Tag: K-12 Education

Betsy DeVos: Why the US Department of Education Should Be Abolished

America’s current education system is antiquated, wasteful, and “bent on saving and serving itself,” argues former U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. She is one of the very few department heads to have advocated for the abolition of the agency she ran. Education gaps have only widened since the establishment of the federal Department of…


Oregon to Require Ethnic Studies for Students in K-12

Oregon’s youngest students will experience a new emphasis on race, identity, and equity as the state incorporates ethnic studies requirements into the social studies curriculum for all students in K-12. It will be the first state to do so. The new focus stems from an Oregon law passed in 2017 that directed the Oregon Department…


Parents’ Group, Children’s Publisher Join Forces Against CRT, Sexualization and Transgender Ideology

In an effort to protect children from critical race theory, early sexualization, and transgender ideology, a parent-advocacy group has joined forces with a like-minded children’s publisher to inform other parents of how “children are being brainwashed by woke books in our own homes.” No Left Turn in Education (NLT) was started by Elana Fishbein, a Philadelphia mother…


Bethany Mandel Talks ‘Subtle Indoctrination’ in Children’s Books and K-12 Education; New Heroes of Liberty Series

“There’s all of that very overt indoctrination, but I think what’s more damaging is the very subtle indoctrination.” Woke ideology about race and gender often aren’t explicitly included in lesson plans, but instead appear in books teachers use to teach subjects like counting or sentence structure, says conservative commentator and writer Bethany Mandel. “It normalizes…


Hundreds of Mathematicians, Scientists, Sign Open Letter Against Social Justice-Based Curriculum

More than 700 mathematicians and scientists have signed an open letter denouncing recent “trends” in K-12 mathematics education that proponents argue will close achievement gaps and damage America’s global competitiveness. “We write to express our alarm over recent trends in K-12 mathematics education in the United States,” the “ Open Letter on K-12 Mathematics,” which has…


How Politically Motivated Education Impacts California Students | Christina Sandefur

Parents in California are concerned that politics is coming into the school curriculum. Our guest today is Christina Sandefur, an attorney and executive vice president of the Goldwater Institute. Today she explains why parents need “academic transparency” to know what their K–12 kids are being taught. California Insider is an Epoch Times show available on…


[Premiering 6PM ET] How Politically Motivated Education Impacts California Students | Christina Sandefur

Parents in California are concerned that politics is coming into the school curriculum. Our guest today is Christina Sandefur, an attorney and executive vice president of the Goldwater Institute. Today she explains why parents need “academic transparency” to know what their K–12 kids are being taught. California Insider is an Epoch Times show available on…