Tag: Education & Family News

Elon Musk: Children Being Fed Transgender ‘Propaganda’ by Adults

March 17, 2023
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Tesla founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk criticized the idea of allowing minors to undergo gender transition procedures on March 16, holding that children were being fed “propaganda” to convince them to undergo such “severe” treatments. Musk’s revelation of his stance on the issue came in response to a video posted to Twitter on March…

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Weak Debate Around Education Does Little to Help Our Children

March 17, 2023
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Commentary Children are society’s most precious commodity or asset. It is their well-being and the virtues instilled in them as they grow up which will determine our society’s future. We all need to be fully invested in our children’s future from a family perspective right through to our nation at large. Part of being fully…

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Los Angeles Unified Teacher, Staff Strike to Start Next Week; Schools to Close for 3 Days

March 16, 2023
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Union leaders in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) announced they will strike for three days next week, canceling classes for about 430,000 students in the nation’s second-largest school district. SEIU Local 99—the union representing 30,000 cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians, special education assistants, and other non-teaching staff at LAUSD—announced the strike at a…

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Carlsbad Unified Approves Controversial Ethnic Studies Course

March 16, 2023
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Carlsbad Unified School District board members unanimously approved a controversial ethnic studies course at one of its high school’s Film Academy last week. The course is part of Carlsbad High School—called Film Academy Ethnic Studies—and will focus on past representations of minorities in Hollywood films as well as “emerging voices” in the film industry. The…

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Teacher Shortage Solution More Complex Than Just Raising Wages: Education Minister

March 16, 2023
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SYDNEY—Resolving the teacher shortage in New South Wales (NSW) requires a more complex solution beyond just hiring and more wages, hinted Education Minister Sarah Mitchell ahead of the state election. In an election debate at the Centre of Independent Studies on March 14, Shadow Education Minister Prue Car claimed to solve the teacher shortage was…

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American Children Are Dying at Highest Rate in 50 Years

March 16, 2023
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Mortality rates among American children and adolescents rose by almost 20 percent in just two years, with non-COVID injuries being a top reason for increased deaths. Between 2019 and 2020, all-cause mortality rates for Americans in the age group of 1 to 19 years jumped by 10.7 percent, according to data collected and published by JAMA Network…

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Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal Press Pinterest on Protecting Girls From Online Predators

March 16, 2023
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U.S. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) co-signed a letter sent on March 14 to the CEO of the online photo sharing platform Pinterest, seeking information about what the company is doing to prevent pedophiles using its technology to exploit girls. Blackburn and Blumenthal authored the Kids Online Safety Act of 2022, which…

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Shapiro’s Pennsylvania Budget Includes Free School Breakfast, Extra State-Funded SNAP Benifits

March 15, 2023
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Pennsylvania’s Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro has included two new charitable feeding plans in his proposed state budget—free breakfast to all students and a new state fund to raise the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) minimum monthly benefit by 50 percent. SNAP is federally funded, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture sending money to states which…

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Shapiro’s Pennsylvania Budget Includes Free School Breakfast, Extra State-Funded SNAP Benefits

March 15, 2023
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Pennsylvania’s Democrat Gov. Josh Shapiro has included two new charitable feeding plans in his proposed state budget—free breakfast to all students and a new state fund to raise the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) minimum monthly benefit by 50 percent. SNAP is federally funded, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture sending money to states which…

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School Choice Amendment Passes, ‘Parent Bill of Rights’ Heads to U.S. House Floor

March 15, 2023
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California Rep. Kevin Kiley’s school choice proposal was adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Education and the Workforce Committee last week as part of H.R. 5, or the “Parents Bill of Rights Act,” proposed by House Republicans earlier this month. Kiley’s proposal would amend the Parents Bill of Rights Act to ensure parents have…

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