Tag: education

Ann Arbor Ranked Most Educated City in US by New Study

A new study recently ranked Ann Arbor, Michigan, as the most educated city in the country. On July 19, personal finance company, WalletHub said it compared the 150 largest U.S. metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, across 11 key metrics. WalletHub says their data ranges from “the share of adults aged 25 and older with a bachelor’s…


North Carolina Lt. Governor Opposes Critical Race Theory: ‘Teach the Real Story’

As legislation prohibiting the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in K-12 classrooms circulates in the North Carolina General Assembly, a critic of the theory, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, has set up a task force to gather evidence of it being taught in the school system. Robinson, a Republican and North Carolina’s first black lieutenant…


No Critical Race Theory in Pennsylvania Schools, for Now

As national debate rages about the teaching of critical race theory in public schools, the Pennsylvania Department of Education says schools won’t incorporate the subject into classrooms any time soon, though the department is encouraging “diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts” at all districts. Kendall Alexander, a spokesperson for the department, told The Center Square that…


‘Extremely Harmful’: Push to Teach Sex Ed to Aussie Primary School Students Met With Heavy Criticism

The Australian government’s push to teach primary school students about consent, relationships, and gender diversity has attracted heavy criticism from parents who worry about the unhealthy impact it will have on young children. According to the revised Health and Physical Education curriculum that will be finalised by the end of 2021, students from years 3-6 will…


Pelosi: Biden Doesn’t Have Power to Forgive Student Loans

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that President Joe Biden does not have the legal authority to forgive federal student loans in what appears to be a disagreement with other top Democrats. For months, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has issued near-daily tweets insisting that Biden forgive all student loans. But during a…


American Elementary School Students Fell 4 to 5 Months Behind During Pandemic

Elementary school students in the United States fell behind five months in mathematics and four months in reading by the end of the 2020–21 school year, according to a new report. Students faced a range of issues, including shifting schedules, being assigned new teachers in the middle of the year, difficulty connecting to the Internet,…


Say No to School Daze: Planning and Preparing for the Coming Academic Year

“Summertime, and the livin’ is easy:” that line from George Gershwin’s opera “Porky and Bess” might serve as the motto for many schoolchildren. No homework for a couple of months, no tests and grades, no racing around in the morning throwing books into a backpack and looking for that lost assignment: the summers of my…


Larry P. Arnn: Real Education Focuses On Truth and Virtue, Not On Drawing Divisive Lines

Divisive forms of education are being taught in American schools, rewriting history in order to put everything in the context of race. Yet, real American history tells a very different story, and Hillsdale College has launched a new program to tell it. To learn more about this, we sat down for an interview with Hillsdale…


UN-Developed Sex Education Curriculum Sexualizes Children, Advocates Warn

A sex education curriculum that promotes transgender ideology, homosexuality, and sexual disinhibition among children is being taught in American classrooms, two pro-family advocates warned in an interview with NTD’s “The Nation Speaks.” Sharon Slater, co-founder and president of advocacy group Family Watch International, told host Cindy Drukier about “harmful elements” in the United Nations-developed, U.S….


Detroit Teachers Reach Reopening Agreement for In-Person Teaching

Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) announced Monday it reached an in-person reopening agreement with the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT). The agreement recognizes the need to return all DPSCD teachers and ancillary staff to the classroom for in-person learning while following updated COVID-19 safety standards. The deal will continue many protocols implemented last year…