In Chicago, for many children, school closing for the day could mean a day on the streets, where homicides have soared and crime is rampant. Couple the dangers of a crime-riddled society with a degraded education, and the city’s children are in big trouble. That’s why it’s so dangerous for Chicago’s teachers’ union to play […]
FAILED SYSTEM: Mass Exodus from Schools as Parents Choose Homeschool
Americans are running from the educational system and its indoctrination. During lockdowns, parents could sit beside their children and get a first-hand view of what they were learning about subjects like critical race theory, and gender identity. They were not impressed. It has become obvious why Democrats don’t want parents involved in their children’s education, […]
The Real Systemic Racism in the U.S.
You may be skeptical of “systemic racism,” as Francis Menton thought he was. But the Manhattan Contrarian, on further consideration, realized the systemic conduct that clearly disadvantages blacks. Sacred Cows of the Left The conduct that differentially disadvantages blacks, continues Mr. Menton, is a “sacred cow of the left promoted for the benefit of some […]
College Bound Freak Out on N.E. Campuses
Originally posted on August 16, 2018. On a recent seven-day road trip on beautiful Rt. 100 through Mad River Valley and Stowe, Vermont, and into North Hatley, Quebec, we stopped along the way in Amherst, Mass (U. Mass.) and Middlebury, Vermont (Middlebury College). What comes quickly to mind observing the political tic referred to as […]
Government Is Not an Effective Replacement for Parenting
At The Federalist, Margarita Mooney-Suarez, Brad Wilcox, and Jenet Erickson discuss a new GOP approach to family policy that recognizes reality. The Federalist Staff writes: On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Margarita Mooney-Suarez of the Princeton Theological Seminary; Jenet Erickson, a fellow at the Insitute of Family Studies and the Wheatley Institute; and […]
Minnesota Fed President Supports Absurd Constitutional Amendment
Minnesota Fed President Neel Kashkari has thrown his weight, and the weight of his supposedly “independent” organization, behind a push for an amendment to the state’s constitution that would “require the state to guarantee that every child achieve a specific educational outcome.” James Freeman reports at The Wall Street Journal: Sounds like it’s intended to […]
Is Holding Gifted Kids Back “Equity?”
Winston Churchill told the House of Commons in 1945 that “The inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.” Nowhere could that be more plainly illustrated than a proposed change in a new framework proposed for California’s schools. At Reason, Robby Soave details the plan by California’s Department of Education to hold back […]
Biden Supports Systemic Racism in Public Education
When Dereck Chauvin, a white cop, knelt on a black man for almost 10 minutes, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris called it “systemic racism.” But teachers’ unions, largely led by white people, have knelt on the futures of black American kids for over a year, notes Joy Pullman in The Federalist. While the Biden administration still refuses to say whether schools […]
Parents and Politicians Fight Abuse by Teachers’ Unions During Pandemic
There are still places in America where schools are closed. Despite a promise by Joe Biden that he’d have them open in his first 100 days (by April 30), teachers’ unions in many places have no intention of opening schools. The selfish response to the pandemic by teachers’ unions, who have left children at home […]
DEMOCRATS OUTRAGED: West Virginia Expands School Choice for Kids
After years of union intimidation, West Virginia lawmakers have finally acted to protect the best interests of children. Jayme Metzgar reports at The Federalist: Last week, with very little noise or fanfare, the West Virginia legislature passed the most expansive Education Savings Account program in America. While ESAs in most states are only open to […]
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