Tag: Education & Family News

Marxism Is an Intellectual Swindle, Inversion of Reality: James Lindsay

March 1, 2022
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James Lindsay, founder of New Discourses and author of “Race Marxism,” said Marxism and its more recent offshoot, critical race theory, are fraudulent because they put theory before reality and are unscientific. “This is the intellectual swindle of all of Marxism, including critical race theory, is that the theory comes first. So everything that you see…

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Parents of Disabled Child Sue Pennsylvania School to Reinstate Mask Mandate

February 28, 2022
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The parents of a medically fragile 6-year-old child are suing the Cumberland Valley School District in Pennsylvania to change its masking policy from masks optional back to mandatory masking for all. By permitting optional masking, the school board forces the parents of medically fragile children with disabilities into an unfair decision of keeping the child…

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California, Oregon and Washington to End Mask Mandates in Schools

February 28, 2022
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In a coordinated move, governors of California, Oregon, and Washington announced on Monday that students in the three West Coast states will soon no longer have to wear a mask at school. Starting on March 12, public health departments in all three states will update their indoor mask policies and “move from mask requirements to…

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Virginia Government Releases Report on Efforts to Combat Critical Race Theory in Public Schools

February 28, 2022
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Virginia’s education department has released a 30-day report on actions to rescind programs, polices, and materials involving “discriminatory and divisive concepts,” such as critical race theory (CRT). “The concepts have become widespread in the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) and in Virginia school divisions and we will need to proactively review policies, practices, and pedagogies…

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Federal Court Rules Against High School’s ‘Patently Unconstitutional’ Racial Admission Policy

February 27, 2022
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A U.S. federal court has ruled against Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s (TJ) revised admission policy pushing for “racial equity,” judging it discriminatory against Asian-American students. TJ, which focuses on the STEM fields, is an elite Governor’s School in Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system. It requires prospective students to go…

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Federal Judge Rules Against High School’s ‘Patently Unconstitutional’ Racial Admission Policy

February 27, 2022
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A federal judge has ruled against an elite Virginia high school’s revised admissions policy pushing for “racial equity,” judging it discriminatory against Asian American students. The Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ), which focuses on the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), is a Governor’s School in the Fairfax County…

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Sexualization of Children Pushed by Teachers Unions Undermines Institution of Family: Union Insider

February 26, 2022
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Curricula that sexualize children have been pushed by teachers unions into American schools with the goal of undermining the family structure, said Rebecca Friedrichs, founder of For Kids and Country and a teacher. When Friedrichs was about halfway through her 28-year career as a teacher she became a teachers union representative in her school district,…

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Florida House Passes ‘Parental Rights in Education’ Bill

February 25, 2022
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Florida’s House of Representatives on Feb. 24 passed a bill related to parental rights in education, which, among various measures, would ban discussions in classrooms about “sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels or in a specified manner.” The Republican-backed measure, HB 1557 (pdf), passed the House with a 69–47 vote, with mostly Republican support. It…

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Australian Parents Move Away From Public School System as Pandemic Reveals Education Quality Gap

February 24, 2022
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Australian parents have turned away from public schools during the pandemic, flocking to private schools with higher educational standards and faith-based schools with stronger values and beliefs. Private schools have seen a 6.1 percent increase in enrolments between 2019 and 2021, compared with 2.2 percent for Catholic schools and 1 percent for government schools, according to…

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Child Advocacy Group Pleads With Lawmakers to Protect Children From ‘Sexually Explicit Material’ and ‘Gender Indoctrination’

February 24, 2022
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As time runs out on the legislative calendar, a child advocacy group is pleading with Florida lawmakers to pass two bills designed to protect public-school children from “sexually explicit material and age-inappropriate gender indoctrination.” In an open letter to State House Speaker Chris Sprowls (R-Fla.) and state Senate President Wilton Simpson (R-Fla.), the Florida Citizens…

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