Category: education

Doing the Math in the Alberta UCP Leadership Review

Commentary The ballots in the United Conservative Party’s leadership review are probably being counted right now to determine whether Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will remain the party’s leader. Should Kenney lose the vote, one can’t help wondering if triggering a UCP leadership race will only weaken the party’s chances of winning the next election. More than Kenney’s leadership…


Premier Consults New South Wales Teachers on Best Way Forward for Education

New South Wales school teachers met with state premier, Dominic Perrottet, at  Parliament House on Thursday, sharing their views on how to chart the best way forward for education in the state. They put forward ideas around improved learning outcomes, cutting red tape, and increasing the time and resources needed to deliver the best education…


2022: The Year of the Parent Party

Commentary If 2010 was the year of the Tea Party, 2022 is the year of the Parent Party. Just ask NPR/PBS. According to their new poll, 60 percent of parents with children under the age of 18 say they would currently vote Republican, with only 32 percent preferring to vote Democrat. This political sea change…


As Parents Resisted Transgender Push, Teacher Suggested Sending in Child Services

If Erin Lee had known what her 12-year-old daughter would be exposed to during an afterschool “art club” last May, she would have never allowed her to go. It began innocently enough. Lee received a text from her daughter asking if she could stay late for an “art club” at Wellington Middle School near Fort…


Rep. Stefanik Accuses NY Education Dept. of ‘Shrouding’ CRT in ‘Innocuous’ Terms in K–12 Material

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has accused the New York State Education Department (NYSED) of misusing federal COVID-19 funds to push Critical Race Theory in elementary and secondary schools. “I write with serious concern that the New York State Education Department is using federal taxpayer dollars provided through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER)…


Rep. Stefanik Accuses NY of ‘Shrouding’ CRT in ‘Innocuous’ Terms in K–12 Material

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has accused the New York State Education Department (NYSED) of misusing federal COVID-19 funds to push Critical Race Theory in elementary and secondary schools. “I write with serious concern that the New York State Education Department is using federal taxpayer dollars provided through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER)…


A Better Way to Discipline Kids? The Results Suggest ‘Yes’ (Part 1 of 2)

Pretty much everything under the sun has been tried. In the olden days, corporal punishment seems to have been the approach de rigueur. “Full of blows” was how celebrated Roman poet Horace described his teacher. “Racks, claws, and various instruments of torture” were the tools of discipline used to straighten out a young and rebellious,…


Biden Says Kids Belong to Their Teachers

Commentary Schools are becoming indoctrination factories, trying to turn children against their country and their own parents’ values. It’s what the teachers unions intend. Amazingly, that’s just fine with President Joe Biden, who told a gathering of teachers and union bigwigs on April 27 that the kids are “yours when they’re in the classroom.” That…


How Hybrid Schools Are Reshaping Education

They’re not exactly schools, but they’re not homeschools either. They have elements of structured curriculum and institutional learning, while offering maximum educational freedom and flexibility. They provide a consistent, off-site community of teachers and learners, and prioritize abundant time at home with family. They are not cheap but they are also not exorbitant, with annual…


Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Make College More Expensive

Commentary It might be the biggest giveaway in American history. President Joe Biden wants to cancel more than $1 trillion of outstanding student loan debt. Biden has already delayed for more than a year student loan repayment, and under his new rules, most delinquent and deadbeat borrowers would NEVER have to repay. What a deal…