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  • School’s Policy of ‘Approving’ Cold Lunches Sparks Backlash

    School’s Policy of ‘Approving’ Cold Lunches Sparks Backlash0

    It has become common for schools to not only impart knowledge to children, but to also take care of a basic need of life, namely, food. This is evidenced through the presence of school lunch programs and now even breakfast. The last few years demonstrate that schools are no longer content with offering meals to

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  • School’s Out Forever?

    School’s Out Forever?0

    With just about every public school in the country closed at this time, the only way for kids to get an education is at home. Many see this as nothing less than tragic. Writing in Education Week, Stephen Sawchuk claims that schools are an “absolute necessity for the functioning of civic culture, and even more

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  • School’s Out and It’s Time to Revamp Education

    School’s Out and It’s Time to Revamp Education0

    This past weekend, I watched the original version of Red Dawn, the movie about a joint Soviet, Cuban, and Nicaraguan invasion of the United States. A group of teenagers escape to the mountains and resist these invaders. After their first skirmish in which they kill three Russian soldiers, a girl seated by the fire says, “Things

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  • School: No more Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas

    School: No more Valentine’s Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas0

    Bruce Vento Elementary School, a public school in St. Paul, MN, is planning to end traditional school holidays according to the Star Tribune: “Celebrations of Valentine’s Day and the other ‘dominant holidays’ are ending at one St. Paul elementary school, according to a letter from the principal addressed to families. Principal Scott Masini of Bruce

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  • School Wars: A Battle Plan for Parents

    School Wars: A Battle Plan for Parents0

    Yellow buses are rolling again across the countryside, which means the culture wars in our schools are cranking up as well. Key to understanding these conflicts is this question: Who is primarily responsible for a child’s education and welfare, the state or the parents? California continues to lead the nation in attacking parental rights while

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  • School Tells Girls They Can’t Say ‘No’ When Asked to Dance….Because Inclusivity

    School Tells Girls They Can’t Say ‘No’ When Asked to Dance….Because Inclusivity0

    Have you ever noticed that living in a politically correct world is akin to navigating a field of landmines?   The truth of this metaphor recently made itself apparent in the realm of Valentine-themed dances.   The first instance occurred in a New York elementary school, which cancelled its father-daughter dance because it failed to

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