Tag: Education & Family News

Oberlin College to Pay Family Bakery $36.6 Million in Damages Over False Racism Accusations

Following a failed appeal, Ohio’s Oberlin College is finally set to pay $36.6 million in damages the courts have awarded a local bakery for defamation. In a Sept. 9 statement, Oberlin announced that it had “initiated” payments to Gibson’s Bakery, a 137-year-old, fifth-generation family business that was wrongfully accused of racial profiling after a shoplifting…


22 Republican Governors Call on Biden to Withdraw Student Loan Forgiveness Plan

A group of Republican governors, led by Gov. Kim Reynolds, penned a letter to President Joe Biden on Sept. 12, saying his student loan forgiveness plan shifts the burden from the rich to “working Americans.” The letter (pdf), signed by 22 governors, notes Biden’s unprecedented debt cancellation plan means every single American taxpayer will bear…


College COVID-19 Booster Mandates Cause More Harm Than Good: Risk-Benefit Estimate

Forcing all young students to get COVID-19 vaccine boosters will cause more harm than benefit, according to a new risk-benefit analysis. Some 22,000 to 30,000 adults aged 18 to 29 who have never been infected with COVID-19 must be vaccinated with a messenger RNA (mRNA) booster to prevent a single COVID-19 hospitalization, researchers estimated after…


Pennsylvania Mother Continues to Fight to Remove Obscene Books From Schools After Injunction Denied

MALVERN, Pa.—On Sept. 7, a Pennsylvanian mom, Fenicia Redman, went to Great Valley high school to protest after she received the order that her request for Emergency Injunctive Relief was denied by the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Redman, on behalf of her child, filed a lawsuit against Pennsylvania Gov. Thomas…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Nicole Levitt: Woke Ideology Is Corrupting the Mission of My Employer, One of the Largest Domestic Violence Nonprofits in America

This episode will premiere on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “There was no way I was going to sign a statement saying that I was racist or that all white people were racist or that all of any race was anything. So I refused to sign it.” Nicole Levitt, an attorney who represents…


Nicole Levitt: Woke Ideology Is Corrupting the Mission of My Employer, One of the Largest Domestic Violence Nonprofits in America

“There was no way I was going to sign a statement saying that I was racist or that all white people were racist or that all of any race was anything. So I refused to sign it.” Nicole Levitt, an attorney who represents domestic violence survivors, recently filed a discrimination complaint against her employer, Women…


PA Education Administrator and Law Maker: ‘Gender Education Is Responsibility of Family, Not School’

Controversy over the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) promotion of gender identity theory on its official website is festering. Some education administrators and state legislators believe gender education belongs in the home and should not be taught in schools. “I don’t believe there’s any place in the schools for this teaching. It’s not related to…


PA Education Administrator and Lawmaker: ‘Gender Education Is Responsibility of Family, Not School’

Controversy over the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s (PDE) promotion of gender identity theory on its official website is festering. Some education administrators and state legislators believe gender education belongs in the home and should not be taught in schools. “I don’t believe there’s any place in the schools for this teaching. It’s not related to…


‘Your Job Is to Educate, Not Indoctrinate’: Miami-Dade Parents Reject LGBT History Month Proposal

Parents and residents of Miami-Dade County, Florida, want the district’s public schools to teach children English, math, and science, not “left-wing” socialist ideology, according to a range of opinions voiced at a public meeting on Wednesday. At the Miami-Dade County Public Schools board meeting, parents and community members shared a range of viewpoints on resolution…


Florida Tops in Parent Empowerment Ranking

WASHINGTON—The Heritage Foundation released its inaugural Education Freedom Report Card Friday, ranking Florida the highest and the District of Columbia the lowest among all states. Arizona and Idaho followed Florida as No. 2 and 3. Along with the District of Columbia, New Jersey and New York were at the bottom of the list. Lindsey Burke, director…