Tag: Education & Family News

Texas Bill Proposes $25,000 for School Employees Authorized to Act as Armed Guards

A new Texas bill proposes a stipend of up to $25,000 for public school employees, who are authorized to act as armed guards on school grounds. The proposed legislation follows a recent trend of training armed school staff after recent mass shootings at educational facilities across the country. Texas lawmakers advanced House Bill 13 on…


Gender Ideology Rips Apart Family in Rural South Carolina

Gil and Gabriella Reid live on a 48-acre farm outside Anderson, a town in South Carolina where a church and historic courthouse dominate the quaint central square. They raise sheep and chickens and grow rye, clover, and Bermuda grass for feed. It’s where their daughters helped out with collecting eggs and tending the livestock. Life…


Colorado Governor Signs Bill to Make State a ‘Gender Surgery Sanctuary’ for Minors

Red state bans on child sex-change procedures may soon face powerful challenges from Democrat-controlled “gender-surgery sanctuary” states. A new Colorado law entitled Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care is the latest to include legal shields for patients and providers of “gender-affirming health-care services,” noting those are part of “legally protected health-care activity in this state.”…


Rep. Jim Banks Demands Answers on DOD’s Waiver Plan for Colleges Hosting Confucius Institutes

Rep. Jim Banks  (R-Ind.) expressed concerns to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) over its waiver plan that allows U.S. colleges to receive DOD grants while hosting Beijing-funded Confucius Institutes (CIs). “CIs act as agents of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on U.S. campuses, spreading Party propaganda, monitoring students and dissidents, and providing China a…


IN-DEPTH: Boston Children’s Hospital Doctor Advocates For Transgender Surgery Access Across States

The child sex-change industry is about to boom in states where treatments for minors are not restricted or banned by law, a Boston Children’s Hospital doctor has predicted. “Physicians who provide GAC [gender-affirming care] will face a greater burden due to constraints in certain states and increasing demands for care,” pediatric surgeon Dr. Oren Ganor…


IN-DEPTH: School Choice Movement to Shape Presidential, Federal Races in 2024

In response to plunging test scores that have been made worse by the pandemic, states across the country have been implementing school choice reforms that are making public funding of schools portable. In October 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, informally known as the “nation’s report card,” revealed that test scores nationwide have plunged…


Who Comes First in the Trans Debate? Parents or Teachers?

Commentary Who should have the authority in relation to a child’s welfare? Most mums and dads would be confident in asserting no one loves their children or is more invested in their children than they are. As the wise saying goes, “Blood is thicker than water.” The bond between parent and child is strong and…


Parental Rights Bills Sweeping the United States

Legislation protecting a parent’s right to block the use of gender pronouns and other gender ideology in public schools is either pending or has already passed in all but three U.S. states. Of the states where legislation is being heavily watched is the state of New Hampshire, where more than 200 people turned out this…


Man Claiming to Be a Woman Exposed Himself to High School Girls: Letter

An adult man claiming to be a woman went into a girls’ locker room and exposed himself to four minors, according to a new letter. The alleged incident violated the girls’ right to privacy, the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) said in the letter, sent on April 19 to the Sun Prairie Area School District….


Gov. Ivey Replaces Alabama Education Director Over ‘Woke’ Training Book

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey announced Friday she replaced the state’s director of early childhood education, due to the use of a teacher training book that Ivey said teaches “woke concepts.” “The education of Alabama’s children is my top priority as governor, and there is absolutely no room to distract or take away from this mission,” Ivey…