Tag: Education & Family News

‘Globalist American Empire’ is Wellspring of Wokeness: Ex-Trump Speechwriter

Darren Beattie, a former speechwriter in the Trump administration, told an audience at the National Conservatism Conference in greater Miami that “wokeness” is ultimately downstream of the globalist American empire (GAE). “Wokeness is the unofficial religion and ideology of the globalist American empire. It’s not that the corporations and big tech companies are reluctant to…


Families ‘Devastated by Gender Ideology’: Kelsey Bolar

Radical gender theories are tearing American families apart, according to Kelsey Bolar of the Independent Women’s Forum. “Families are being devastated by gender ideology,” she told EpochTV’s Jan Jekielek in a Sept. 12 interview at the National Conservatism Conference in greater Miami, Fla. The Independent Women’s Forum is a conservative women’s group. Bolar has worked…


72 Percent of Los Angeles Students Fail to Meet Math Standards

More than half of students across all grade levels in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) failed to meet state testing standards in subjects like mathematics and English for the 2021–22 school year. According to data released by the district Sept. 9, only about 42 percent of students met the state testing standards in…


Professor Sues Texas A&M, Alleges Discrimination Against ‘White and Asian Men’ in Hiring

Texas A&M University is facing a Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit over its hiring practices, which allegedly discriminate against white and Asian men to advance its “diversity, equity, and inclusion” agenda. America First Legal, a group founded by longtime Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller, filed the complaint on behalf of Richard Lowery, an associate professor of finance…


Forbes Removes Article About Detransitioned Teenage Girl for Violation of Editorial Guidelines

Forbes has removed an article that was critical of a teenage girl who is speaking out about the dangers of child sex change surgeries and other procedures. “The story you reference was removed yesterday morning because it did not adhere to Forbes’ editorial guidelines,” Bill Hankes, a spokesman for Forbes, told The Epoch Times via…


Maine’s Transgender Curriculum As Seen Through the Eyes of a Child and Her Family

Even from middle school, Lucy found that society didn’t accept her gender. Lucy is a heterosexual girl. Her peers and teachers at Maine’s Regional School Unit (RSU) 22 pressured her to be transgender or lesbian, she said. “Straight people like me, I think they get a lot of anxiety, and they can’t find a voice…


‘Unlawful’ and ‘Immoral’: Florida Attorney General Slams Biden’s Mask Mandate for Head Start Pre-K

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has taken aim at the Biden administration for continuing to require children and staff members to wear masks in federally funded Head Start programs. Moody, a Republican, made the comments in an interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” program on Saturday. “When I heard that young children as young as…


Seattle Teacher Strike Continues for 5th Day, Tentative Agreement Reached

Students in Seattle are set to miss a fifth day of classes on Tuesday amid an ongoing teacher strike over increased pay and more classroom support, although a tentative agreement has now been reached. The strike initially began on Wednesday, Sept. 7 on what was supposed to be the first day of school for the roughly 50,000…


Republican Senators Introduce Bill to End ‘Highly-Politicized Vaccine Mandate’ for DC Schools

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Monday introduced a bill they said is designed to protect 12- to 15-year-old students in Washington, D.C. public schools from mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations. If enacted, their legislation would would block a 2021 bill by the D.C. Council that amended a 1979 immunization law to add COVID-19…


Legacy of COVID: Empty Classrooms and Walls of Silence

Commentary The image of an empty classroom, posted by Jan Slapeta, a professor of veterinary and molecular parasitology at the University of Sydney, is almost surreal. The professor posted the image because he had to lecture to an empty classroom as all his students work from home and remotely connect with him by dialling in….