Tag: Education & Family News

Baby Kidnapped by Authorities Over Missed Medical Appointment

Baby Cyrus was taken away from his parents by authorities on the same day his mother canceled a child’s periodic medical checkup appointment because she was not feeling well, said Diego Rodriguez, grandfather of baby Cyrus. The baby was returned to his parents after seven days in state custody, thanks to the irresistibly strong support…


San Diego Parents Sue School District Second Time Over School Vaccine Mandate

The parents of four San Diego public school students are suing in federal court over the local school district’s requirement that forces students aged 16 and older to get vaccinated against the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. The board of the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) first imposed the mandate over parental…


Proposal to Prohibit Teaching Critical Race Theory in Texas School District Wins Majority Approval in Public Comment

TEXAS—The majority vote in public comment chose to favor proposed policies that will put guardrails on social-emotional learning (SEL) programs and prohibit critical race theory (CRT) teachings for the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD), following a board meeting on April 25. Board members Casey Ford and Shannon Braun proposed the policy (pdf) based on what Ford…


Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation to ‘Make Inflation Worse’: Stephen Moore

President Joe Biden recently indicated that he would seriously consider student loan forgiveness. But according to former White House economic adviser Stephen Moore, this gesture is not only bad politics but “worse economics” and would make the record-high inflation even worse. “It’s not forgiveness … It’s shifting the burden from the people who borrowed the…


Biden Admin Approves $238 Million Loan Cancellation for Former Beauty School Students

The Biden administration said it will discharge a total of $238 million in student loan debt for those who attended a now-defunct beauty school that failed to teach them how to cut hair. The U.S. Department of Education in 2016 stripped the Marinello Schools of Beauty, a for-profit school chain with 56 campuses across the nation,…


House Republicans Attempt to Advance Transgender Athletes Bill

House Republicans are attempting to bring to the House floor a bill that makes it illegal for biological males to participate in sports designated for females. Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) submitted a discharge petition on April 26 to bring “The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act” (H.R. 426)…


Utah College Sparks Backlash Over Summer Classes In Pornography

Saying that pornography is “as American as apple pie,” a private liberal arts college located in Salt Lake City now faces a public backlash over summer classes in adult entertainment and digital culture. Starting in May, Westminster College will offer three new elective courses—FILM*3000 Porn, GNDR*3000 Porn, and LMW*3000 Porn. Each provides two credits toward…


Oregon Includes Porn Literacy Workshop in Teacher Sex-Ed Training

A workshop entitled “A Case for Porn Literacy” is among the recent offerings by Oregon as part of its training of public school teachers for the state’s newly-proposed sex-ed curriculum. The one-day workshop on porn literacy was taught by Justine Ang Fonte. Fonte, who calls herself an intersectional health educator, made headline news when she…


Study Reveals Pandemic Stress Led to Big Jump in Academic Cheating

Students under stress during the pandemic often used technology to cheat at higher rates, a new survey by four professors reveals. Cheating using smartphones, using multiple computers to avoid screen lock programs, or copying papers to turn in online aren’t new tactics. But these behaviors increased among students during COVID-19. The increase was worst in…


US Cancel Culture is Quietly Infiltrating French Society

What started as a left-leaning movement in the United States that targets public figures through shaming tactics, has caught fire via social media through hashtags like #MeToo, giving rise to a pervasive sub-society known as  “cancel culture.” However, it has moved well beyond U.S. borders and is becoming what some French consider a blight upon…