Category: school

6 Decades After Graduating High School, Grandfather, 80, Gets ‘Met Minimum’ Stamp Removed From Diploma

An 80-year-old retired business owner from Anchorage, Alaska, was always haunted by a red stamp on his 1961 high school diploma: “This student met minimum state requirements.” Having toiled to make ends meet, he felt the stamp was unfair. However, with Billy Ray Macon Sr.’s family being aware of this stain on his past, they…


Children and the Impact of COVID Restrictions: Helping Kids Ease Back Into ‘Normal’ Life

COVID-19 restrictions have significantly affected children in their formative years, imposing a secluded form of education and socialization that parents and health professionals say has had a negative impact on kids’ mental health and their learning experience and progression. As COVID rules gradually relax and children ease back into a more “normal” life, parents and…


Every Child Needs a Mrs. Patton: Teacher Helps Boy With Brain-Based Delays Excel Academically

Every child needs a Mrs. Patton in life. That’s what Tracy Ross, mother and novelist from Cincinnati, Ohio, thinks. Her son, Kamran, 17, was born with brain-based developmental delays. However, he had a Mrs. Patton—a loving, nurturing, and giving teacher—and it altered the course of Kamran’s life. Under the selfless care of Mrs. Patton, Kamran…


Student Held Over Teacher’s Machete Killing at Prague School

PRAGUE—Police in the Czech Republic’s capital have arrested a student over the machete killing of a teacher at a Prague vocational school, officials said Thursday. The suspect, a student from the school, was detained after a search that involved hundreds of officers, police said. They did not reveal the suspect’s age or provide details about…


Judge Ousts Five School Board Members After Pennsylvania Parent Petition

A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday ordered five elected school directors be immediately kicked off the nine-member West Chester Area School board. On Wednesday the same judge, William P. Mahon in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas, vacated Tuesday’s order and scheduled an argument for Friday. It is all in response to a February petition…


New Georgia Law Allows Parents to Opt Their Children Out of School Mask Mandates

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday signed a bill giving parents the option to choose against masking their children at school. Dubbed the Unmask Georgia Students Act, the Republican-backed bill passed the state legislature on a largely party-line vote. It states that school officials should not impose any mask mandate on students, unless they make sure…


The Swindle of Mass Testing and Schooling

In the last few years, I’ve heard a lot of complaints that doctors don’t do real doctoring anymore. They do blood work and run various other scans and tests, but they often can’t seem to figure out the problem if a patient doesn’t fit the cookie-cutter mold that those tests and scans can diagnose. A…


Dennis Prager: Children Are Being Sacrificed on the Altar of Safety

“Sweden sent all their kids to school for two years; not one kid died. But it was irrelevant to Americans who, like sheep, ruined their child’s lives. That is how bad totalitarianism is: people will sacrifice their children to the state. Child sacrifice did not end in ancient Canaan.” A type of extreme secularism has…


Going Back to School: Very Rewarding and Maybe Easier Than You Imagine

Traditionally, our academic adventures end when we graduate from high school or college. We then move on to other phases of life such as starting a career, getting married, and having children. But sometimes there’s either an urge or a need to further our education, which raises questions such as, “Am I too old to…


Florida’s DeSantis Rebukes ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Media Narrative: ‘Does It Say That in the Bill?’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday challenged a reporter about the exact contents of an education bill, pushing back against a media narrative that has dubbed the proposed measure the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Dubbed “Parental Rights in Education,” House Bill 1557 (pdf), would in part prohibit school districts from encouraging classroom discussions about sexual…