Tag: education

Progressive Classrooms, Subtler Than You Think

Commentary “What constitutes a family?” That’s one of the “Sample Guiding Questions” for Kindergarten to 2nd-grade students in the project called the Educating for American Democracy Roadmap (pdf). The Roadmap is a well-funded, amply sponsored initiative to boost civics learning in primary and secondary education, which everyone agrees is in poor condition. The goal is…


First Lady Jill Biden Heads to College to Teach In-Person Classes

First Lady Jill Biden is returning to the classroom to teach in-person classes on Tuesday for the first time since her husband entered office in January. The first lady, 70, will be teaching in-person two times a week at Northern Virginia Community College’s campus in Alexandria. Jill Biden has been a professor of English at the…


Rutgers Student Says He’s Being Stopped From Taking Online Classes Because He’s Unvaccinated

A New Jersey student has said he is barred from taking online classes at Rutgers University because he has not received a COVID-19 vaccine. Logan Hollar, 22, told the New Jersey Star-Advance newspaper that he largely ignored the school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate because his “classes were remote” and he attended them online from his home…


Parent Group Lawsuit Seeks Statewide Mask Mandate in Minnesota Schools

A group of parents sued the state of Minnesota asking a judge to order Gov. Tim Walz (D) to impose a statewide school mask mandate. The group filed the complaint (pdf) in Ramsey County District Court on Friday. The parents want Walz to declare a state of emergency and use the authority to impose a…


Socialization!

The hot-button topic of socialization has a number of connotations, most of them strangely out of tune with education. Let’s consider our goals and expectations regarding this all-important buzzword and what to do about them. 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 Gab: https://gab.com/EpochTV Telegram: https://t.me/EpochTV Parler: https://parler.com/#/user/EpochTV


Pennsylvania Lawmakers, Parents Sue Governor Over School Mask Mandate

A group of Pennsylvania parents and Republican state lawmakers filed a lawsuit on Sept. 3 challenging the school mask mandate imposed by the administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and seeking an injunction against the order. The plaintiffs sued Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam in Commonwealth Court, arguing that Beam did not follow state law…


Nikole Hannah-Jones Says Her Privately Funded School Program Won’t Teach Critical Race Theory

The New York Times’ 1619 Project creator Nikole Hannah-Jones said her free after-school literacy program in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, will teach black history, not critical race theory (CRT), the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported. The privately funded “1619 Freedom School” headed by Hannah-Jones will be for students in the Waterloo Community School District in…


California Community Colleges Flag 65,000 ‘Bot Students’ Applying for Financial Aid

California’s community college system is investigating what appears to be a large-scale fraud scheme, which involves more than 65,000 fraudulent financial aid applications filed by “students” who were likely bots. Patrick Perry, director of policy, research, and data with the California Student Aid Commission, told the Los Angeles Times that he became suspicious during a…


NYC Teachers Union Ready to Take Legal Action Against Call for Taking Off Unvaccinated Staff From Payroll

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is resisting full compliance with New York City’s vaccine mandate for public school teachers and staffers. Michael Mulgrew, president of UFT, said city hall has asserted that unvaccinated staffers will be taken off the payroll without exception, that is, including those with religious and medical exemptions. “The city, however,…


NYC Teachers Union to Take Legal Action Against Call for Layoffs of Unvaccinated Staff

The United Federation of Teachers (UFT) is resisting full compliance with New York City’s vaccine mandate for public school teachers and staffers. Michael Mulgrew, president of UFT, said city hall has asserted that unvaccinated staffers will be taken off the payroll without exception, that is, including those with religious and medical exemptions. “The city, however,…