Education

UCLA Civil-Rights Official Promotes Illegal Discrimination Against Whites 1
- Culture, Education, Politics
- September 19, 2023
Colleges have massive racial and ideological double standards. A left-wing employee can get away with calling for the castration of white men, while a conservative employee at the very same university gets investigated and suspended merely for criticizing affirmative action. The latest example is from the University of California at Los Angeles, where its Director of Race and Equity, Johnathan Perkins,
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Radical Education and Intersectionality: Who Is Bell Hooks?2
- Education, Culture, Philosophy
- September 15, 2023
Many of us are well aware of the indoctrination in today’s classrooms. Whether it’s sexually explicit materials or woke ideology in the classroom, each day seems to bring a new round of insanity. But when it comes to radical ideas in education today, the root of the problem goes back decades. In the 20th century,
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Back to Homeschool 3
- Education, Family
- September 13, 2023
It began a few weeks ago: the back-to-school memes. One featured dejected kids dressed in new school clothes waiting for the bus while elated parents look forward to an empty house. My favorite meme so far is one with a mom in mid-kick, child flying through the air toward a waiting school bus. Freedom, at
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Kids Don’t Have To Be This Anxious 1
- Family, Education
- September 11, 2023
What if one of the big reasons kids are so anxious is simply this: They’re micromanaged by adults? As you may have heard me say over and over (I’m getting to that age!), kids are micromanaged. Increasingly they’re in adult-run classes, clubs and sports. Or they’re inside on a screen, instead of climbing a tree
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The Lawyer on the Playground 1
- Education, Family
- September 5, 2023
“Welcome! Play Safe” reads the sign at a Fairfax County Public School playground in Virginia just outside of Washington D.C. It goes on to list a few simple rules — 21, by my count. First off, the playground should never be used when it’s frozen. Or wet. There can be no climbing on things like
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Old Kindergarten Requirements Suggest Today’s Classrooms Are Too Much, Too Soon 7
- Culture, Education
- September 1, 2023
I received a rather frantic email from a friend when school started last fall. Panicking over the number of parents posting first day of preschool pictures, my friend wondered if she had made a mistake by not sending her four-year-old to school. “When did preschool become so popular?” she asked in dismay. She wasn’t imagining
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