Tag: public schools

Michael Zwaagstra: Public Schools Should Be More Flexible, Not More Rigid

Commentary If you are a parent whose kids are taking piano lessons, you’d better hope you don’t live in Victoria, B.C. That’s because the Sooke School District, which includes the City of Victoria and the surrounding area, is threatening to kick students out of school if they attend private lessons during regular school hours. In…


Prayer Most Certainly Should Be a Firing Offense in a Government School

Commentary Joe Kennedy lost his high school football coaching job. Did he engage in any untoward behavior with any of his students? Not at all. All he did was pray for a few minutes after each of his football games, on the 50-yard line. He did so quietly, and did not entice any of his…


Parents Have No Right to Be Informed About Children’s Conversations With Teachers: Missouri Schools Policy

Nearly 70 schools in the state of Missouri have enacted policies stating that districts are not required to disclose conversations about “academics and personal issues” between students and teachers or counselors to the student’s parent or guardian. The policy, based on a sample provided by the Missouri School Board Association, was adopted by at least 68 Missouri school districts…


Nova Scotia to End Mask Mandate for Public Schools on May 24

Nova Scotia is dropping its mask mandate for public schools starting May 24, the province says. In a release, the education ministry said that although the masking requirements for schools will soon be lifted, “masks will continue to be recommended” and those who “choose to wear a mask will be supported.” Provincial Minister of Education…


Bill to Repeal NEA’s Federal Charter Could Light Reform Match Within Teachers Union

When news broke the National School Board Association (NSBA) urged federal officials to brand as “domestic terrorists” parents protesting far-Left classroom curriculums on race and sex, it sparked a stampede of angry members out the group’s exits. At last count, nearly half of the NSBA’s state associations have either left the group or are making…


[PREMIERING NOW] Luke Rosiak: Schools Use Woke Ideology to Hide Dismal Teacher Performance, Harming Minorities the Most

This episode will premiere on April 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET.      “It is baked into the way that these schools operate to devalue academic achievement because they don’t want a paper trail of how they’re failing your kids,” says Luke Rosiak, an investigative reporter at the Daily Wire and author of “Race to…


Luke Rosiak: Schools Use Woke Ideology to Hide Dismal Teacher Performance, Harming Minorities the Most

“It is baked into the way that these schools operate to devalue academic achievement because they don’t want a paper trail of how they’re failing your kids,” says Luke Rosiak, an investigative reporter at the Daily Wire and author of “Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education.” Even before the…


[PREMIERING 7:30PM ET] Luke Rosiak: Schools Use Woke Ideology to Hide Dismal Teacher Performance, Harming Minorities the Most

This episode will premiere on April 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET.    “It is baked into the way that these schools operate to devalue academic achievement because they don’t want a paper trail of how they’re failing your kids,” says Luke Rosiak, an investigative reporter at the Daily Wire and author of “Race to the…


Rejecting CRT and Searching for Real School

The COVID lockdowns enabled parents nationwide to see inside their children’s public-school classrooms. Many realized their kids were being taught the divisive Critical Race Theory (CRT), a race-essentialist ideology, and have fought back any way they can. Some are homeschooling their kids, while others are enrolling them in parochial schools that do not teach CRT….


How Schools’ COVID-Aid Joy Ride Could Send New Hires Off a Fiscal Cliff—Again

As school districts across the country grapple with declining enrollments induced by the pandemic, many are engaged in spending sprees like those of the past leading to widespread layoffs and budget cuts when federal money ran out. Bolstered by $190 billion in pandemic relief funding from Washington, the nation’s public schools are hiring new teachers…