Tag: education

Opinion: The Border Crisis May Be Coming to Your Kids’ School

Commentary The Biden administration is scrambling to shelter thousands of unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border from Central America. The media are declaring the crush at the border a “crisis.” Truth is, this crisis could be heading to your school district. If your kids are in public school or you pay school taxes, you need…


School Year Homestretch: 4 Things to Do Before It Wraps Up

Some of us have been homeschooling, some of us have been “virtual” schooling, some of us have been “hybrid” schooling, and a few of our children have actually enjoyed “in-person learning,” to add to the list of terms we never needed before. It has been a year colored with worry about physical health, mental health,…


California’s New K-12 Curriculum Promotes Chants to Aztec Gods of Human Sacrifice

The California Department of Education has proposed a new curriculum that would involve teachers leading students in prayers to Aztec gods in an effort to build unity in the classroom. The latest draft of the proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, which will undergo a vote for approval next week, seeks to “center and place high…


NYC School ‘Inclusive Language’ Guide Encourages Students to Stop Saying ‘Mom,’ ‘Dad’

A private K-12 school in Manhattan is encouraging its students to stop using the terms “mom,” “dad” and “parents,” in an effort to make the campus a more “welcoming and inclusive” space. In a 12-page “inclusive language” guide (pdf), the Grace Church School recommends that students, staff, and parents “remove harmful assumptions” from the way…


Raise Them to Become Great Adults

Dear Dave, Why do you seem to put so much emphasis on teaching young children about money? Isn’t there time for that later when they’re older? Cyndi   Dear Cyndi, I firmly believe that one of the best ways you can make sure your kids are ready to face adulthood when the time comes is…


Community Rallies to Reopen Yorba Linda Schools

About 70 parents, teachers, and students rallied outside the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District (PYLUSD) office March 9 to show their support for schools reopening. Supervisor Don Wagner, a keynote speaker at the event, was among those lobbying for a full-time return to classrooms. “It is perfectly safe, we believe, based on the science, to let the kids get back…


Most American Schools Are Damaging Your Child

Commentary I have been telling parents for decades that sending a child to almost any college is playing Russian roulette with his or her values. But it is a different version of Russian roulette. In the traditional version, only one of the gun’s six chambers contains a bullet. In the college version of Russian roulette,…


Opinion: Most American Schools Are Damaging Your Child

Commentary I have been telling parents for decades that sending a child to almost any college is playing Russian roulette with his or her values. But it is a different version of Russian roulette. In the traditional version, only one of the gun’s six chambers contains a bullet. In the college version of Russian roulette,…


Recognizing 3 Elements of True Learning

A smile came to my face as I drove past a school this morning. No longer was it a desolate ghost town; instead, I had to navigate a long line of cars and buses waiting to turn into the parking lot to drop children off. While it’s good to see kids going back to school,…


Children Deserve Dr. Seuss

Commentary Learning to read is one of the first opportunities children have to develop their minds, learn about the world, and become happy, well-rounded people. This skill alone creates the foundation upon which we learn nearly all other knowledge and disciplines. In light of the breakdown in our school systems—especially large urban systems which fail…