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  • Parents Might Be the Biggest Obstacle to Improving Education

    Parents Might Be the Biggest Obstacle to Improving Education0

    It’s commonplace today to regard teachers’ unions as the main roadblock to improving America’s education system. But perhaps the biggest obstacle to changing the education system is not the unions, but parents. According to Gallup, Americans’ confidence in the public schools has been declining for some time (in the 2015 poll, 31% of Americans expressed

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  • Parents Launch Petition after Transgender Athletes Place First and Second in Girls Track Championships

    Parents Launch Petition after Transgender Athletes Place First and Second in Girls Track Championships0

    Two athletes who were born males placed first and second in state track championship events for high school girls, causing anger among other competitors and parents who say they had an unfair advantage over the girls. Terry Miller and Andraya Yearwood dominated Connecticut’s races, sweeping gold and silver medals with little competition and stirring outrage

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  • Parents Just Lost Custody of Teenage Daughter Who Wants to ‘Transition’ to a Boy: What You Need to Know

    Parents Just Lost Custody of Teenage Daughter Who Wants to ‘Transition’ to a Boy: What You Need to Know1

    Parents in Ohio lost custody of their 17-year-old daughter Friday because a judge ruled that she should be allowed to receive therapy, including testosterone therapy, to identify as a boy. Without commenting on the specifics of this case just outside Cincinnati, Americans can expect to see more cases like it as government officials side with

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  • Parents Just Can’t Let Go

    Parents Just Can’t Let Go2

    Parents want to give their kids more independence but just can’t bring themselves to do it. That’s the conclusion of a study from the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital that came out this month. While parents believe it’s important for elementary school kids to do things “away from direct adult supervision,” the study

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  • Parents Hiring Consultants to Find the Best Public Schools

    Parents Hiring Consultants to Find the Best Public Schools0

    • December 8, 2015

    The public school system has become a minefield that’s increasingly difficult for parents and students to navigate. So difficult, in fact, that New York parents are hiring consultants to tell them which neighborhoods are the best to live in, and which waiting lists they should join in order to get their child into a high-performing

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  • Parents Have Been Demoted to Deputy School Teachers

    Parents Have Been Demoted to Deputy School Teachers0

    I was giving a talk at Florida Gulf Coast University the other night near Fort Myers when I noticed a flyer on the door of the lecture hall. The sign (I wish I had gotten a picture now) read: “PARENT FREE ZONE.” I chuckled at first, thinking it was more of a tongue-in-cheek joke to

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