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While ‘WWIII’ Trends on Twitter, God Moves on College Campuses
Russia is suspending the last nuclear arms treaty with America. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin are preparing to meet. North Korea is again testing its ballistic missiles. Ukraine has been at war with Russia for a year now. Meanwhile, “WWIII” was trending on Twitter earlier this week. The millennial generation, of…Virginia Allen -
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Teachers Union Report Pushes Insurance Coverage of Abortions, Reimbursement for Out-of-State Travel
In a new report, America’s largest teachers union is encouraging educators to bargain for their health care coverage to include abortion. The National Education Association’s Feb. 14 report, “Bargaining and Advocacy in a Post Roe Environment,” advises teachers how to ask for insurance coverage for surgical and chemical abortions, including reimbursement for out-of-state abortion travel expenses. …Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Straights Need Not Apply: California Teachers Union Discriminates on Basis of Sexuality
The California Teachers Association offers a scholarship limited to LGBT students, though the Biden administration’s Title IX rule change prohibits sexuality-based discrimination. “Self-identified LGBTQ+” union members pursuing a career in public education can apply by May 31, 2023, for the LGBTQ+ Safety in Schools Program to receive a scholarship of up to $2,500,” the scholarship…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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‘Page Not Found’: Teachers Union Won’t Explain Why It Discarded Presidents Day Curriculum
The National Education Association removed its resources on Presidents Day from its websites in 2020, according to a Daily Signal review of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Three years later, the teachers union still has not updated the page. The resources, last saved on June 17, 2020, included lesson plans celebrating “the lives of George…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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State Legislative Push for School Choice Gains Momentum Nationwide
Two years ago, 2021 was declared “The Year of Education Choice,” when 19 states enacted 32 new or expanded education choice policies. This year could be even bigger, as more states consider making choice policies available to all K-12 students. In 2021, West Virginia became the first state to enact a publicly funded education choice…Jason Bedrick -
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‘Truth Will Win Out’: Fox’s Hegseth Poses Classical Education as Cure for Public School Indoctrination
Parents should recognize classical education as an alternative to critical race theory-ridden public schools, says Pete Hegseth, “Fox and Friends” TV co-host and author of the 2022 book “Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation.” In a conversation with the president of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, on “The Kevin Roberts Show” podcast, Hegseth explained…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Loudoun County School Board Shoots Down Motion to Release Rape Investigation
The school board in Loudoun County, Virginia, voted on Tuesday night to keep the findings of an independent report on sexual assault private. The report, compiled by the law firm Blankingship and Keith, focused on how the district responded to two sexual assault incidents at Stone Bridge High School in May 2021. The 15-year-old “gender…Tony Kinnett -
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Black Lives Matter at School Brings ‘Trans Affirmation,’ ‘Restorative Justice’ Training to Elementary Classrooms
Black Lives Matter at School is using Black History Month to teach children about gender ideology, critical race theory, and reparations. Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action—Feb. 6-10 this year—began in 2016 to teach “people of all ages to engage with issues of racial justice.” Events and curriculums promote Black Lives Matter's 13 guiding principles…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Gov. Youngkin Condemns Black Lives Matter at School Push in Virginia Teachers Union: ‘This Will Not Be Tolerated’
Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office said the Black Lives Matter at School toolkit released by a Virginia teachers union “will not be tolerated.” The Virginia Education Association’s Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action toolkit champions BLM’s 13 principles in the classroom. It uses kindergarten through 12th grade lesson plans made by the education…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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EXCLUSIVE: Indiana Lawmakers Fight Back Against Schools’ Hidden Transgender Policies
At least four school districts in Indiana have flooded their communities with controversy in the past year by pushing radical transgender agendas. Now, state lawmakers are fighting back to clearly outline and protect parental rights. Indiana state Rep. Jake Teshka and state Sen. Jeff Raatz, both Republicans, have introduced two bills that would forbid any…Tony Kinnett -
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Childhood Obesity Epidemic Calls for Cutting Screen Time in Schools
As the American Academy of Pediatrics issues new guidelines recommending the radical solutions of weight-loss drugs and even surgery for curbing childhood obesity, it’s worth revisiting an obvious but largely ignored treatment for poor health: turning off the screens. Screen time skyrocketed for children during the COVID-19 pandemic—by 52% according to some studies and closer…Rachel Alexander Cambre -
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Major Standardized Testing Org Used by Catholic Schools Promotes Gender Ideology, Drag Queens, ‘Trans Kids’
The NWEA, which says it provides map-testing assessments to Roman Catholic dioceses and almost two thousand Catholic schools across the country, features articles on its website encouraging educators to help students to "come out" and promoting gender ideology to children. Formerly known as the Northwest Evaluation Association, the NWEA boasts of developing Pre-K through 12th…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Exposing Radical Florida Lawmaker’s Attempted Hijacking of Parental Rights
Legislation introduced in the Florida House of Representatives this month is being touted by its sponsor as a “children’s rights” bill, but it would be more accurate to call it what it is, a “usurpation of parental rights” bill. Characterizing far-left Democratic state Rep. Michele Rayner-Goolsby’s HB 217 as a children’s rights bill is a…Tiffany Justice -
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Missouri Schools Took Kids to a Drag Show Without Informing Parents. AG Bailey Is Working to Prevent It From Happening Again.
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Missouri's attorney general sent a letter to the state's association of school boards, urging it to adopt a resolution mandating that parents and guardians receive advance notice and the ability to opt their children out of sexual instruction, following news that a middle school took students to a drag show without…Tyler O’Neil -
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Lessons in Preferred Pronouns Should Start in Pre-K, Largest Teachers Union Says
The nation’s largest teachers union recommends that educators begin teaching the concepts of preferred personal pronouns and gender identity starting in pre-kindergarten. “When you look at elementary school students, many people think they are too young to talk about pronouns,” said panelist Matthew Powell, a member of the National Education Association’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Committee,…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Bill Aims to Block Federal Funds From Schools That ‘Indoctrinate With Critical Race Theory’
A Texas congressman has introduced legislation to ban federal funding for public schools that promote theories that discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national origin. “The Combatting Racist Teaching Act will prohibit federal funding from going to schools that seek to indoctrinate children with critical race theory,” Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said in…Brett Rowland -
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Helping 200 Teachers Abandon Indiana’s Largest Teachers Union
On Dec. 20, I helped my 200th teacher leave the Indiana State Teachers Association. This behemoth of a pyramid scheme charges Indiana teachers $1,000 per year to lobby for progressive political goals at the state and national level—while claiming to be integral in salary negotiation and legal defense. Over the last five years, I’ve enjoyed…Tony Kinnett -
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For National School Choice Week, Sen. Lee Wants to Empower Parents, not Educrats
Teachers unions have long opposed efforts to give parents more choices in education. But parents today should quote something from Samuel Gompers, who founded the American Federation of Labor in the 19th century, to union members: “Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.” That surely applies…Jonathan Butcher -
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Iowa Marks National School Choice Week by Enacting Students First Act
Jan. 22 to Jan. 28 is National School Choice Week, and what better way to highlight the fact that parents today have more choices for their children’s education than ever before than by celebrating Iowa’s Students First Act being signed into law on Tuesday? The year 2011 was deemed “the year of school choice” after…Madison Marino Doan -
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Iowa and Utah Lead States on School Choice Progress in the New Year
As America celebrates National School Choice Week, two states—Iowa and Utah—have made the first moves this year to empower families with a greater say in how their children are educated. Additionally, the evidence from states with robust school choice policies is debunking opponents’ charges that choice harms rural students and homeschoolers. Last week, the education…Jason Bedrick