Tag: Education & Family News

2022 Escape Communism Seminar

The 2022 Escape Communism seminar will be held at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California. This two-day program will begin at 6:15 p.m. ET on Dec. 2 and end at 7:00 p.m. on Dec. 3. This educational program is aiming to give high school students insights into the destructive history of communist governments…


School Learning App Promotes Radical Gender Ideology to Young Students

A reading software application used in schools nationwide teaches kindergarteners about little boys who wear dresses, little girls who use boys’ bathrooms, and pride parades. Epic, a reading and learning app, has more than 40,000 books, 106 of which promote LGBT sexuality to children under 12. In the book “Jacob’s Room to Choose,” a young…


Citing Books on Pedophilia and Transgenderism, Wyoming Library Board Cuts Ties With American Library Association

A Wyoming county library board has cut ties with the American Library Association (ALA) over its support of books in the local library’s children’s section that promotes pedophilia and transgendering children, and includes detailed illustrations of sexual acts. The Campbell County Library Board, located in Gillette, Wyoming, voted 4 to 1 to completely disassociate itself…


First Disney Movie With Teen Gay Romance Falls Short at Box Office

Disney’s first animated film featuring a teen homosexual romance fell far short of expectations at the box office, bringing in under $20 million in tickets sold in its first five days in theaters, according to Nash Information Services. “Strange World” is the latest product for a company that has not been shy about its commitment to…


Texas Parent Rankles School Board With Graphic Library Books

A Texas mother, frustrated by her school board’s reluctance to remove books with graphic sexual content from school libraries, found an embarrassing technique for getting board members and the public to pay attention. Her unusual method may have hastened the removal of one objectionable book from shelves and brought the issue of sexual content in…


A Journey From Pain to Peace: Father of Rape Victim Tells His Story

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—To say the Smith family has had a tough year-and-a-half would be an understatement. Last May, Scott and Jessica Smith’s then-ninth-grade daughter was raped in a school bathroom by a teenage boy wearing a skirt. The family’s ensuing quest for justice has seen them pitched against the school district, state prosecutors, and those…


A Journey From Pain to Peace: Father of Virginia Rape Victim Tells His Story

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va.—To say the Smith family has had a tough year-and-a-half would be an understatement. In May 2021, Scott and Jessica Smith’s then-ninth-grade daughter was raped in a school bathroom by a teenage boy wearing a skirt. The family’s ensuing quest for justice has seen them pitched against the school district, county prosecutors, and…


Tennessee’s School Voucher Program Wins Latest Court Challenge

Supporters of school choice celebrated when a judicial panel dismissed legal claims from two lawsuits challenging Tennessee’s private school voucher law. The Educational Savings Account Program (ESA) gives families in Shelby and Davidson County school counties the ability to use public funds for private school costs. A three-judge panel ruled on Wednesday that the project…


With States Hands-Off, Homeschooling Takes Off

South Dakota epitomizes the rapid growth of homeschooling in America. Guided by the principle that parents, not the government, have the right to determine what and how their kids are taught, homeschooling families have overturned existing rules and batted down attempts over the last decade to impose new ones in many states, including South Dakota….


Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates 6-Week Abortion Ban, Putting Earlier Order on Hold

The Georgia Supreme Court on Nov. 23 reinstated the state’s ban on abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy. The move temporarily ends access to later abortions ruled by a state judge a week ago. In a single-page ruling (pdf) issued Wednesday, the court overturned a lower court’s recent decision to block the Georgia law….