A federal appeals court has ruled that a private Catholic high school in Indiana had the right to not continue employing two different guidance counselors who had entered into marriages that conflicted with the school’s religious principles. On Thursday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (pdf) unanimously that the…
Appeals Court Rules Catholic Private School Allowed to Fire Counselor Over Her Same-Sex Marriage
July 14, 2023
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Labour’s VAT on Private School Fees Will Raise Very Little Revenue: Report
Labour’s strategy of adding VAT to private school fees has been questioned by a think tank that reported the policy to be based on flawed calculations. According to a 2017 Labour’s document called “Funding Britain’s Future” (pdf), VAT on private school fees would yield £1.6 billion a year, which could be invested in state schools instead….
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Commentary Many of the bizarre features of the pandemic response can be explained by industrial self-interest, graft, power lust, confusion, and so on. One feature does not have such an obvious explanation: the closure of public schools in some places for as long as two years. The extremely low-to-minimal risk to the kids was known from…
Cheating the Children
October 27, 2022
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Commentary While President Biden is trying to win a court victory for his student debt forgiveness proposal, he should be focusing instead on the latest dreadful report by the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP). In what is called the nation’s report card, NAEP has released its latest findings on the performance of fourth- and…
Education Union Slams Australian Federal Government for Underfunding Public Schools
January 18, 2022
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The Australian Education Union (AEU) has criticised the federal government for failing to provide education funding, alleging that students graduating from Australia’s public schools in 2029 will never have the education funded at the level that the Commonwealth and states say they should. The AEU said in a statement on Jan. 17 that if the Morrison…
NYC Vaccine Mandate Begins for Private, Religious School Employees
December 20, 2021
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New York City’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate came into effect on Monday for all teachers and staff who work with children in nonpublic schools. The mandate, announced on Dec. 2 by Mayor Bill de Blasio, is expected to affect about 56,000 employees at 930 schools across the city. It requires that every nonpublic school terminate any…
UK’s Elite Westminster School Terminates ‘Ambitious’ China Project
November 3, 2021
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Westminster School, a London-based elite private school, announced on Tuesday its “ambitious” educational projects in China have come to an end, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and “recent changes in Chinese education policy” as reasons for its departure. In a letter to parents dated Nov. 2, Mark Batten, Westminster’s chairman of governors said, “You will be…
Top UK Private Schools’ China Franchises Closely Linked to Communist Party: Report
The profitable China franchises of several leading British private schools have close ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), The Times of London has revealed. In the past 15 years, 20 UK schools have made an estimated £67 million ($92 million) from international franchises, most of which are based in China. But according to a…
Epoch TV Review: Schools Do Not Equal the Best Education
September 1, 2021
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In the video series “Real Talk,” the episode “Our Schools Are in Danger” deals with our education system in America and how we measure up to the schools in other countries and also the things that are being taught to our students. Host, Wayne Dupree, begins with a video clip of Laura Morris, a teacher…
Giving Parents the Choice
June 2, 2021
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Commentary With widespread school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the debate over school choice has once again taken center stage. For the past seven years, approximately two-thirds of Americans have consistently supported school choice. Additionally, support is largely bipartisan, with 82 percent of Republicans, 69 percent of Independents, and 55 percent of Democrats in favor…
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