One of the rarely-discussed effects of the coronavirus pandemic was the looming teacher shortage, both full-time and substitute teachers, across multiple states in the country. Teachers have told the media and their administrators that the…
Topic: Virginia
Critical Race Theory battles still rage across America
Critical Race Theory is a real threat to American civic education, but the media makes it seem that it is a partisan issue and that much of the attention has died down. Yet, the fight…
Schools reject ‘woke’ Virginia transgender rules
Virginia school boards are pushing back against the Virginia Department of Education regarding transgenderism in schools, setting the stage for an intense standoff between local and state officials. Last year, Virginia’s DOE adopted the controversial…
Virginia school board ends public comment after outcry over transgender pronouns
A northern Virginia school district survived its most recent public meeting after parents and protesters disrupted the meeting during the public comment period. Loudoun County’s school board cut off public comment during its meeting on…
Virginia teacher reinstated after transgender pronoun policy criticism
A teacher in the northern Virginia suburbs was reinstated by a judge, after the school district suspended him for criticizing the systems’ preferred pronoun policy. Byron “Tanner” Cross went viral when he went before the…
Caught red-handed: critical race theory supporters compiled list of opponents
In an increasingly disturbing trend, the Left and its critical race theory adherents have adopted a no-holds-barred approach to publicly shame and silence their opponents. In the northern Virginia suburbs of Loudoun County, left-wing activists…
Social studies teacher calls for left-wing U.S. civics curriculum
Left-wing U.S. civics education is gaining some momentum, according to a report from the Washington, D.C metropolitan area. NBC Washington reported that teachers working in the area endorsed the idea of implementing a new U.S….
Northern Virginia teacher wants to place inclusion and diversity book in each classroom
According to a local Washington, D.C. news affiliate, one teacher is heading a campaign to place books on diversity, inclusion and social justice in every classroom in her elementary school. Faith Thompson teaches first grade…
Constitutional Right To Transgender Public School Bathrooms?
A transgender student’s lawyers claim there is one and a federal judge is giving him the right to try to prove it in court.
Virginia Teacher Shortage & the military option
Could the second half of that equation be a solution to the first? Don’t bet on it.
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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