Tag: Education & Family News

Parents Rally Over ‘Malicious Misgendering’ School Policy in Northern Virginia

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—A group of parents rallied outside the Fairfax County school board meeting on Thursday night to protest the board’s new “malicious misgendering” policy that disciplines elementary school students for not addressing transgender students with their preferred pronouns. Later in the night, the board voted 8–4 and approved the new policy as a part…


Kirk Cameron on Parents Embracing Homeschooling: ‘Whoever Controls the Textbooks Controls the Future’

American parents are waking up and taking the responsibility for their children’s education in a way that aligns with their values, says conservative Christian actor and filmmaker Kirk Cameron. “When you drop your kids off at school or the babysitter, there’s a tremendous amount of trust that you’re putting in these people. That trust was…


Kirk Cameron on Homeschooling Comeback: ‘Whoever Controls the Textbooks Controls the Future’

American parents are waking up and taking the responsibility for their children’s education in a way that aligns with their values, says conservative Christian actor and filmmaker Kirk Cameron. “When you drop your kids off at school or the babysitter, there’s a tremendous amount of trust that you’re putting in these people. That trust was…


Arizona’s Brnovich, States Not Giving Up on Reviving Trump’s Immigrant Self-Sufficiency Rule

The 13 states that banded together to try to defend the so-called public charge rule are weighing their options about how to revive the policy after the Supreme Court dismissed their appeal, an aide to Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said. The Trump-era rule screened out potentially government-dependent immigrants but the Biden administration refused to…


Supreme Court Rules in Favor of American Mother Who Doesn’t Want Son Returned to Italy

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of an American mother on June 15, finding that a U.S. appeals court was wrong to find that her Italian-born child should be returned to his abusive father in Italy despite the risk to which the child may be exposed by doing so. When a U.S. court determines that…


Most Americans Oppose Transgender Athletes in Female Sports, Poll Finds

Only about three in ten U.S. adults believe transgenders should be allowed to compete in female sports at the professional, college, high school, or youth levels, according to a new poll from the Washington Post-University of Maryland. The survey results released on June 14 show that 68 percent of Americans worry that transgender athletes would…


LA Unified Superintendent Proposes $18.5 Billion Budget to Close Learning Gaps

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Superintendent Alberto Carvalho is proposing an $18.5 billion budget for the upcoming school year, with $1.9 billion in targeted investments to close academic gaps. Carvalho provided the district’s education board with an overview of the budget’s targeted investments June 14, calling the budget the “heart and fuel of our…


‘Fight Like Hell With a Smile on Our Face:’ CRT Debate Spurs Parents to Run for School Boards

As parents across the nation fight to have a say in their children’s public education, more are taking things into their own hands: running for local school boards. Sean Kaufman in Woodstock, Georgia, is one of them. And his journey began with a school assignment on the American dream. Before that, he never felt any…


‘Fight Like Hell With a Smile on Our Faces:’ CRT Debate Spurs Parents to Run for School Boards

As parents across the nation fight to have a say in their children’s public education, more are taking things into their own hands: running for local school boards. Sean Kaufman in Woodstock, Georgia, is one of them. And his journey began with a school assignment on the American dream. Before that, he never felt any…


Congresswoman Proposes Bill to Make It Illegal for Children to Be Exposed to Drag Queen Performances

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) announced she introduced a bill that would make it illegal for children to be exposed to drag queen performances. “I’m introducing a bill to make it illegal for children to be exposed to Drag Queen performances,” the GOP House representative wrote in a Twitter post. She didn’t provide more information…