Those who enjoy watching a spirited tennis match will draw real pleasure from the current back-and-forth controversy over social studies education in Virginia. Anyone with a child in an American public, parochial or private school should pay close attention. What are Social Studies? The term “social studies” has far more meaning than many people realize. … Read more
In a revealing and extensive new report, a conservative think tank states that children of U.S. military personnel are subject to “grooming” while in military-run schools. They are taught gender ideology and critical race theory in classes, undermining their families and country. The report, released early last month by the Claremont Institute, is titled “Grooming … Read more
Just how far the wars over LGBT ideology have entered the classrooms could be seen recently when three middle school boys narrowly escaped punishment. They were being investigated under Title IX proceedings after a Wisconsin school accused them of sexual harassment for “mispronouning” a female student. In a case that attorneys described as “bizarre,” the … Read more
San Francisco is notorious for being one of the most liberal cities in the United States. So, when the “City by the Bay” recalled three of the seven members of its school board for being too “woke,” ripples spread across the nation. The recall election only focused on three members because the other four had … Read more
The left hopes to blame all the world’s ills on the crowd that illegally entered the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021—and even those who did not enter. Participation in the rally on the Mall is now used to purge conservatives from America’s school systems. Free Book: Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy … Read more
How and when did Critical Race Theory come to dominate so much of American education? The short answer is that it came under the guise of words that most people think they understand and favor. These words are later used against parents and children. An example of the stealth infiltration of words is Illinois, which … Read more
“Critical Race Theory” blasted its way into the headlines with the release of The New York Times’s “1619 Project.” The racial unrest of 2020 further catapulted the theory into the limelight as schools all over the country are eager to adopt it using the mold provided by Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Anti-Racist. … Read more
For decades, schools have been dealing with a problem called “grade inflation.” With the educational chaos caused by COVID, a problematic situation is becoming catastrophic. Built into the Existing System Grade inflation is an easy concept to understand. It is the process over time by which students have gotten higher and higher grades for doing … Read more
Every Democrat who has run for president since 1960 has promised to fix America’s public schools. That promise remains unfulfilled. American schools have not improved, and many argue that they have grown progressively worse over the last half-century. No part of life in America is as socialist as public education. Therefore, education is a happy … Read more
The “sexual revolutionaries” of the sixties and their ideological descendants are all atwitter. On August 7, 2020, in official disregard of the Sixth and Ninth Commandments, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision guaranteed “transgender” students can use the restrooms and locker rooms for the sex of their choice. This is happening despite the rapidly … Read more
