KADUNA, Nigeria–Six students and two officials who were kidnapped last month from a school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state were released after relatives paid ransom money, a school official and parent said on Friday. Kidnappings by armed men, commonly referred to in Nigeria as “bandits”, have become endemic in northern Nigeria, disrupting the education of hundreds…
Homeschool Applications Double in California
July 6, 2021
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The number of home school applications submitted to the California Department of Education (DOE) soared during the 2020-2021 school year, state data indicates. There were 34,715 private school affidavits (PSAs) for five children or less submitted during the most recent curricular year. In California, homeschools are recognized as private schools, and homeschooling families are required to…
Education or Indoctrination? Loudoun County, Virginia, Is the Latest Tinderbox
Parents of Loudoun County Public Schools in Virginia are in uproar over the school board’s push to indoctrinate rather than educate students. Loudoun County has become a bit of a tinderbox and microcosm of what is happening in schools all across the country, and we are starting to see some pushback in what could be…
School Board Asks California to Revise Mask Mandate Policy
June 24, 2021
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The Capistrano Unified School District board of trustees is opposing a California policy that will require students to wear masks when they return to classrooms. It passed a resolution June 23 to send a letter to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), requesting a timely revision of face covering guidance for schools and school-based programs. The resolution, which…
Parents Sue LA School District Over COVID Mandates for Children
June 24, 2021
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The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is being sued by parents concerned about mask mandates and obligatory COVID-19 testing for the coming school year. The lawsuit, filed June 22 by Southern California law firm Tyler and Bursch LLP and Children’s Health Defense California, seeks to prohibit the LAUSD and county officials from imposing the COVID-19 related…
Tustin School Board Emails Ignite Critical Race Theory Concerns
June 8, 2021
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Parents of children in the Tustin Unified School District (TUSD) say they’re frustrated after the school board’s emails exacerbated their fears of critical race theory (CRT) being taught in schools. After a group of about 20 parents learned their children were given a “white savior assignment” and “healthy kids” survey—which they claimed contain elements of CRT—without their knowledge, they submitted a public records…
Irvine Parents Outraged Over Political Bias in High School Yearbook
Controversy has erupted in Irvine, California, over political content published in a high school yearbook that some parents claim is biased in favor of President Joe Biden and Democratic causes. Irvine parent David Whitley told The Epoch Times that content published in the yearbook shows overt political bias and urged more parents to stand up…
Orange County Program Aims to Accelerate Backpack Giveaway
June 1, 2021
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An Orange County nonprofit that donates backpacks to needy children says it will aim to nearly double its contributions for the upcoming school year. Community Action Partnership (CAP OC) announced it hopes to “provide supplies to more students than ever” by giving away 5,000 backpacks to low-income students for the 2021–2022 school year. “No student…
2 College Students Meet by Chance on Bus, Discover They Once Lived in Same Orphanage in China
A pair of Virginia college students thought they were strangers when they found themselves sitting beside each other on a campus bus. But after striking up a casual conversation, they found they had some incredible things in common: they were both adopted, and both came from the same orphanage—in China. The two students say their…
LA School District Will Offer Full-Day, On-Campus Instruction This Fall
May 24, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Unified will offer all students the choice of returning to full-time instruction on campus this fall, although distance learning will also be available, school district officials announced May 24. Superintendent Austin Beutner said he expects the vast majority of students, teachers and staff to be at school every day starting in August,…
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