Tag: Education & Family News

Chicago Inspector General School Report Reveals 1,735 Reported Sexual Misconduct Cases in Four Years

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) had 1,735 reported adult-on-student sexual misconduct cases in the past four years, according to a report by the Chicago Board of Education’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). Hundreds of cases couldn’t substantiate sex abuse allegations, 302 discovered substantial policy violations, and at least 16 resulted in criminal charges. A backlog of…


The Culture War in American Legal Education Is Expanding

A broad-ranging and growing progressive movement in American legal education and higher education is upending and reforming policies and practices in pursuit of increasing diversity in student bodies, as The Epoch Times reported recently. In the legal education sector, the movement is one in which some of the most prestigious law schools, and the American…


Major Texas University Blocks Students From Using TikTok on Network

The University of Texas at Austin has banned students from using Chinese-owned TikTok on its Wi-Fi network, in line with Gov. Greg Abbott’s December directive that all state agencies eliminate the cybersecurity risks posed by the video-sharing app. In a message to students on Jan. 17, Jeff Neyland, adviser to the university’s president for technology strategy, said the school is…


San Francisco Committee Proposes $5 Million Payouts, Debt Forgiveness as Reparations for African Americans

Total debt forgiveness and $5 million payouts are among the reparations the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee is proposing that the city grant to longtime Black residents who have been a victim of the city’s “systematic repression and exclusion” of the Black community. The committee, tasked with developing a reparations plan for the…


San Francisco Committee Proposes Payouts of $5 Million Each, Debt Forgiveness as Reparations for African Americans

Total debt forgiveness and $5 million payouts are among the reparations the San Francisco African American Reparations Advisory Committee is proposing that the city grant to longtime Black residents who have been a victim of the city’s “systematic repression and exclusion” of the Black community. The committee, tasked with developing a reparations plan for the…


USC Removes the Word ‘Field’ in Class Because of Implied Connotations to Racism and Slavery

The University of Southern California’s (USC) Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work will no longer use the word “field” in its curriculum, as it may have racist “connotations” related to slavery. The word “may have connotations for descendants of slavery and immigrant workers that are not benign,” according to a letter from the department on Jan. 9….


California YMCA Rebukes Teen Girl Who Reported Naked Man in Women’s Locker Room

Teenager Rebecca Phillips stepped out from her post-workout shower in the YMCA locker room and gasped. A naked man was standing in the women’s dressing area of the Cameron Family YMCA in Santee, California. “I immediately went back into the shower, terrified, and hid behind their flimsy excuse for a curtain until he was gone,”…


California Teen Begs City Council to ‘Protect Women’ After Encountering Naked Man in YMCA Locker Room

Teenager Rebecca Phillips stepped out from her post-workout shower in the YMCA locker room and gasped. A naked man was standing in the women’s dressing area of the Cameron Family YMCA in Santee, California. “I immediately went back into the shower, terrified, and hid behind their flimsy excuse for a curtain until he was gone,”…


Educator Sexual Misconduct Is On The Rise In US Public Schools: Report

From sexting to rape, there is a disturbing uptick in sexual misconduct by public school teachers and other staff against students across the United States. The growing problem was recently highlighted by an audit of Chicago public schools where dozens of staff members ranging from teachers, administrators, and counselors, to security officers—even a sign language…


Kentucky Parents Fear for Children’s Safety After Student Who Wrote ‘Kill List’ Is Allowed to Return to School: Reports

Parents of children at a Kentucky school where a 14-year-old student allegedly wrote a “kill list” last year have voiced concerns for their children’s safety after the student was reportedly allowed to return this month. The student at Conner High School in Hebron, who has not been identified, allegedly threatened several eighth-grade students in 2021 and…