Tag: Education & Family News

8th Grade History, Civics Scores Drop Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

May 3, 2023
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Average U.S. history and civics test scores have dropped among eighth graders since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The 2022 findings from the NAEP—dubbed “The Nation’s Report Card”—were released on May 3, revealing a five-point drop in U.S. history scores and a two-point drop—the first ever—in civics scores…

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Judge Blocks Utah Law Banning New Licenses for Abortion Clinics

May 3, 2023
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A judge in Utah has temporarily blocked Utah from enforcing a new law that would ban new licenses for abortion clinics in the state. The law, HB 467, would have barred Utah from issuing licenses for any new abortion clinics and would have phased out existing licenses by 2024. Planned Parenthood had sued to block the…

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Transgender Student Expelled as Parents Blast Board Over Alleged Assaults at California School

May 2, 2023
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A transgender student who was caught twice on video in the last few weeks allegedly assaulting girls at a California high school has been expelled, according to the Riverside Unified School District. The first video taken in early April shows a boy and girl pushing each other and the boy hitting her at Martin Luther…

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Parents Blast Board Over Alleged Assaults by Transgender Student at California School

May 2, 2023
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A transgender student who was caught twice on video in the last few weeks allegedly assaulting girls at a California high school will not be returning to the school, according to the Riverside Unified School District. The first video taken in early April shows a boy and girl pushing each other and the boy hitting…

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Parents Blast School Board Over Alleged Assaults by Transgender Student at California School

May 2, 2023
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A transgender student who was caught twice on video in the last few weeks allegedly assaulting girls at a California high school will not be returning to the school, according to the Riverside Unified School District. The first video taken in early April shows a boy and girl pushing each other and the boy hitting…

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Biden Earmarks $500,000 for Transgender Youth, Other Groups in Pakistan

May 2, 2023
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The Biden administration is offering a $500,000 grant to help teach the English language in Pakistan, in part by providing “intensive professional development courses for Pakistani transgender youth.” According to the Notice of Funding Opportunity (pdf), the program will “increase participants’ English language proficiency, employability, and leadership and critical thinking skills, enabling them to become…

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LIVE NOW: Heritage Foundation’s Discussion on Biden’s ‘Income Driven Repayment’

May 2, 2023
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In a discussion held by Heritage Foundation at 11:00 a.m. ET on May 2, Preston Cooper, a senior fellow in Higher Education, Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity; Jason Delisle, a nonresident senior fellow, Center on Education Data and Policy, Urban Institute; Andrew Gillen, Ph.D., a senior policy analyst, Texas Public Policy Foundation; and Paul…

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PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: ‘One of the Worst Medical Scandals That the World Has Ever Seen’: Brandon Showalter and Jeff Myers on ‘Exposing the Gender Lie’

May 2, 2023
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“People stand to profit handsomely from this experimental medicalization—puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, body-altering surgeries … all in pursuit of a lie,” says Brandon Showalter. Showalter and Jeff Myers are co-authors of “Exposing the Gender Lie: How to Protect Children and Teens From the Transgender Industry’s False Ideology.” “It’s an ideology that came out of the…

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Rural Texas School District Takes Down Access to LGBT Youth Chat

May 2, 2023
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A rural Texas school district caught the attention of Libs of Tiktok last week for a website link to LGBT chat rooms for children and a Biden Foundation video coaching parents to confirm their child’s transgender identity. The LGBT resource link was available on the counseling web page of Charlotte Independent School District, a tiny…

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IN-DEPTH: Trust in Tradition: Composer Says Identity Politics Not the Answer to Classical Music’s Woes

May 2, 2023
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The challenges facing classical music institutions worldwide have been well-publicised. Declining audiences and tightening revenue streams are a constant in the industry—only exacerbated during the pandemic years. Many large-scale performing arts groups cannot survive purely off ticket sales and rely on government handouts, grants, and philanthropy to prop up their finances. One young composer says…

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