Tag: Education & Family News

Leftover Women and Elusive Men

Commentary China is grappling with the problem of what to do with what they call “leftover” women—unmarried women, often highly educated and urban, who can’t find a mate. Communist officials are finding their proposed incentives to persuade these women to marry unemployed men are meeting with stiff resistance. Meanwhile, as the communist regime struggles with…


Masks Still Required for LA Students Even After State, County Lift Mandate

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) said that it will, at least for now, keep its students masked up even after the end of California’s statewide mask mandate for indoor public places. This Monday marks the first day many students in California come to school without having to wear a mask. For over 600,000 students…


University Head Refuses to Back Down Over Tenure Battle

Texas’ Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced in February he would seek to end tenure for University of Texas professors who teach Critical Race Theory (CRT). University president Jay Hartzell  has responded with a strong message to professors that he will defend tenure because removing it will “cripple Texas’ ability to recruit and retain great faculty…


Tennessee Bill Would Restrict Children’s Access to Permanent Gender Alteration Medical Procedures

A Tennessee bill proposes to restrict children’s access to hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and other medical procedures that would allow for an alteration to their gender. House Bill 2835, or the Youth Protection Act, would specifically prohibit a child that has not reached puberty from getting hormone therapy or other gender alterations, such as surgeries,…


Parents’ Rights Movement Spurs New Age of Advocacy in Local School Board Races

Two years ago, Ryan Girdusky was a New York-based reporter for conservative news sites, Tiffany Justice was a former Florida school board member and mother of four school-aged children, and Steve Maxwell was focused on growing his agricultural software business across the Southeast. None had experience in orchestrating political advocacy, recruiting candidates to run for…


Sex Education Camps for Children Offer Seminars on Questionable Adult Themes

An organization that promotes sexual education for children has been holding seminars laden with explicitly controversial themes. Journalist Christopher Rufo first reported on the organization in March. He told The Epoch Times that the workshop is for children as young as 13. “Having sex on drugs,” “sex working,” self-pleasure, self-managed abortions, and other explicit themes…


DeSantis Support of Florida Education Bill ‘Has Not Changed’ After Call From Disney CEO

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not changed his stance on a bill that prohibits discussions on sexuality for the state’s youngest students, despite a call from Disney CEO Bob Chapek expressing “disappointment and concern.” Officially titled “Parental Rights in Education,” House Bill 1557 would, in part, prevent public schools in Florida from encouraging classroom discussions…


Amid Opposition From the Left, More States Push for Curriculum Transparency

Echoing the frustration and distrust felt by parents across the nation about public school education, lawmakers in at least 20 states have introduced measures to ensure parents’ access to what their children are being taught in the classroom. Those Republican-backed measures, commonly referred to as curriculum transparency bills, require public schools to make available online all their…


Virginia Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Teacher Fired Over Transgender Pronoun Use

The Supreme Court of Virginia has agreed to consider the wrongful dismissal appeal of a teacher fired for refusing to use masculine pronouns for a female high school student. Peter Vlaming, who taught French at West Point Public Schools in West Point, Virginia, east of Richmond, was ordered by the school board to stop “avoiding…


How To Keep Your Kids Creative in a Big Tech World

Today, raising creative kids won’t happen naturally. It has to be a choice. According to teachers and experts from across America, kids don’t innovate like they used to. In a world where technology lets us live in other people’s ideas, life in school is increasingly regimented, and the last few years have made it challenging…