Topic: middle school

New Jersey Law To Add LGBT People’s Contributions Into Public School Curriculum

August 11, 2019, Alex Nitzberg

As the LGBT movement continues its march through the institutions, it keeps making advances within the educational world—and those advances are not confined to the halls of higher education. A law approved by the governor…

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Teach for America Offers Course on How to Teach Social Justice in Math

May 18, 2017, Spencer Irvine

Social justice is making its way into middle school math curriculum, thanks to Teach for America.

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As New York Schoolchildren Get Older, They Do Worse on Math

January 27, 2017, Spencer Irvine

From School Reform News: Results of 2016 state testing data indicate 44 percent of New York 3rd graders were proficient in math, yet only 24 percent of 8th graders reached proficiency. The contrast is especially…

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Globally Warm Public Schools

April 30, 2016, Malcolm A. Kline

Global warming alarmists who claim that the science is settled on climate change are partially right: Public schools have reached a verdict on it. “A nationwide survey of 1,500 U.S. middle and high school science…

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U.S. Eighth Graders Struggle in U.S. History

April 30, 2015, Spencer Irvine

As the Washington Examiner reported: “Less than one-in-five eighth graders have a proficient grasp of United States history, and less than a quarter have a proficient grasp of civics, according to new government data released…

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Middle School Students given “Fifty Shades of Grey” Word Search

February 13, 2015, Spencer Irvine

The Monessen, Pennsylvania middle school students’ parents were shocked to see their children have an assignment with words from the “Fifty Shades of Grey” adult novel.

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