Tag: Education & Family News

Pediatric Hospital Allegedly Trains Staff to Talk Parents Into Accepting Children’s Gender Transition

A clinic at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is purportedly training staff to hide from parents their teenage child’s preferred gender identity before eventually persuading them to “get on board” with their child transitioning. Parent and conservative activist Megan Eileen on Wednesday posted online four video clips of what she said are created by…


Oregon Student Test Scores Plummet After Pandemic Learning Loss

After two years of disruption caused by the pandemic, student test scores fell by nearly 10 percent in math, English, and science, according to data released on Sept. 22 by the Oregon Department of Education. The first large-scale assessment of Oregon students since 2019 shows that as few as one-third of students statewide are reaching…


Texas University Pays $165,000 Settlement to Professor Fired for Mocking ‘Microaggressions’

University of North Texas (UNT) has agreed to pay $165,000 to settle a First Amendment lawsuit brought by a former math professor, who was fired after mocking the concept of “microaggressions” as “garbage.” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a conservative Christian legal group representing professor Nathaniel Hiers in the case, celebrated the settlement as a “win…


Administrator Departs Elite NYC School After Project Veritas Video Shows She Admitted ‘Sneaking’ in Political Agenda

An administrator at a private $60,000-a-year New York City school located in the city’s Upper West Side is “no longer employed” just under a month after Project Veritas published a video of her admitting to “promoting an agenda” in the classroom. In a letter to parents on Sept. 21, Trinity School announced that Jennifer “Ginn” Norris is “no…


Loudoun County Reviews New Policy on Parental Notice of Sexually Explicit Content

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.— A new policy (pdf) on parental notice of sexually explicit content in instructional materials was discussed at a Loudoun County School Board committee meeting on Thursday. The policy—Policy 5055—is required by a new law enacted in Virginia in April. The law stipulates that parents should be notified of sexually explicit content and…


Young Mother Reveals US Education ‘Lies’ in New Film Aimed at Parents

April Few once led a life that made her seem like “a poster child” for liberal attitudes, she says. Despite growing up in a solid two-parent household with one sibling in South Carolina, Few became promiscuous as a teen and young adult. She dabbled in homosexuality. She shaved her head and wore masculine-type clothes because…


How Trans Movement Misrepresents Science to Harm Children: Dr. Miriam Grossman

Children are being tricked into making life-changing decisions under the trans movement, with experimental procedures and unapproved medicines, according to Dr. Miriam Grossman, a psychiatrist and public speaker. She notes that some of the practices being used in the trans movement cause irreversible damage, and are based on scientific studies that are being misrepresented by…


Law Firm Challenges School Halloween Party Sponsored by Sex-Change Surgeons, Gay Nightclub

Nothing says “Halloween” like a party for children sponsored by surgeons offering to cut off healthy body parts. But at San Diego’s La Costa Heights Elementary, that’s just what the K-6 school is offering. On Oct. 29, the school plans to host “Boo Bash,” billed as the “Queerest Free Halloween Party For Youth and Families,”…


Pediatric Doctor Says Transgender Surgery ‘Big Moneymaker,’ Tennessee Governor Calls for Investigation

A pediatric clinic at Tennessee’s Vanderbilt University has come under fire for purportedly describing transgender surgery for children as a “big moneymaker.” Matt Walsh, a podcast host and commentator at The Daily Wire, on Tuesday shared a series of videos and archived webpages about the so-called “gender-affirming care” being offered by the Vanderbilt University Medical…


Newport-Mesa Unified Candidate Michelle Barto Wants to Restart Where COVID Left Off

Since being elected in 2018 as a trustee for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, improving school safety and academic performance have been key concerns of Michelle Barto. But any advances in those areas, she said, were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that things are returning to normal, Barto, who has four children in the…