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 […]
Mayor de Blasio’s Bigotry of Low Expectations
Bill de Blasio and NYC progressives should be mortified. The city’s public school system is failing the students who need it the most—poor black children. In New York City, charter schools have a record of both achievement and clear popularity. Despite a waiting list of 48,300 eager students “clamoring” to get in, Mayor de Blasio […]
America’s Four Year College Degrees Largely Counterproductive
Debbie Young writes elsewhere at richardcyoung.com on Inez Feltscher Stepman’s thoughts on college degrees. “A long, healthy, productive life is contingent on getting a college degree, and a college degree is contingent on pledging allegiance to wokeness.” (Inez Feltscher Stepman). Ms.Stepman’s well written post is nicely presented by Debbie and offers a worthy perspective. It, […]
Does the Left Think Black Kids Are Too Dumb to Learn Math?
Or, How 2 + 2 = Racism Were you thinking 2 + 2 = 4? Well, today you’d be wrong. Welcome to the new antiracism. The new antiracism is a particularly vile sort of racism. Francis Menton explains in the Manhattan Contrarian, this racism is about treating black and other minority kids like “dopes.” The […]
The U.S. Education System Has Been Co-opted by Marxists.
At The American Spectator, Bob Luddy explains how the U.S. education system has been co-opted by Marxists. He writes (abridged): Calvin Coolidge states it succinctly: “Money will not purchase character or good government.” The last 20 years have ushered in a new America, which is moving away from God and traditional American values and replaced by an ever-growing […]
Activist Professors at Washing and Lee University Teaching Course on Overthrowing the Government
Jordan Davidson reports in The Federalist that professors at Washington and Lee University in Virginia are teaching a course on how to overthrow the government. The faculty there has also lobbied to remove Robert E. Lee’s name from the school’s, and some have even suggested removing Washington’s. Davidson writes: A course description on the university website describes […]
1619 Project’s Fake History Embedded into School Curriculums
The Capital Research Center debunks the fake history of the 1619 Project, which has been embedded in school curriculums across America. CRC writes (abridged): The Architects of Woke series takes aim at far-left postmodernist and Marxist thinkers and activists responsible for the spread of identity politics from college campuses to society at large. The sixth […]
America’s Diversity Crazed College Presidents
At LewRockwell.com, Walter Williams lays bare the hypocrisy of America’s diversity crazed college presidents. He writes (abridged): Check out any professional and most college basketball teams. Their starting five, and most of their other 10 players, are black, as is 80% of the NBA. This does not come anywhere close to the diversity and inclusion […]
$24,500+ per Student? Who Should Get It
In times of crisis, the free market typically takes over to fill needs quickly and efficiently. Now, thanks to Coronavirus, schools in America are in a crisis about how to educate students this fall. Individuals are the best judges of their own self-interests, and none more so than parents of school-age children. Parents of children […]
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