Tag: Education & Family News

Mississippi Schools Board Updates Policy, Clearing Way for Some Staff to Have Guns on Campus

Education officials in Mississippi voted on Thursday to remove a requirement that blocked guns in public schools. The move allows school districts in the state to determine their own rules on school security, including to potentially allow some staff to carry guns on campus. The vote by the Mississippi Board of Education updates an internal policy…


Michigan Medical School Students Walk out on Pro-Life Speaker During White Coat Ceremony

Dozens of incoming medical students at the University of Michigan walked out of the initiation ceremony on Sunday, following a failed attempt to pressure the school to cancel a pro-life doctor as the ceremony’s keynote speaker. The July 24 ceremony, during which students received their medical white coats and took the White Coat Pledge and…


New Bill to Tax College Endowment Investments in Hostile Chinese Companies at 100 Percent

A new Republican-backed bill in Congress seeks to pressure elite private colleges to pull their endowment dollars from hostile Chinese entities by taxing those investments at a 100 percent rate. Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) on Wednesday introduced the Protecting Endowments from our Adversaries Act, which encourages divestment from companies deemed hostile to the United States, including…


Parents Across the Board Support School Choice, Politicians Should Take Heed: Education Policy Expert

Corey DeAngelis, national director of research at the American Federation for Children (AFC), says parents across party lines share the sentiment that political candidates should advocate for parental rights and school choice, or face defeat in the November midterm elections. In an interview for NTD at FreedomFest 2022, DeAngelis said school choice is popular and politically advantageous,…


PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

This episode will premiere on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education…


PREMIERING 7:30 PM ET: Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

This episode will premiere on Thursday, July 21, at 7:30 p.m. ET.  America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education…


Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education gaps have only widened since the establishment of the federal Department of…


‘Brain Eating’ Amoeba Territory is Expanding, Here’s How Swimmers can Avoid Contact

A hidden danger is set to dampen the enjoyment of boating, swimming, and other aquatic sports in freshwater lakes and rivers during America’s summer months. It is Naegleria fowleri—better known as a brain-eating amoeba—that lives within many of the nation’s waterways. Hot summer temperatures and encounters with this organism tend to go hand in hand….


Growing Number of K-12 Teachers Charged With Child Sex Crimes in Recent Months: Analysis

At least 181 K-12 teachers, principals, and staff have been arrested for child sex crimes in the United States so far this year, according to an analysis of reports. At least 181 educators been arrested between Jan. 1 and June 30, according to a Fox News analysis. Arrests that did not make it in media…


CDC Promotes LGBT Chatroom Supporting Sex Change, Multiple Genders, Queer Activism in Teens

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is promoting a chatroom on its LGBT Youth Resources page that discusses a variety of sex-related topics, including sex change operations and hormone replacement therapy. The Q Chat Space is an online discussion platform for “LGBTQ+ and questioning teens” between the ages of 13 and 19,…