker (D), signed a bill into law claiming the new sex ed standards that require kindergartners to learn to...
News | News
PODCAST: CRT, IMF & WEF: The Hostile Takeover of the United States
A small group of organized and steadfast ideologues are on a quest to fundamentally transform the United States of America from a Constitutional Republic to an oligarchy, run by the global elites based in the Communist Chinese economic model of control. W
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Woke Illinois 'Punishes' Public School Districts for Not Imposing Mask Mandates
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has punished 37 public school districts with a total enrollment of nearly 30,000 students as...
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Parents, Teachers at Odds Over Push for Cameras in Classrooms
A growing number of concerned parents across the country have started to push for cameras in the classroom as the debate heats up over...
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Biden DoE Directly Interferes With Florida's Sovereign Education System
The Biden administration is seeking to defy Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), and his recent statewide ban of mask mandates in schools by...
Psychology | Education
Opinion | The Cost of the School Shutdowns
A new McKinsey study documents the severe student learning loss.
News | News
Teacher of the Year Placed 'On Leave' After Questioning Equity Training
A Virginia teacher with an exemplary record who in 2016 had been named “Teacher of the Year” in her school was placed on administrative...
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Schools Give 'Equity Survey' to 4th Graders, Tell Them Not to Tell Parents
A fourth-grader in the Sartell-St. Stephen School District in Minnesota said her teacher administered an "equity survey" in class and...
News | News
Author of 1619 Project Accepts Payment from Fund Dedicated to Underserved Children
Oregon’s Department of Education diverted money from a program for disadvantaged children to pay speaker fees for the New York Times’...
Politics | Liberal Hypocrisy
After Teachers Claimed They Were Too Scared To Work, Many Never Got Vaccinated
Only about 70% of school staff in Montgomery County, Maryland, chose to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, despite the teachers union objecting to opening schools for most of the year by citing educators' commitment to extreme cautionary measure
News | News
More States Join the Push Back Against Critical Race Theory
South Dakota’s governor has signed a pledge to re-institute accurate US history education in that state’s public schools. South Dakota...
Politics | Leftists Are Insane
Politico: Most of the Kids Going Back to School Are White, and That's a Problem
The people who scold us the loudest about bigotry are always the biggest bigots.
News | News
Second Grade Classes Shown ‘Emotional Learning’ Video That Included Depiction of Man with Erection
In a lesson that resulted in parents throughout the district being up in arms, Greenwich, Connecticut second graders were shown an...
News | News
DeSantis to Expunge ‘Critical Race Theory’ from Florida School Curriculum for Teaching ‘Hate’
In a shot across the bow to the race-baiter activists, Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis (R), announced he will use COVID relief funds...
Politics | Corruption
Prager: Most American Schools Are Damaging Your Child
I have been telling parents for decades that sending a child to almost any college is playing Russian roulette with his or her values.But it is a different version of
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Over 1,000 Baltimore School Officials Make $100K a Year as Students Continue to Fail
An examination of city records reveals that a shocking number of school officials in Baltimore, Maryland are making more than $100,000...
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Cafe Chain: NY, CO 'P**** Leftists'; Bans Teachers Who Won't Go Back to Classroom Instruction
The Kavasutra Kava Bar, a specialty cafe chain, has drawn their line in the sand and is aggressively pushing back against the ever...
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CDC Purposely Misinterpreted Data Analysis on Reopening Schools
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) misinterpreted analysis they cited in crafting their guidance for re-opening schools...
Family & Parenting | Kids
Opinion: Most American Schools Are Damaging Your Child
Commentary I have been telling parents for decades that sending a child to almost any college is playing ...
Politics | Leftist Lies
Researchers: CDC Misrepresented Research To Keep Schools Closed
The team of researchers highlighted that the CDC had used their work to issue recommendations for schools re-openings they claim is based in fear.
News | News
Pelosi's COVID Bill Includes $21,000 for Federal Employees If Kids Have No School
Nancy Pelosi’s “American Rescue Plan Act of 2021” includes a gratuitous provision that allows federal employees to collect up to $21,000...
Politics | Leftists Are Insane
Reopening Schools 'Seems Like a Very White Supremacist Ideology,' CA School Board Member Says
A school board member compared school reopenings to slavery, saying the policy smacks of a "very white supremacist ideology."
Politics | Op-Ed
Democrats Don't Care About Your Children and They Never Have. School Lockdowns Prove It.
The Biggest Lie the Democrats Ever Told
In my three plus decades of conservative political activism I’ve pretty much learned every go-to trick in the Democrats’ playbook. As leftism is &#...
Politics | Leftist Lies
Jen Psaki Walks Back Biden’s Promise To Open Schools In 100 Days: ‘Some Teaching’ In Classrooms ‘At Least One Day Per Week’
In early December, Joe Biden pledged “to bring the coronavirus pandemic under enough control to open most of the nation’s schools during his first 100
Politics | The Hall of Idiots
Anti-science ghoul Joy Behar suggests that every kid just repeat the year instead of going back to school
"CDC officials are urging a return to classroom instruction as soon as possible"
News | News
Teachers Union President Declares In-Person Instruction, Teen Suicides Caused By Lockdowns Are ‘White Privilege’
Scott Wilson, the president of the Washington state-based Pasco Association of Educators (PAE), stated in a Zoom meeting that re-opening
News | The News
COVID-19 Transmission in Schools Nearly Non-Existent, According to New Study
A study of 100,000 students and staff in North Carolina shows transmission of COVID-19 at school is significantly less than in the community. Time to open them.
Politics | Joe Biden/Biden Administration
Joe Biden makes a great argument for reopening the schools immediately
Dr. Jill Biden's been vaccinated, let's get her back into a classroom.
