Tag: Education & Family News

Michigan Charter Schools Sue US Department of Education Over New Rule

An organization representing Michigan charter schools is suing the U.S. Department of Education over a new rule its lawyers say will undermine charter schools. The Biden administration, which is closely aligned with public school teachers’ unions, is hostile to charter schools. On the campaign trail in 2020, then-candidate Joe Biden said he’s “not a fan…


California: A Transgender Mecca for Minors

Commentary England’s publicly funded healthcare system, The National Health Service, recently made a big announcement: By spring of 2023, the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust will shut down its Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS). For the uninitiated, GIDS offers various services to children struggling with gender identity issues. The NHS announcement was long overdue. In truth,…


‘This Is About Power’ Critical Race Theory Trainer Tells Pennsylvania Educators

Far-right white people are in a moral panic over Critical Race Theory (CRT) because they fear losing political power. These are the sentiments taught to Pennsylvania educators about parents who attend board meetings in opposition to CRT. The training was a webinar presented by Justice Leaders Collaborative, a Michigan-based social justice training organization that did…


Vast Majority of Toddlers Haven’t Got COVID-19 Vaccine Weeks After CDC Approval: Data

More than a month after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended COVID-19 vaccines for very young children, only a small percentage have actually received the shot, according to federal data. Data published by the CDC Monday shows that about 755,730 children aged 6 months to 4 years of age have received at…


Sen. Lindsey Graham: States Should Decide on Same-Sex Marriage

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Aug. 7 that states, not the federal government, should decide whether same-sex marriage should be legally recognized. Graham’s comments came during a panel discussion on CNN’s “State of the Union” after HR 8404, the proposed Respect for Marriage Act, passed the House of Representatives 267-157 on July 19 with the…


Michigan Town Library Insists on Including Books With Graphic Sexual Content, Gets Defunded in Vote

After a battle over LGBT-themed books with explicit illustrations, residents of Jamestown Township, Michigan, overwhelmingly voted to not renew a property tax millage that has helped fund their public library. Over 60 percent of Jamestown voters voted “no” on Tuesday to a 10-year millage renewal and increase for the local Patmos Library. Some 3,000 people,…


Michigan Town Votes to Defund Library Over Books With Graphic Sexual Content

Residents of a town in western Michigan have overwhelmingly voted to not renew a property tax millage that has helped fund their public library following a battle over LGBT-themed books with explicit illustrations. More than 60 percent of Jamestown Township voters voted “no” on Aug. 2 to a 10-year millage renewal and a tax increase…


Supreme Court to Hear College Admission Affirmative Action Case in October

The nation’s highest court will hear arguments on whether current admission practices’ at some of the most elite universities in the country are unconstitutional. If and after the plaintiff is successful, and the Supreme Court endorses its position, millions of incoming college students may find that their race and ethnicity are no longer a part…


Conservatives Wary of Bill to Increase Civics and History Lessons in US Schools

The lessons taught to children today are the values we will live in our future when they run the world. That is why there is an intense battle in U.S. schools over who gets to determine the curriculum. Schools have veered beyond the classic core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic and moved into teaching…


Fire in the Streets: Understanding the Ideologies Behind the Movement to Subvert America

“’Whites are essentially oppressive. And people of color are essentially oppressed and have the vantage point that should be consulted.’ But on the other hand, you find critical race theory, philosophers, and others saying things like it’s all socially constructed. So whiteness is socially constructed, and blackness is socially constructed. So we could deconstruct them…