Tag: education

McKinsey: School Shutdowns Cost Students ‘Significant’ Losses

School shutdowns last year created devastating academic, economic, and mental consequences among K–12 students that could last into their adulthoods, a new report published by McKinsey & Company found. The impact of school shutdowns on K–12 students was significant, leaving them, on average, five months behind in mathematics, and four months behind in reading by the end…


[Coming 08/07, 4PM ET] Liberty vs. Vaccine Mandates in Europe; Public School Exodus; Race-Based School Discipline

Mass protests against vaccine passports and other mandates have erupted in France over the last month, as well as elsewhere in Europe and in the UK. But that’s not been the case everywhere. So what does dissent look like across the Atlantic? We find out from our three panelists. We’re joined by Captain Alexandre Juving-Brunet,…


Liberty vs. Vaccine Mandates in Europe; Public School Exodus; Race-Based School Discipline

Mass protests against vaccine passports and other mandates have erupted in France over the last month, as well as elsewhere in Europe and in the UK. But that’s not been the case everywhere. So what does dissent look like across the Atlantic? We find out from our three panelists. We’re joined by Captain Alexandre Juving-Brunet,…


[Coming 08/07, 12PM ET] Liberty vs. Mandates in Europe; Public School Exodus; Race-Based School Discipline

Mass protests against vaccine passports and other mandates have erupted in France over the last month, as well as elsewhere in Europe and in the UK. But that’s not been the case everywhere. So what does dissent look like across the Atlantic? We find out from our three panelists. We’re joined by Captain Alexandre Juving-Brunet,…


New Jersey Reverses Course to Reinstate K-12 School Mask Mandates

Students, teachers, and staff in New Jersey’s K-12 school will be required to wear face coverings when the fall semester begins, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Friday afternoon. “We understand that students learn best in a classroom setting and remain committed to having our schools open for full-time, in-person instruction this fall,” said Murphy at an…


Critical Race Theory Is Not the Basis for Instruction at South Dakota’s Colleges: Regents

South Dakota Board of Regents announced on Thursday that Critical Race Theory (CRT) is not currently, nor in the future, the basis for instruction at public universities in the state. The South Dakota Board of Regents said their history program will include instruction on America’s flaws and mistakes so students can learn from the past…


South Carolina Mayor Declares Emergency, Mandates Masks for Children Under 12

The mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, Stephen Benjamin, declared a state of emergency in the state capital on Wednesday, triggered by Prisma Health Children’s Hospital in Columbia reporting that it is reaching a “strained capacity” of children being diagnosed with COVID-19. The Columbia City Council in South Carolina subsequently ratified the state of emergency during…


Teachers’ Union Sues Rhode Island Mother Who Filed 200 Record Requests Over Critical Race Theory

The Rhode Island chapter of the nation’s largest teachers’ union is suing to protect members’ “individual privacy rights” against a woman who has filed over 200 separate public records requests about the integration of Critical Race Theory in her local school district. The complaint was filed Monday by the National Education Association Rhode Island (NEARI)…


Senate Education Committee Deadlocks on Biden’s Pick to Head Civil Rights Office

A Senate committee on Tuesday was tied on the nomination of Catherine Lhamon, who was picked by President Joe Biden to lead the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Following a 11–11 vote along party lines, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee reached a deadlock on whether Lhamon should become…


CRT Shares the Same Ideology as China’s Cultural Revolution, Chinese American Warns

The think tank organization Heritage Action for America hosted a panel discussion on critical race theory (CRT) in Georgetown, Delaware, on July 29. Six speakers stressed the dangers of CRT and how it has penetrated American society. One speaker compared the similarities of CRT and China’s Cultural Revolution. About 500 people attended the event in…