News | International News
Investigation Prompts Schools to Report $6.5 Billion in Undisclosed Foreign Gifts and Contracts
NEW YORK—American Universities failed to report $6.5 billion in foreign gifts and contracts, an investigation by the Department ...
Politics | Liberal Hypocrisy
Teachers' Unions Take to the Streets With the Radical Left, Even While Insisting It's Not Safe to Return to School
Teachers’ unions in many major metros, and other places that might surprise you, have thrown in completely with the radical left. They have partnered with the Democratic Socialists of America and other extremist groups to make some astounding demands in order to allow your children to return to school.
News | The News
‘Are They Setting My Children Up for Failure?’ Remote Learning Widens Education Gap. - WSJ
Students in Mississippi’s Jackson Public Schools district, who are predominantly Black and low income, already lagged their peers academically. Shutdowns set them back even more.
Family & Parenting | Kids
Study from the New England Journal of Medicine Shows the Only Reason for Keeping Children Home from School is Politics
The results from a study reported in the New England Journal of Medicine show that the only reason children are being kept from school due to the China coronavirus is politics. The New England Journal of Medicine released the results of a study on the Chi
Politics | Media Watch
‘QUITE the omission’: Mark Hemingway notices CNN left out 1 YUGE detail in stories shaming Trump for opening schools
It's almost as if CNN has an agenda. Huh.
News | News
My Kids' Public School Held A Workshop Teaching The Police Are Racists
The left has moved beyond indoctrination through biased textbooks and false narratives. Now, our kids are being taught to channel their anger in protest.
Science & Technology | Technology
When Schools Reopen, Don't Ditch Online Learning | WIRED
Blending classroom teaching and virtual education keeps students flexible and engaged.
Miscellaneous | Other Stuff!
College vs. University: What's the Difference? | Mental Floss
Certain traits define the difference between colleges and universities. (And no, tuition isn't one of them.)
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Westside private school gave diplomas to nonstudents for a fee. Then came the college admissions scandal
Before West Hollywood College Preparatory School was linked to a national college admissions scandal, it issued hundreds of diplomas to nonstudents.
News | The News
Here Is a Way Strike-Stricken Parents Could Find Reliable Education Providers
Here Is a Way Strike-Stricken Parents Could Find Reliable Education Providers
News | The News
California Parents Sue to Block ‘Inclusivity’ Instruction in Schools
Concerned parents in Santa Barbara, California, have filed a federal lawsuit against a radical activist group and their ...
News | The News
Thomas Sowell: The Moral Bankruptcy Of Charter School Opponents | Investor's Business Daily
Among the consequences of Democrats' recent election victories, especially at the state and local levels, is the election of officials who have publicly announced their opposition to charter schools
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram might be working on school Stories
It would only contain content from a particular school’s student body.
News | The News
California votes to bar schools from starting before 8:30am to help give students more sleep | Fox News
California lawmakers voted Friday to bar middle and high schools from starting before 8:30 a.m., one of dozens of proposals debated in the Legislature on the final day of its legislative session.
Politics | Politics
Bill Bennett, Karen Nussle: Supreme Court's Janus decision could change everything for our schools and kids | Fox News
In 20 to 30 years, we may look back on this week as the turning point when everything changed for America’s teachers and their students.
News | News
Want to stop school shootings? Use Israel's approach.
After Santa Fe & Parkland, we can spare no expense in stopping school shootings. By making our schools as secure as airports, we can protect our kids.
Politics | Immigration
Immigration and the Failures of Education
Immigration and the Failures of Education
Miscellaneous | Other Kinds of Whatnot
Lego is helping physics students stay in school, 'cos it's the best
Teachers at Flinders University in Australia are using Lego cars to help physics students understand concepts like measurement error and variability.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
A Battle Over Prayer in Schools Tests Canada’s Multiculturalism
In a diverse Ontario community, Friday Prayer for Muslims has set off an uproar over religious accommodation in public schools.
Health & Fitness | Sleep
To Sleep, Perhaps to Learn
Odds are the kids in your life are not getting enough sleep. Scientists now know that sleep is needed for "smart forgetting."
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
More than half of U.S. kids don't get dental sealants, and the CDC wants schools to change that
How can elementary schools save nearly $50 per student? By bringing in dental professionals to put sealants on their molars, federal health officials said Tuesday.
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Daniel Island School Budget Cuts Force Cafeteria To Replace Kobe Beef With Angus
Daniel Island Elementary School has been forced to stop serving Kobe beef for lunch and replace it with the cheaper option of Angus beef. The drastic cost-cutting measure was made after it was determined that there would be a budget shortfall by the end o
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
L.A. Unified suspends commercial filming at schools after reports of damage, porn movie
The Los Angeles Unified School District has suspended commercial filming on campuses in the wake of broadcast reports by KNBC-TV Channel 4 into allegations that film shoots had disrupted classrooms and damaged school property.
Books | Chicago Readers
How Chicago Public School officials decided to pull Persepolis from the classroom
E-mails show that orders to yank the acclaimed graphic novel came from the top.
Family & Parenting | School Activities
Revealing Photo Series Documents School Lunches Around the World - My Modern Met
Around 32 million children in the US eat cafeteria food every weekday, and most of these students consume over half their daily calories at school. With this…
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links!
Your Elite School Is Not Worth The Cost, Studies Say
The cost for a college education has risen to the astronomical, resulting in debt that haunts young people after graduation like a ghost bent on dragging them to a Dickensian poorhouse. It’s forcing us to ask, “Is it worth it?” Especially if the s
