Recently, a New York couple, readers of The Epoch Times, sent me a 1914 edition of “Essentials of English: First Book.” As stated in the book’s preface, the authors, Henry Carr Pearson and Mary Frederika Kirchwey, both associated with Horace Mann School of Columbia University, intended their textbook for “use in the fourth, fifth, and…
From Cultural to Educational Desert
Commentary Educational cleansing became rampant after the Hong Kong National Security Law was passed in 2020. The release of the Education Bureau (EDB)’s Guidelines on Teachers’ Professional Conduct (Guidelines) last week means another spell on teachers, who will only be obedient and act as mouthpieces of the regime in the future. We all know that…
Are Universities Doomed?
Commentary In a famous exchange in the “The Sun Also Rises,” Ernest Hemingway wrote: “How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually, then suddenly.” “Gradually” and “suddenly” applies to higher education’s implosion. During the 1990s “culture wars” universities were warned that their chronic tuition hikes above the rate of inflation were…
Why Most Children in California Can’t Read: Frank Xu
December 20, 2022
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Frank Xu, who lost his campaign for a seat on the Palomar Community College Board in the Nov. 8 election, said the state’s failing school systems will lead to California’s next generation’s inability to write, read, and understand math creating a decline of overall competence, which he said would be a “disaster” for the entire…
Mother Finds Herself Under Military Scrutiny for Objecting to Sexuality Poster at School
December 20, 2022
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A New Jersey mom continues to endure threats after a high-ranking military officer posted she was under investigation by security forces for objecting to student-made posters promoting terms like polysexual and pansexual at her local elementary school. Angela Reading is a former school teacher and, until her recent resignation, a member of the Northern Burlington…
Why Most Children in California Can’t Read or Do Math | Frank Xu
“The California public education system, they don’t really care if they really prepare our students for society, for the workforce. And that’s scary.” Siyamak sits down with Frank Xu, president of the Californians for Equal Rights Foundation. Are we going to have a generation of children that can’t read or do basic math? Sign up…
DeSantis Says ‘Freedom’ Agenda Scored 2022 Election Wins in Schools, Governor’s Race
ORLANDO, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis is working to turn Florida’s 67 school boards freedom-based, one seat at a time. As governor, DeSantis endorsed 34 candidates in school board races—local-level contests that rarely draw attention from state officials. All but five of the DeSantis endorsees won. “That’s a huge, huge thing,” he said at “The Freedom Blueprint” education…
Ontario Student Suspended Amid Protest of Transgender Students in Girls’ Washroom
A student at St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, has been suspended for a month for his interactions with transgender students at his school. Jason Alexander, 16, organized a protest in November against the use of female washrooms by transgender students. Before that, he had engaged in a heated classroom conversation in which he…
Ontario Student Suspended Amid Protest Against Transgender Students in Girls’ Washroom
A student at St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, has been suspended for a month for his interactions with transgender students at his school. Jason Alexander, 16, organized a protest in November against the use of female washrooms by transgender students. Before that, he had engaged in a heated classroom conversation in which he…
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules ‘Education Opportunity Accounts’ Unconstitutional
A controversial piece of legislation to allow public tax dollars to go toward education opportunity accounts (EOA) in Kentucky has been struck down by the Kentucky Supreme Court as unconstitutional. In their opinion, the court came to the conclusion the use of public funds for anything other than public schools, without express approval by voters,…
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