Tag: education

California Parents Seek Home Schooling as Public School Enrollment Declines

COSTA MESA, Calif.—The demand for homeschooling options in California is on the rise as parents express concern over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for K–12 students and Critical Race Theory entering into various subjects. Tom Pollitt, founder of the home school program Orange County Christian Schools in Costa Mesa, said parents have been increasingly unsatisfied…


Faced With Mandates, Ideological Education, More California Parents Now Homeschooling

COSTA MESA, Calif.—The demand for homeschooling options in California is on the rise as parents express concern over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates for K–12 students and Critical Race Theory entering into various subjects. Tom Pollitt, founder of the home school program Orange County Christian Schools in Costa Mesa, said parents have been increasingly unsatisfied…


When It’s Parents Versus Teachers, Kids Lose

I was speaking to parents at Hillview Middle School in Menlo Park, California, an affluent enclave in Silicon Valley. My talk was about virtue. I shared a longitudinal cohort study showing that conscientiousness—which includes traits such as honesty and self-control—predicts good outcomes in adulthood. A child’s character is a better predictor of health, wealth, and happiness 20 years down…


Nuts for Winter: Education That Enriches People With More Than Just Skills

Commentary I am a Conservative. Being conservative has very little to do with the political left or the political right. So let’s extricate conservatism from the left/right polarity and see it for what it really is: an attitude of mind that respects humanity but recognizes its limitations; that cautiously believes in progress but not just…


Gaps | School’s Out with Sam Sorbo

There are bound to be gaps in our education—something we miss, something missed by the educators. The challenge is to acknowledge their inevitability and strive to include what’s most important, while leaving only gaps that are easier to fill for later. – Follow EpochTV on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EpochTVus Twitter: https://twitter.com/EpochTVus Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/EpochTV Gettr: https://gettr.com/user/epochtv…


‘Moms for Liberty’ Stirs Action in Response to Controversial School Curricula

Moms for Liberty, a non-profit education advocacy group, still in its infancy, encourages parental engagement in a growing number of school board meetings across the country to demand a voice in their children’s education, and push back on curricula and policies that they oppose. Two Florida moms, Tina Descovich of Bevard County and Tiffany Justice…


What Every Kid Needs to Know About Greed and Thankfulness

If there is one thing that will ruin your kids’ lives, it’s greed. Teach them while they’re young how to pull the plug on greed and you will have prepared them in a very important way to not only survive but also thrive in the real world. You may want to start with this lesson:…


Social and Emotional Indoctrination in Schools

Commentary Social and emotional learning is the latest trend at your child’s school. SEL sounds beneficial, but that’s a disguise. In truth, it indoctrinates kids with extremist ideas many parents don’t condone. On Nov. 22, the Hartford Courant reported that West Hartford, Connecticut, elementary school parents are in an uproar. They’re complaining that teachers are…


Virginia School Boards Association Quits National Association, Cites ‘Persistent Pattern of Dysfunction’

The Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) voted on Nov. 18 to end its membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA), citing a “persistent pattern of dysfunction” within the organization. Janet Turney-Giles and Gina Patterson, president and executive director of the VSBA, said in a memo to all school board members that the decision to end…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Nov. 16)

The country awaits the jury’s verdict for defendant Kyle Rittenhouse, parents gather in the nation’s capital to demand their right to a voice in their children’s education, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas testifies before a senate committee about possible threats to national security.