Category: education

New South Wales Labor Wants to Ban Phones in Schools

The Labor Party in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has promised to ban mobile phones in high schools if elected in next year’s state election. Parents have been calling for the change but the NSW government has not been listening, opposition leader Chris Minns said on Sunday. “As a parent of three…


NSW Labor Proposes Banning Phones in High Schools

The Labor Party in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has promised to ban mobile phones in high schools if elected in next year’s state election. Parents have been calling for the change but the NSW government has not been listening, opposition leader Chris Minns said on Sunday. “As a parent of three…


Education as a Battleground

The following is adapted from remarks delivered on Nov. 3, 2022, at a Hillsdale College reception in Santa Clara, California. If you want to see the problem with American education, look at a chart illustrating the comparative growth in the number of students, teachers, and district administrators in our public schools in the period between…


Michigan Democrats Sweep Races for Statewide Education Posts

From the publicly elected State Board of Education to the boards of trustees of three universities, the Nov. 8 election put Democrats even more firmly in charge of education policy in Michigan. Voters filled every one of the statewide elective education positions on the ballot with a Democrat, despite a robust conservative parental rights movement…


Labour Board Hearing Continues Today After 16 Hours of Heated Debate

After more than 16 hours of arguments before the labour board on Nov. 5, the hearing continued the following day with both sides making their case about the ongoing strike of 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job Nov. 4, closing multiple schools across the province for in-person learning. Arguments before board chair…


Half of NDP Kicked Out of Legislature After Ruckus Over Anti-Strike Law

A heated outburst Wednesday over proposed back-to-work legislation to prevent school closures ended in half of New Democratic Party MPPs being escorted out of the Ontario Legislature. A total of 16 NDP members were removed for the day. The Legislature was discussing the province’s plan to use the notwithstanding clause to block a Nov. 4 planned…


Half of Ontario NDP Kicked Out of Legislature After Ruckus Over Anti-Strike Law

A heated outburst Wednesday over proposed back-to-work legislation to prevent school closures ended in half of New Democratic Party MPPs being escorted out of the Ontario Legislature. A total of 16 NDP members were removed for the day. The Legislature was discussing the province’s plan to use the notwithstanding clause to block a Nov. 4 planned…


Trudeau Wades Into Ontario School Strike Debate

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has weighed in on the issue of the Ontario government’s plan to use back-to-work legislation and the notwithstanding clause to stop a pending school strike. “Using the notwithstanding clause to suspend worker’s rights is wrong,” Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa on Nov. 1. “Suspensions of people’s rights is something you should only…


The Genius of Cate Blanchett in ‘Tár’

Commentary Getting right to the point, the masterful film “Tár” includes one of the best takedowns of identity politics I’ve ever heard. The conductor is invited to teach a master class in music at the Juilliard Conservatory. It’s pretty obvious from the way the students are scattered out throughout the room that they are not…


California’s War on Law Enforcement Explained | Vern Pierson

My guest is Vern Pierson, district attorney for El Dorado County. Is California experiencing a cultural war on our law enforcement? Are police officers being overly scrutinized for every action or inaction? * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow Epoch TV on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus…