Category: Education & Family News

Indigenous Minister Says Changing Constitution Is Not About a ‘Culture War’

Australia’s Indigenous Minister Linda Burney has been forced to reassure voters that a contentious change to the country’s Constitution will not result in wide powers being used to affect everyday people’s lives. The Labor minister faced probing questions over the extent of power an Indigenous advisory body to parliament will receive if a national referendum…


California Bill Would Expand College Financial Aid to Asylum Seekers

A California bill that would expand college financial aid to those seeking asylum passed the state Assembly and will now be heard in the state Senate. Currently, Cal Grant financial aid awards are available only to U.S. citizens or eligible noncitizens, such as those who possess a visa or those who are a part of…


White House Declines to Appeal Supreme Court on Transgender Surgery Mandate

The White House will not seek a U.S. Supreme Court intervention for its requirement that health care organizations and hospitals perform and cover transgender medical procedures after it missed its deadline to file an appeal. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty legal group said in a news release that the Biden administration missed a June 20 deadline…


Federal Agency to Track Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation of Research Doctorate Recipients

A pilot project announced by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) seeks to track the sexual orientation and gender identity of research doctorate recipients—a move raising concerns about the potential invasion of privacy and enforcement of LGBT quotas. The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), conducted annually by the NSF, aims to collect personal and demographic…


Southern California School District Considers Policy Notifying Parents of Students’ Trans Status

Should schools notify parents if their child wants to identify as transgender or non-binary? The question—which has recently been the subject of heated debate nationwide—is now being discussed by the Chino Valley Unified School Board in San Bernardino County, California. The board is currently considering a proposal—introduced on June 15 by Board President Sonja Shaw—that…


Parents Can Help Children Turn ‘Healthy Struggles’ Into Capability, Confidence in Life: Lee Benson

Instead of taking challenges away from their children, parents can give them “healthy struggles” that can help build the capabilities and confidence they need to succeed in life, said Lee Benson, a serial entrepreneur and Wall Street Journal best-selling author. “What we need to get at is to embrace this concept that struggle is actually…


Conservative Parental Rights Activists Vow to ‘Never Give Up’ After Cyberattack

Cyberattacks on businesses, governments, and other organizations are happening at an accelerating rate, a former FBI executive and security expert told The Epoch Times. The attacks allow anonymous criminals to quickly, cheaply, and easily crash websites, according to James Turgal, a former executive assistant director for the FBI Information and Technology Branch (CIO). Recently, conservative…


Teachers Unions, School Districts Protect Sex Abusers Instead of Student Victims: Report

Public schools have experienced a major increase in sexual abuse over the past decade, according to a recent report by the Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI), which blames the rise on local, state, and federal officials not doing enough to hold perpetrators accountable. In many cases, agreements between school districts and teachers unions even promote…


Supreme Court Declines Appeal From Christian School in Transgender Housing Case

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear an appeal from a Missouri Christian university that filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its transgender housing policy. The justices issued a brief, unsigned order declining to take up a case filed by the College of the Ozarks, which appealed a lower court’s decision that…


Marxist Radical a Key Actor Behind ‘The Voice’

A prominent Indigenous activist and advocate of changing Australia’s Constitution has been revealed to have praised communism’s influence in the “struggle” of Aboriginal people, talked about punishing politicians and pushed for Australians to pay reparations to Indigenous Australians. Thomas Mayo (or Mayor) is the national Indigenous officer of the Maritime Union of Australia. He was…