Mission Viejo leaders took a stand against 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. A resolution to oppose state Assembly Bill 1078, was introduced by Councilmember Wendy Bucknam…
California City Leaders Oppose State Control Over Local School Districts’ Curriculum Removal
May 4, 2023
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California Bill Would Prohibit Schools From Banning Curriculum Without State Approval
March 8, 2023
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A California legislator recently introduced a bill that would create new requirements for “diversity and inclusiveness” in school textbooks and other materials. Assembly Bill 1078, introduced Feb. 15 by Assemblymember Corey Jackson (D-Riverside), would prohibit local school boards from banning curriculum, textbooks and instructional material without state approval. It would also prohibit the state’s education…
Landmark 2022 SCOTUS Session and Struggle for Personal Freedom in the US—With Joe Wolverton
October 4, 2022
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Constitutional legal scholar and attorney Joe Wolverton joins the podcast to discuss some of the landmark decisions of the 2022 Supreme Court session. But should these cases have been brought to the court in the first place? How many wrongs have to be righted before America returns to its rightful place as a federation of…
Texas Parents Prevail in Fight to Stop Controversial Social Study Curriculum
August 31, 2022
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AUSTIN, Texas—In a win for conservative parents, the Texas state education board voted to shelve changes to the social studies curriculum after dozens of parents objected to adding gender, Critical Race Theory, and LGBT into education standards. More than 100 parents and group representatives signed up to discuss the proposed curriculum and state requirements. State…
Beijing Re-Instates Labor Courses to Address Manpower Shortage: Former Professor
The Chinese regime’s top educational watchdog has again added labor courses to the curricula of primary and secondary schools in China. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, during the Cultural Revolution period, Chinese students had to work in factories or in the countryside, and the communist authorities called this political education campaign “learning from the…
Amid Opposition From the Left, More States Push for Curriculum Transparency
Echoing the frustration and distrust felt by parents across the nation about public school education, lawmakers in at least 20 states have introduced measures to ensure parents’ access to what their children are being taught in the classroom. Those Republican-backed measures, commonly referred to as curriculum transparency bills, require public schools to make available online all their…
Utah School Curriculum Transparency Bill Paused Amid ‘Coordinated Misinformation Campaign’
January 31, 2022
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A Utah lawmaker has put on hold a proposed bill that would require public schools in his state to post all learning materials online for parents to review, saying that his legislative effort was targeted by a “coordinated misinformation campaign.” The bill in question, HB 234, would require that all learning materials and syllabi for…
1619 Project’s Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Parents Shouldn’t Decide What Schools Teach
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the leading author of New York Times’ revisionist “1619 Project,” has argued that parents should not decide what is being taught in schools. During an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Hannah-Jones was asked about the debate on how much control parents should have over what their children learn in school. The issue…
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Expected to Kill School Curriculum Transparency Bill
It is unlikely Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will sign into law a bill that would make sure parents have online access to what their children are being taught in public schools across the state. House Bill 1332, dubbed the “Empowering Parents With Curriculum Transparency” bill, would require school districts to share their curricula on public…
Hundreds of Mathematicians, Scientists, Sign Open Letter Against Social Justice-Based Curriculum
More than 700 mathematicians and scientists have signed an open letter denouncing recent “trends” in K-12 mathematics education that proponents argue will close achievement gaps and damage America’s global competitiveness. “We write to express our alarm over recent trends in K-12 mathematics education in the United States,” the “ Open Letter on K-12 Mathematics,” which has…
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