Over the weekend, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed the Hope Scholarship program into law marking a major victory over the teachers’ unions which crippled his state’s education system years before. In February 2018, the…
Topic: public education
School district tried to ‘whitewash’ Asian academic achievements
Last November, North Thurston Public Schools, located east of Olympia, Washington, made headlines when their yearly “equity report” removed Asian students from the “person of color” category. Instead, they were lumped in with whites in…
America is Ready for School Choice Post-Pandemic
The Coronavirus upended the education system in the United States, forcing teachers and students to adopt a virtual method of instruction. As time has passed, parents have become frustrated at the continued lack of in-person…
Chicago teachers’ union and schools fight over school reopening
The coronavirus pandemic not only pitted the United States against China, which was the source of the virus outbreak, but also pitted powerful teachers’ unions against public officials, teachers, parents, and schoolchildren. Although many politically-red…
California elementary school forces children to deconstruct racial identities
Asian-American parents experienced woke and left-wing indoctrination in America’s schools in Cupertino, California, a wealthy Silicon Valley community in northern California. At R.I. Meyerholz Elementary School, a third-grade teacher began a math class with a…
The Common Sense Approach to Reopening Elementary Schools
Covid-19 has taken the world by storm. Death toll and Covid-19 case numbers flash on TV screens as people around the world worry about what the future may hold. As millions of Americans continue to…
School officials stand by teacher after LGBTQ, racial equality survey controversy
In Smithfield, North Carolina, school district officials are defending their decision of sending a LGBTQ rights and racial equality survey to schoolchildren, without prior approval or permission from parents. The main contentions from the parents…
The Call for Apolitical Public Education
Although America’s political parties are as divided as ever, it would be expected that the education of our country’s youth would be spared from the conflict. However, the year 2020, composed of brimming racial tensions,…
Court case asks whether education is a fundamental constitutional right
Activists hope that a court case could make it to the Supreme Court, one that could enshrine education as a constitutional right. However, legal precedents could derail those hopes.
Gender Neutral Declaration of Independence Read in Arizona School
A gender neutral reading of the Declaration of Independence took place at an Arizona elementary school, shocking at least one parent.