Education

Extra! Extra! Boy Walks to School!0
- Education, Culture, Family
- June 24, 2022
A Michigan story getting a lot of attention for reasons you can probably figure out on your own is headlined: “10-year-old Grosse Pointe Park boy walked to school every day for 4 years. He plans to keep the streak going.” Yup. Real headline, real kid, real indication of all sorts of rather depressing things about
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Keeping Children Safe Is the Most Dangerous Thing You Can Do 0
- Education, Culture, Family
- June 23, 2022
When my three sons were young, they were all good at skateboarding. They built their own short ramps all over our property, but especially enjoyed the ramp a neighbor built in his barn. It was against the rules to go on this ramp alone; nevertheless, my 10-year-old went over there one day unnoticed, had a
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Biden Administration to Force Schools to Adopt Radical Gender Policies 2
- Education, Family, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 23, 2022
For a brief moment last week, President Joe Biden’s administration appeared to be interested in what parents think about K-12 schools. Low student achievement coming out of the pandemic. High rates of depression among youth. School officials hiding information about students’ health from their parents. The administration seemed to be aware of these concerns when it announced the creation of a National
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Courts to Determine If Schools Can Hide Information From Parents About Their Kids 2
- Family, Education, Politics
- June 20, 2022
If you sent your 9-year-old daughter to school and she broke her arm playing on the playground, but the school didn’t tell you, that would be grounds for a harsh conversation with administrators, if not a lawsuit, right? There are school policies and state and federal laws that outline parameters for transparency between parents, students,
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Parents’ Guide to Children’s Rights Aims to Save America’s Schools From CRT 0
- Education, Family, Politics, Uncategorized
- June 14, 2022
“The most important battleground in the fight to save our American republic is the public schools.” So says Kimberly Hermann, general counsel at the Southeastern Legal Foundation, in the introduction to the foundation’s guide for parents, “Your Child’s Rights and What to Do About Them: A Parent’s Guide to Saving America’s Public Schools.” Hermann’s outlook
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Goofus and Gallant Go Woke 7
- Culture, Education, Family, Politics
- June 7, 2022
Do you remember Highlights, the ubiquitous children’s magazine that you’d devour at the dentist’s office? If you were lucky, you’d wait for the mailman to deliver a fresh edition to your home at the beginning of every month. It was a treasure. The venerable American publication was established in 1946 by an enterprising married couple
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