Commentary The average 12-year-old student at a yeshiva has more wisdom than almost any student at Harvard or most other universities. (A yeshiva is an Orthodox Jewish school with an emphasis on religious studies. About half the school day is devoted to religious studies—taught from the original Hebrew sources.) This is probably true for many…
Why My Friends and I Had More Wisdom When We Were 12 Than College Students and Faculty Have Today
Mom Homeschools Son After Public School Brands Him ‘Handicapped,’ Now She Runs Her Own School
A mother whose son was deemed “mentally handicapped” for not thriving under a rigid public school curriculum took matters into her own hands. She decided to homeschool him, and after finding a method that helped her son become his best self, she opened her own school to help others. Ohio-born Barbara Rivera, 58, has lived…
Growing Number of K-12 Teachers Charged With Child Sex Crimes in Recent Months: Analysis
At least 181 K-12 teachers, principals, and staff have been arrested for child sex crimes in the United States so far this year, according to an analysis of reports. At least 181 educators been arrested between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to a Fox News analysis. Arrests that did not make it in media…
Play and Learn in Tandem: The Unexpected Benefits of Allowing Your Kids to Enjoy Their Summer Vacations
Summertime—the dream of every school-age child, and to be honest, even some adults still to this day. It is often a time of fond memories, fun, vacations, warm weather, and relaxation. As children, it was a time when we were finally able to, in our minds, “take a break” after a long year of learning….
Winnowed by the Hardships of His Youth, This Top Ad Executive is Now an Advocate for Keeping Kids in School
Shelley Stewart was 6 years old when he watched his alcoholic father, Huell Jerome Sr., kill his mother, Mattie C., at their Rosedale home in Alabama. This was back in 1939, and there was never an investigation. Shelley ran away shortly after and became homeless. A family took him in to live in their basement,…
Parkland School Shooter Nikolas Cruz’s Death Penalty Trial Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley. Some parents wept as prosecutor Mike Satz…
Florida High School Shooter’s Penalty Trial Begins
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—The penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz began on Monday, the deadliest U.S. mass shooting to go before a jury. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty last October to 17 counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 14 students and three staff members at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, and is only…
Georgia District Allow Some Non-Police Officers to Carry Guns on Campus
A large school district in Georgia will allow some employees who are not certified police officers to carry guns on campus, but the policy does not include teachers and staff whose primary responsibility is supervising classrooms. During a school board meeting on Thursday, members of the Cobb County Board of Education voted 4–2 to approve…
Back-to-School Spending to Set Record on Pricier Supplies: Report
Retailers are set for the strongest back-to-school shopping season on record as inflation drives up prices of clothes and supplies and more students return to physical classrooms after two years of pandemic-led disruption, a Deloitte forecast showed. Spending is expected to jump 5.8 percent to $34.4 billion this year, Deloitte said on Thursday, citing an…
VIDEO: Every Day Since She Could Walk, Little Girl Waits for Sisters to Get Off School Bus
Every day come rain or shine, little Loxley Whitsett waits for her two big sisters to get off the school bus. And every time they come down the steps, she goes running to meet them with hugs and a huge smile. The heartwarming moments captured on video show just how close the three siblings are….
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