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- June 27, 2025
When Massachusetts passed the nation’s first compulsory school attendance law in 1852, parents were mandated to send their children to school under a legal threat of force. Today, that threat remains stronger than ever. Prior to that law, and those that followed in all other US states over the subsequent decades, cities and towns were
READ MORE“No one knows who they are, where they’re from, or where they’re going. But there are millions of them in the United States.” So begins Charlotte Cuthbertson’s “The Gotaways: The Hidden Crisis at the Border.” By now, most Americans are surely aware that, on day one of his presidency, Joe Biden and his administration opened
READ MOREIf you, like me, were a student who strove to get work in on time and took advantage of extra credit or other academic perks when offered, then you can be glad you’re past school age—especially if you live in Portland, Ore. That’s because schools in that district are beginning to implement “equitable grading practices.” Just
READ MOREA 3-meter-wide Communist red star once illuminated the sky over the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest. After the Iron Curtain fell, the Hungarians removed it, and it now sits as an exhibit in the basement of the building. This year, on the Feast of St. Stephen—a celebration held every August 20 in memory of Hungary’s first
READ MOREHammering K-12 school children nonstop about the dangers of climate change in every class, even math, art and gym, is child abuse. Barely one-third of fourth graders can read or do math at grade level, according to the latest national scores, but climate activists are demanding kids hear about global warming in every class. New
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