Commentary In a slap to Muslim girls at Stuyvesant High School, the school is cancelling single-sex swim lessons, even though swim instruction is required to graduate. That forces the girls to choose between preserving their modesty and getting a diploma. Count on Muslim families to fight back and likely prevail. Nationwide, Muslims are taking up…
Peaceful Parenting: What It Is and How to Implement It
Kiva Schuler experienced neglect and trauma in her childhood, fortifying her resolve to offer her own children a better life. She is now a mom of two; the founder of The Jai Institute for Parenting, an organization that trains parenting coaches; and the author of “The Peaceful Parenting (R)evolution: Changing the World by Changing How…
Parent Group Criticises Ontario Catholic School Trustee for Denouncing White Christian Males
A parent group has taken issue with a trustee at a Catholic school board in Waterloo, Ontario, after she allegedly said “the most dangerous creature on the planet is the white Christian male.” The comment was made in a tweet from the account of Waterloo Catholic District School Board (WCDSB) Trustee Wendy Ashby. However, the…
Former Teacher Explains How She Got Fired for Her Belief | Jessica Tapia
“I was fired for what I believe, not what I did. This was absolutely not something I could have ever imagined … 13 allegations made against me.” Siyamak sits down with Jessica Tapia, a former high school PE teacher from California. Her story went viral on Instagram after she got fired by the school district….
An Experiment in Tradition Nurtures Wonder
In 1936, a 13-year-old boy from New York, who had run away from home, walked down a lonely road in South Dakota while a storm menaced in the murky clouds above. A trucker pulled over by the wayfarer and shouted, “Kid, there’s a tornado brewin’. Get in!” The boy did so, and was saved from…
Another COVID Fail: School Budget Cliffs With Gaping Holes
April 5, 2023
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New York City’s school system went on a spending spree during the pandemic, thanks to the $7.5 billion in federal money it received as part of a $189 billion national relief package aimed at addressing education problems incurred by lockdowns and school closures. Although the funds were nonrecurring, the nation’s largest school district used some of…
The End of Education as We Know It? (Part 2 of 2)
The new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot known as ChatGPT is poised to have an outsized effect on the educational landscape, for better or for worse. Which outcome it will lead to is largely in the hands of parents, educators, and—ultimately—our children, and how they respond to it. To ignore it is to do so at…
‘Everyone Will Have to Comply’: Students to Be Banned from Smartphone Use During Class
New South Wales (NSW) students will be barred from using their phones at the start of term four in October. Newly elected NSW Education Minister Prue Car said the ban would improve educational outcomes, reduce distractions in classrooms, and help address cyberbullying issues. Students will hand over their devices at the beginning of the day,…
A Rebel’s Reading List
Commentary Here is a bitter irony for you. Just as the world’s greatest literature of all ages became available to every person, mostly at no charge, and with only a search and a click, it seems like most people have lost interest. What incredible and tragic timing! For a large part of the 18th and…
The Big DEI Gulf on Campus: It’s Much More Than He Said/Ze Said
The fight over academic freedom on campus increasingly comes down to a fight over three letters—DEI—which goes a long way to explaining the fissures now tearing higher education apart. For progressives committed to social justice advocacy, academic freedom must shield the prevailing academic consensus on race and gender from outside political pressure. Nowhere is that…
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