Tag: Education & Family News

Texas Parents Prevail in Fight to Stop Controversial Social Study Curriculum

AUSTIN, Texas—In a win for conservative parents, the Texas state education board voted to shelve changes to the social studies curriculum after dozens of parents objected to adding gender, Critical Race Theory, and LGBT into education standards. More than 100 parents and group representatives signed up to discuss the proposed curriculum and state requirements. State…


Blue County Blunders Left GOP Voters in Central Florida County Without Ballots, Calling for Investigation

LAKELAND, Fla.—The Alachua County School Board in 2020-21 tangled with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis repeatedly during a bitter battle that pit local school board autonomy against the state’s preemptive authority in managing responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with the Broward County School Board, it was one of two Florida school boards where members’ salaries…


Yeshiva University Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Forcing It to Recognize LGBTQ Club on Campus

New York City-based Yeshiva University filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 29 asking the court to stay a lower court order forcing it to recognize an LGBTQ student club. The application comes as the high court has become increasingly protective of constitutionally protected religious rights in recent years. Last year…


The Long March of Woke Ideology Through the Universities

Commentary Universities, as a result of the 60s and 70s cultural revolution and the decision by the cultural left to take the long march through the institutions, have especially been affected by politically correct ideology and wokeness. Such is the dominance of neo-Marxist and postmodern-inspired ideology that left-of-centre academics in a range of subjects dominate…


Los Angeles Teachers Union to Boycott First of Four Extra School Days

A union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is going to boycott the district’s first of four optional instruction days, which its members said were added to this school year without labor negotiation. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced Aug. 26 that 93 percent of its more than 34,000 members voted…


Texas Conservatives Mobilize Against New Social Curriculum Adding Gender, LGBT and CRT Ideology

Texas conservatives are revolting over proposed State Board of Education changes that will eliminate teaching the U.S. Constitution and founding principles in some grade levels while including ideologies on white supremacy, LBGT pride, and gender. Parent groups and conservative groups have mobilized to attend a public hearing at the Texas State Board of Education in…


Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas, Slammed as ‘Homophobes’ at VMAs

Gay actor Billy Eichner angrily attacked the Supreme Court and conservative Justice Clarence Thomas as “homophobes” who are stuck in the past during an appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Aug. 28. Eichner made the comments at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., as he promoted “Bros,” a movie slated for release…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Connor Boyack: How to Empower Our Kids Against Marxist Thinking

This episode will premiere on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET.      “Any parent who doesn’t recognize that they’re on a battlefield, that their children are ground zero in this effort, is going to lose…Collectivists are trying to co-opt and change the minds of our children,” says Connor Boyack. He’s the author of…


PREMIERING NOW: Connor Boyack: How to Empower Our Kids Against Marxist Thinking

This episode will premiere on Saturday, Aug. 27 at 7:30 p.m. ET.      “Any parent who doesn’t recognize that they’re on a battlefield, that their children are ground zero in this effort, is going to lose…Collectivists are trying to co-opt and change the minds of our children,” says Connor Boyack. He’s the author of…


Connor Boyack: How to Empower Our Kids Against Marxist Thinking

“Any parent who doesn’t recognize that they’re on a battlefield, that their children are ground zero in this effort, is going to lose…Collectivists are trying to co-opt and change the minds of our children,” says Connor Boyack. He’s the author of the Tuttle Twins children’s books, which have sold over 4 million copies. He recently…