Culture
Nonprofit reaching 5 million kids a year boasts extensive list of objectionable booksA nonprofit organization that gives away kids books is promoting content with sexual imagery, gender ideology and other woke concepts. First Book provides books to schools and educators serving low income… Read More
Culture, Government
Education bill would provide scholarships to improve child learning(The Center Square) – A bill that would empower parents to help their children recover learning losses has been introduced in the U.S. Senate.Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS, has co-sponsored… Read More
Culture
Birth of the abortion industrial complex (part 1): The “Race Betterment” Club(Capital Research) – There’s a straight line from the heyday of Social Darwinism in the 19th century to the eugenics movement of the 1930s, through the death of the Third… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Furor over English worksheet in Connecticut public school; ‘This is Critical Race Theory’Frustrations over a racially-charged worksheet advocating woke concepts such as anti-racism and “white privilege” spilled into a Connecticut school board meeting on Thursday night. The three-page worksheet was given to students in a… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Mother: CRT is in my daughters’ Washington school where ‘divisive ideology has taken root’A Washington state mother says Critical Race Theory and similar woke topics have replaced traditional curricula in her daughters’ middle and high school classes while educators deny it or dismiss… Read More
Culture
Idaho Pride Festival pulls kid’s drag show at the last minute after backlash and loss of sponsorsA “Pride” festival in Idaho faced major backlash this weekend over plans to include kids performing in drag. The 33rd annual Boise Pride Festival took place Friday through Sunday, but… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Virginia rally against “racist and divisive ideologies” to include prominent speakers and local stakeholdersThree Loudon County, Virginia parent advocacy groups will host a rally on Tuesday to demand “an end to the racist and divisive ideologies” in public education. The“eRACEd Rally Against… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Judge requires public school board to pay $40K to parent for First Amendment violation after banning him from meetingsA Maine school board was forced to pay $40,000 for violating the First Amendment rights of a father in the district it banned from attending school functions. This is the latest… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Harassed and ostracized Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter has its religious liberty rights restored by courtIn another landmark ruling for religious liberty, a Fellowship of Christian Athletes high school chapter whose status was revoked by the school and whose members were harassed have had the… Read More
Culture, Homeschools
Homeschool nonprofit counters unlawful challenges to parental freedomsA $2,000 bill just to process homeschool paperwork in New York? A threatening letter from a school district in West Virginia, stating that a student would be required to re-enroll… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Biden administration and special interest groups played politics instead of getting kids back to school(reimaginED) – On Sept. 1, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona claimed that the Biden administration had a plan to “focus on safely getting back to in-person learning” last year. On… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Mask mandates expose the mulishness of public education bureaucrats while others buck policyAccording to Burbio’s Mask Policy Tracker, only seven of the 500 largest school districts in the United States (1.4%) had a mask mandate in effect for students beginning the… Read More
Culture
Christian group sues AG Nessel over civil rights interpretation(The Center Square) – A Christian health care group says that Michigan’s recently reinterpreted civil rights law relating to sexual orientation and gender identity violates its constitutional right to religion.Alliance… Read More
Culture
Arizona attorney general’s office files civil rights lawsuit against Tucson for not honoring religious exemptions(The Center Square) – Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich’s office filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Tucson over its COVID-19 vaccination requirements.The Attorney General’s office says… Read More
Culture
These men in drag wanted to dance for children so badly they hired armed goons to protect themPromoters of a “kid friendly” drag show felt the event was so important they enlisted the protection of armed ANTIFA militants. The Barrel Babes Drag Brunch at the Anderson… Read More
Culture
Michigan library defunded over LGBTQ books hits $245,000 on GoFundMe(The Center Square) – A GoFundMe fundraising site has garnered more than $245,000 in support of a Michigan library for about a year after voters rejected its millage, angry over… Read More
Culture, Public Education
AG Paxton advisory: Texas public schools can’t impose mask mandates(The Center Square) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an advisory Wednesday as the new school year begins to clarify that no public schools can impose mask mandates.Gov. Greg… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Parents and schools are fighting for control of the nation’s children. Who gets custody of the kids?Relations between parents and schools look increasingly like a divorcing couple preparing for a custody battle. In the best of times, parents and schools have viewed each other as teammates… Read More
Culture
Wisconsin city leaders threatened with legal action over conversion therapy ban ordinance(The Center Square) – There’s now a threat of a lawsuit over La Crosse’s recent ban on conversion therapy. The city council approved an ordinance in June that… Read More
Culture
Telemedicine abortions up in Washington state(The Center Square) – Telemedicine seems set to play a crucial role for women seeking abortions, now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, sending the controversial practice… Read More