Nearly two years after the pandemic began, Portland, Oregon’s reputation for violence, homelessness, drug use, and riots continues to hamper the city’s recovery. Now, Portland Public Schools are experiencing an 8 percent decline in enrollment as well. Enrollment in Portland Public Schools (PPS), the largest district in the state, dropped nearly 7,000 students, or 8…
Virginia Governor Expected to Sign Bill Ensuring Parents’ Right to Opt Out of School Mask Mandates
February 15, 2022
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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is expected to sign into law a bill that would make sure parents have the ability to choose if their child wears a mask at school. The proposed legislation, known as Senate Bill 739, would amend Virginia’s education law to protect the right of parents to opt their children out of…
Terry Schilling on CRT Indoctrination in American Schools: A Divided, Weak Future for the Country
America faces a future marked by division and weakness if its youth continues to be indoctrinated with anti-American ideologies like critical race theory (CRT) warned Terry Schilling, president of conservative advocacy group American Principles Project. An outgrowth of Marxism, CRT interprets society through a Marxist dichotomy between “oppressor” and “oppressed,” but replaces the class categories…
Michigan Democratic Party Deletes Post Saying Parents Aren’t ‘Clients of Public Schools’
January 17, 2022
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The Michigan Democratic Party has taken down a Facebook post claiming that the purpose of public education is not to teach children what their parents see fit for them, but what “society needs them to know.” “Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating, but parents do have the option to choose to send their kids…
Save the Children, Fire the Teachers Unions
January 11, 2022
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Commentary It started in Chicago, where an incredible 91 percent of union teachers voted to go on strike and refused to do what they get paid to do, which is teach. Then the union walkouts spread to Maryland, New Jersey, and California. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a liberal Democrat, has attacked the Chicago teachers unions…
Oklahoma Bill Would Allow Parents to Remove Sexually Themed Books From School Libraries
A new bill proposed in Oklahoma state Senate would give parents the power to request certain books be pulled from the library of their children’s school, and to collect at least $10,000 for every day the school refuses to do so. Senate Bill 1142, sponsored by Republican state Sen. Rob Standridge, would allow parents of…
GOP Introduce ‘Parents Bill of Rights Act’ to Counter Officials Who ‘Dictate’ School Curriculum
November 17, 2021
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A group of leading Republicans on Wednesday introduced a “parents’ bill of rights,” saying that Democrats have recently started to take power away from parents and hand over more control to politicians and teachers unions to “dictate what our children should be taught in classrooms.” “Parents matter. Their involvement is critical to a child’s academic…
North Dakota Bans Critical Race Theory in Public Schools, Requires ‘Factual, Objective’ Curriculum
November 14, 2021
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North Dakota has become the latest state to ban critical race theory (CRT) from being taught in public school classrooms. On Friday Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican, signed into law House Bill 1508, a day after the one-page bill overwhelmingly cleared both chambers of the Republican-majority state legislature. Proponents of the ban said this legislative…
Texas Gov. Abbott Orders Education Agency to Investigate Criminal Pornography Activity in Public Schools
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath on Wednesday to investigate criminal activity involving the availability of pornography in the state’s public schools, saying the agency should refer such instances “for prosecution to the fullest extent of the law.” In a letter to Morath, the governor noted recent reports that Texas students have been…
Battle Over Critical Race Theory Pits Teacher Against Education System
Retired Michigan schoolteacher Ilona Rugg has slammed the state’s public schools, accusing them of “following an exceedingly inhumane program [that] scares children by teaching that their accomplishments are vicious relics of white supremacy.” Rugg made her comments to a state Senate committee considering a measure to ban teaching critical race theory (CRT) in Michigan schools. “The…
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