Education

The Real Story Behind the Chinese Exclusion Act 0
- Education
- July 21, 2020
Virtue-signaling is a must these days if you want to fit in. Even if you just want to keep your job, it seems one must spout platitudes about social justice, racism, and other woke matters of interest. But what happens when these virtues run up against each other? Which side does the woke crowd fall
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The Best Way to Establish Your Authority as a Parent 0
- Education
- July 17, 2020
Children need to respect their parents’ authority. This is an essential part of a healthy upbringing – particularly when children are very young. There are many reasons for respecting parental authority. For starters, it facilitates the smooth functioning of the home. For example, if I ask my five-year-old daughter to clean up her toys, she
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Reopening Schools: What Betsy DeVos Gets Wrong and Homeschoolers Get Right 0
- Education
- July 16, 2020
While the pandemic itself is generating much uncertainty, the battle over back-to-school is causing downright whiplash. Last month, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that schools work to reopen for in-person learning this fall. The physician group stated that it “strongly advocates that all policy considerations for the coming school year should start with
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Six Everyday Ways to Raise Intellectually Curious Children 0
- Education
- July 14, 2020
Homeschooling is now mainstream. If recent reports are any indication, it isn’t going to fade into the background anytime soon. Having homeschooling forced upon them for several months, many parents have found they love it, while others find they can’t wait for schools to relieve them in caring for their children for six or more hours
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If You Want Diversity, Make Homeschooling Permanent 0
- Education
- July 9, 2020
Suddenly all of America is homeschooling. I could never have imagined it. The whole homeschooling community now “looks like America.” What most people fail to understand, however, is that the homeschooling community always did. On a beautiful June morning when my one and only child graduated from high school, I was struck yet again by
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Back to School? ‘No Thanks’ Say Millions of New Homeschoolers 0
- Education
- July 8, 2020
Next month marks the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic year in several U.S. states, and pressure is mounting to reopen schools even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists. Florida, for example, is now considered the nation’s No. 1 hot spot for the virus; yet on Monday, the state’s education commissioner issued an executive order mandating that
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