Category: school curriculum

Parents Protesting Against School ‘Indoctrination’ Appear at NL Premier’s Home

A large convoy of cars descended on the home of Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey to protest what parents allege is an increased promotion of sexual indoctrination in the province’s schools. In a video posted to Twitter on July 9, one protester states that the group is “bringing the fight” to the premier’s home…


NZ Teachers Shocked Physics, Chemistry, Biology Missing From New Science Curriculum

New Zealand science teachers have raised alarm over an early draft science curriculum, which lacks any mention of physics, chemistry, and biology. The draft, which will be officially released for public consultation in August, was distributed to a few teachers ahead of its publication. Michael Johnston, senior fellow of the think tank New Zealand Initiative,…


San Clemente Opposes State Control Over Local School Districts’ Curriculum Removal

The San Clemente City Council has voiced its opposition to a California bill that would prohibit local school boards from banning curriculum, textbooks, and instructional material without state approval—and would also create new requirements for “diversity and inclusiveness” in school textbooks and other materials. The resolution to oppose the bill was introduced by Mayor Pro…


Parents’ Rights Movement Spurs New Age of Advocacy in Local School Board Races

Two years ago, Ryan Girdusky was a New York-based reporter for conservative news sites, Tiffany Justice was a former Florida school board member and mother of four school-aged children, and Steve Maxwell was focused on growing his agricultural software business across the Southeast. None had experience in orchestrating political advocacy, recruiting candidates to run for…


GOP Introduce ‘Parents Bill of Rights Act’ to Counter Officials Who ‘Dictate’ School Curriculum

A group of leading Republicans on Wednesday introduced a “parents’ bill of rights,” saying that Democrats have recently started to take power away from parents and hand over more control to politicians and teachers unions to “dictate what our children should be taught in classrooms.” “Parents matter. Their involvement is critical to a child’s academic…


Centre-Right Australians Too Polite, Time for Silent Majority to Speak Up: Former PM

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said it was time for the quiet Australians to “find their voice” and push back on the teaching of critical race theory and similar ideology in schools, just like the Virginians did in their election. Abbot made the comments while speaking with the Institute of Public Affairs on a podcast…


Australia’s Proposed Curriculum Must Be Rewritten With ‘Fundamental Changes’: Education Minister

Australian Education Minister Alan Tudge has told the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) that it must substantially rewrite its draft national curriculum or it will not be approved. The proposed curriculum that was released in April attracted heavy criticism across all subjects, including the removal of all references to Australia’s democratic and Judeo-Christian…


Australia’s Failing Education and Fading Passion for Maths

Australians are becoming less proficient and interested in maths, causing a serious decline in national maths standards. The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) revealed that in 2018, Australia fell to the OECD average for maths for the first time according to PISA testing results. Using 2003 results as a benchmark, the decline amounts to…


‘Absolute Garbage’: Education Minister on Academic’s Call to Rename English

Australian Education Minister Alan Tudge has called an academic’s proposal to rename English to “Language Arts” absolute nonsense. University of Melbourne senior lecturer Melitta Hogarth told a conference for the Australian Association for the Teaching of English that she believed using the name English was an “act of assimilation,” reported The Courier-Mail. Hogarth, an Indigenous…


Kids Are Being Propagandized With Racism Under Critical Race Theory—Interview With Robin Steenman

Many states have banned the teaching of critical race theory in public schools, but many schools have continued teaching the underlying principles of the pseudo-Marxist theory through the school curriculum. To learn more about what is really being taught to America’s children, and how teachers are being told to relay the information, we sat down…