Tag: educational

Overfed and Undernourished | Documentary

Examine a global epidemic and our modern lifestyles through one boy’s inspiring journey to regain his health. The film forces us to ask the fundamental question: Are we really nourishing ourselves? …


Michael Zwaagstra: Useless Classroom Fads Turn Students Into Guinea Pigs

Commentary Does your classroom promote a growth mindset? Are you sufficiently “learner-centred” and do you take your students’ individual learning styles into account? These are the kinds of questions teachers are often asked by their administrators. In fact, some teachers, particularly those just starting their careers, find themselves under considerable pressure to give the “right”…


Anthony Furey: The Year School Board Issues and Parents’ Rights Began Making a Comeback

Commentary When it comes to surveying the big political trends of the year that was, the focus tends to be on what happened federally at Parliament Hill, or at provincial legislatures or our municipal city halls. It’s only natural. After all, those are our three levels of government and they’re where the decisions that most…


Pretty Toxic | Documentary

Pretty Toxic is a documentary about the toxic chemicals used by the $500 billion beauty industry—and the healthy price consumers pay to be pretty. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on…


Thanksgiving Is…

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Thanksgiving is turkey, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. It is a holiday for remembering the Pilgrims and the Indians. Most of all, it is a time to share with family and friends, and a time to give thanks for many…


Kentucky Education Leader Not Surprised by Nation’s Report Card

Kentucky’s top education official said he was not surprised by the state’s results in this year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, which were released on Monday. Billed as the Nation’s Report Card, the assessment conducted by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Educational Statistics found that 43 percent of Kentucky’s eighth graders had…


Freedom | School’s Out with Sam Sorbo

Freedom is a value no longer taught in schools and, much like many of our other moral tenets, it is vulnerable. Noticing the loss of parents’ authority over their own children is the first step to reclaiming educational freedom. – Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: rumble.com/c/EpochTV Gettr: gettr.com/user/epochtv Gab: gab.com/EpochTV…


Virtue | School’s Out with Sam Sorbo

What is virtue, is it worth pursuing, and is it teachable? Virtue is more important than ever for true happiness in the student and the nation. This episode deals with the whys and hows of virtue, a subject studiously avoided in our educational institutions. – Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook: www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble:…