Tag: Education & Family News

Houston ISD Approves $2 Million Funding for More Firearms, Shields for District Police in Wake of Mass Shootings

Houston Independent School District (ISD) trustees on Aug. 11 passed a motion that will allow $2 million in funding for more firearms and shields for the district police. The decision comes after Superintendent Millard House II said last week that the district was not prepared to handle an active shooter attack with its current equipment. Trustees debated for an…


Colorado Recall Supporter Says She Seeks Ouster of School Board, Alleging Illegal Acts

The leader of a heated Colorado school board recall campaign has defended her group’s conduct, denying the campaign has union ties and standing firm in claims that the recall is in response to allegedly illegal acts by the Woodland Park School Board. Erin O’Connell told The Epoch Times an alternative version of the events on…


LA Unified Accused of Unfair Labor Practice by Teachers Union for Extra Instruction Days

A union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) filed Aug. 8 an unfair practice charge against the district’s adding four optional days to the 2022–2023 school year. The district’s school board approved in April the extension to help students who are still catching up on learning while emerging from the COVID-19…


Mom Suing Over Being Banned From Anti-Racism School Meetings in Rhode Island

A Rhode Island mother has filed a lawsuit against her town’s Black, Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) Committee for barring her from attending its meetings. Nicole Solas, a mother of two and a senior fellow with the conservative group Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), is also the subject of a pending litigation brought against her by…


Pro-Antifa California Teacher Who Vowed to Turn Students Into ‘Revolutionaries’ Got Paid to Resign

A California teacher who bragged about using his position to radicalize students into far-left “revolutionaries,” has been given three years of pay by his school district to resign, according to a report. Gabriel Gipe, an AP government teacher at Inderkum High School of Natomas Unified School District, in January agreed to leave his post with…


Pro-Antifa California Teacher Who Vowed to Turn Students Into ‘Revolutionaries’ Is Paid to Resign

A California teacher who bragged about using his position to radicalize students into far-left “revolutionaries” has been given three years of pay by his school district to resign, according to a report. Gabriel Gipe, a teacher of Advanced Placement government at Inderkum High School, agreed in January to leave his post with a $190,000 payout…


The Effect of Critical Race Theory on Black Americans; The Importance of Fatherhood and Communities

At the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, I spoke with two leaders in the black community: commissioner Jack Brewer and Daqwan Bruce. We discussed critical race theory—a Marxist and communist ideology—its effects on black Americans and communities of color, what it means to strike for real freedom in America, and how race is politicized. Click…


LA Unified Superintendent Vows to Enact Quick Back-to-School Change

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho delivered his first Opening of Schools address Aug. 8 at the Microsoft Theater ahead of the first day of school next week, conceding issues of declining enrollment and difficult financial times on the horizon. Carvalho—who took over the post in February after 14 years as superintendent…


Returning Community College Students May Have Tuition Waived Under California Bill

More Californians may soon go to community college for free under a bill introduced by a Los Angeles Assemblymember, which passed in the California Assembly in May and will be heard in the state Senate next week. Assembly Bill 2266, known as the “Free Community College for All” program, was introduced by Assemblymember Miguel Santiago…


Leader in School Board Recall Bid Facing False Complaint Charges

With a looming recall election swirling around the culture wars in a small Colorado town, authorities confirmed their arrest of a recall leader on false complaint charges. The Woodland Park Police Department confirmed in a press release late last week their arrest of Samantha Peck, one of the leaders of a recall campaign aimed at…