Tag: schools

‘In God We Trust’ Movement Seeks To Unify a Fractured Nation

One day in April, Dan Regenold was sitting at his desk, handling a $1 bill, when the words on its flip side, “In God We Trust,” seemed to leap off the paper. Regenold began to wonder: How many times had he—and many other Americans—looked at U.S. currency without giving those words, our national motto, a…


Doubt-Free, America’s Schools Warm to Climate Activism

Public school districts are adopting curricula on climate change from well-funded progressive groups casting the issue as a threat to life on the planet that students should respond to through activism. As of fall 2020, 29 states and the District of Columbia have adopted standards that require science classes to teach human-caused climate change as…


Handing Out Flyers for an Anti-Woke, Parent-Led Event Gets Grandparent Banned From School Grounds

A Massachusetts grandfather has been slapped with a no-trespassing order for passing out flyers for a parent-led forum aimed at educating other parents about woke ideology being pushed on their children in the local schools. Larry Russell, who has several grandchildren in the Newburyport schools, was told to stay off school grounds by Superintendent Sean…


Fauci on COVID School Shutdowns: ‘I Had Nothing to Do With It’

Since announcing in August he would be departing his post at the White House, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he had “nothing to do” with COVID-related school lockdowns and the reported accompanied loss in learning among public school students. Speaking to ABC News on Sunday, Fauci denied that he was responsible for pushing the public consensus…


New Arizona School Choice Law Takes Effect After Bid to Repeal Falls Short

Arizona’s new school choice law went into effect on Sept. 30 after a bid to repeal it fell short as supporters failed to gather enough signatures. Arizona officials informed the Save Our Schools Arizona PAC that the referendum on the matter “will not qualify for the 2024 General Election Ballot,” according to a Sept. 30…


Maine Parental Rights Advocate Wins $40,000 Lawsuit Against School Board

A Maine school board lost a battle against a parent fighting the introduction of obscene materials into schools—and has been ordered to pay him $40,000. But Shawn McBreairty said, “I’m not taking a penny. It’s all about the win. It’s not about the money.” In October 2021, McBreairty started a campaign to expose the radical…


LIVE NOW: DOJ Supports 1 Trump Pick for Special Master; US Inflation Comes in Higher Than Expected | NTD

The Department of Justice okays one of former President Trump’s nominees for special master to review the documents taken from Mar-a-Lago. The United Nations begins to target what it considers to be “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories.” The educational arm of the agency just published a report on the topic. Florida, and other regions across the…


Michael Zwaagstra: The Problem With Pushing Woke Ideology in Schools

Commentary If you’ve been around for a while, you probably remember the phrase “politically correct.” Being called politically correct was not a compliment. Rather, it meant that you had an unhealthy obsession with not offending anyone, even if you had to say some rather silly things in the process. For example, instead of saying husband…


California Teachers Union Ran Opposition Research on Parents Seeking to Reopen Schools, Emails Show

The largest teachers’ union in California apparently conducted political opposition research on parents who fought and won a legal battle to keep their local schools open, newly surfaced emails suggest. California Teachers Association (CTA), a labor union boasting a membership of 310,000, advocated keeping schools closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, it demanded…


72 Percent of Top US Medical Schools Using Identity, Racial Politics in Admissions Process: Report

The majority of America’s top-ranked medical schools are injecting racial politics into the admissions process, according to a review conducted by the medical advocacy group Do No Harm. The review (pdf), published in August, found that 72 percent of the nation’s top 50 schools and 80 percent of the top 10 schools ask probing questions to determine applicants’…