Tag: education

Texas Principal Suspended After Being Accused of Promoting Critical Race Theory

A Texas high school principal who was accused of promoting the quasi-Marxist critical race theory was placed on administrative leave, the district announced this week. The Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District said Monday that Colleyville Heritage High Principal Dr. James Whitfield was placed on paid administrative leave. The district did not provide any more details on…


Pennsylvania Orders Masks on School Children

After weeks of debate over schoolchildren wearing masks as a COVID-19 mitigation measure, Pennsylvania’s acting Health Secretary Alison Beam has issued an order requiring masks to be worn inside K-12 school buildings, early learning programs, and childcare providers. The order, announced Tuesday, takes effect Sept. 7 and applies to everyone in education buildings, vaccinated or…


LA Teachers’ Union Leader Says Learning Loss During Pandemic Is a Myth

The leader of United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), which represents more than 30,000 employees in the nation’s second largest public school district, said in a recently published interview that learning losses during the pandemic are a myth. “There’s no such thing as learning loss,” UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz told Los Angeles in what the magazine…


Democrat Bills “Normalize Illegal Immigration”: FAIR

News Analysis Since the introduction of the so-called ‘For the People’ election bill (S.2093) in the Senate, Republicans have criticized the bill for facilitating voting by illegal immigrants; Democrats have responded by saying they want to make it easier for “eligible voters” to register and attend the polls. Despite these assurances, some still have concerns…


Duke University Enhances Restrictions After COVID-19 Surge on Mostly Vaccinated Campus

Duke University on Monday enacted stricter mask and vaccine policies after a surveillance test returned hundreds of positive results for COVID-19 among its overwhelmingly vaccinated student and staff population. Duke, which required COVID-19 vaccination for all students coming or returning to its Durham, North Carolina, campus this fall, reported that 304 undergraduate students, 45 graduate…


Should Universities Cancel Critical Race Theory?

Commentary There are numerous politicians who fervently wish critical race theory (CRT) to besquelched, cancelled, and ignored. This mostly pertains to elementary and high schools. I take no position on this whatsoever. My task is to assess the propriety of CRT being discussed, debated, talked about, and taught at colleges and universities. For example, Idaho…


Democrats Have Ambitious Plans for Education in Near Future

News Analysis Since they took control of the White House and both chambers of Congress in January, Democrats have proposed increasingly ambitious plans. Education was a key focus of Democratic candidates in the primary and the general elections, and since taking control of the government, they have held strongly to that commitment. Several bills have…


Exploring Teaching, What It Means to Be a Teacher

What is a teacher? The job of teaching, as defined by our system of education, is complicated, but essential to understand. Consider what we expect from our school teachers. Is it justified? Is it reasonable? Follow EpochTV on Facebook and Twitter


Biden Admin Opens Civil Rights Investigations in 5 States That Ban School Mask Mandates

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it has opened investigations in five Republican-led states that ban mask mandates in schools, saying such policy could be discriminatory against students with disabilities. In letters sent to chief state school officers of Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah, the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights…


California Teacher Encourages Class to Pledge Allegiance to LGBT Pride Flag Instead of American Flag

A Southern California high school teacher is under investigation after a video in which she talked about encouraging students to pledge allegiance to an LGBT pride flag went viral on social media. In a video she posted to TikTok, Kristin Pitzen of Newport Mesa United School District in Orange County said she took down the…