Category: students

LIVE at 11AM ET: When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


LIVE NOW: When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class

This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…


Hey, Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone

Commentary When Pink Floyd’s song “Another Brick in the Wall” was popular, I did not like it. The grammatical construction of the lyrics was aggressively wrong, and the whole thing struck me as a dangerous paean to ignorance. I never liked those kids who were “too cool for school.” In general, the song came across…


Michael Zwaagstra: Useless Classroom Fads Turn Students Into Guinea Pigs

Commentary Does your classroom promote a growth mindset? Are you sufficiently “learner-centred” and do you take your students’ individual learning styles into account? These are the kinds of questions teachers are often asked by their administrators. In fact, some teachers, particularly those just starting their careers, find themselves under considerable pressure to give the “right”…


Idaho Police: Oregon Sedan Not Connected to Students’ Deaths

BOISE, Idaho—Idaho police say they’ve determined that a white sedan found in Eugene, Oregon, is not connected to the Nov. 13 stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students. The Moscow Police Department announced Tuesday that it was working with law enforcement in Eugene to determine if the Hyundai Elantra left on the side of…


Police Chief Vows to Keep Investigating Unsolved Student Murders in Idaho

The investigation into the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students has yet to produce many answers, but the police chief for the city of Moscow, Idaho, promised on Dec. 1 that he and his team would get to the bottom of what had occurred. Appearing on “Good Morning America,” Police Chief James Fry…


US Chamber of Commerce Warns of Long-Term Economic Losses From Plunging Child Test Scores

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce signaled the alarm after the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) recently revealed the grim performance of fourth- and eighth-grade American students in math and reading as test scores declined in the single largest drop since record keeping began in 1992. “This is a wakeup call for our country—for policymakers,…


US Students’ Math and Reading Scores Drop Several Points Compared to 2019: Nation’s Report Card

Fourth and eighth grade students’ math and reading scores showed no improvements across any U.S. states between 2019 and 2022, with the majority seeing a decline in scores, according to a new report published on Oct. 24. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report found that the average math score among fourth graders in 2022 was 236…


‘Wake-Up Call’: US Officials Sound Alarm After Massive Drop in Child Test Scores

Fourth- and eighth-graders had the largest-ever decline in math this year in nearly every state, according to a national educational assessment, drawing warnings from White House officials. Across the country, math scores saw their largest decreases ever. Reading scores dropped to 1992 levels. Nearly four in 10 eighth graders failed to grasp basic math concepts. Not…