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Maryland Legislature Considers Creating ‘Advisory Council’ to Collect Data on Homeschoolers
If we have learned anything about left-wing cultural revolutionaries over the past few years and decades, it’s that they insist that all conform to their view of “diversity.” All are welcome, except for those who disagree. That’s why it’s so troubling to see government authorities rope in, and attempt to control, people attempting to maintain…Jarrett Stepman -
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Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill Hits Target: Gender Ideology Harms Kids
Children are being targeted with sexual content—not just in social media, but also in school curriculums. As with other recent controversies, however, leaders in Florida are fighting back. Lawmakers in the Sunshine State have introduced a new bill, Parental Rights in Education. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, that may be because big media…Jay Richards -
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YouTube Removes, Then Restores, Video of Mom Fighting Mask Mandates in School
YouTube has reversed course after removing a video of a mom calling for the end of mask mandates in her children’s school district. Virginia resident Merianne Jensen last week stood before her local school board and demanded that the elected leaders stop playing “politics with kid’s faces.” “We are forcing healthy children home for exposure…Virginia Allen -
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We Hear You: Do Catholic Schools Really Embrace Gender Ideology?
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience reacted passionately to a mother's commentary about how a Catholic high school encouraged her daughter's attraction to transgenderism rather than helped the girl's parents respond with facts and faith. Below is a generous sampling of opinion from the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Charlie Jacobs' commentary article…Ken McIntyre -
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‘You Are on the Losing Side of History’: Meet Mom Fighting Schools’ Mask Mandates
Watch the video, above, of Virginia mom Merianne Jensen, whose powerful speech about masks at a school board meeting went viral, or read the lightly edited transcript below. To see somebody, just a plain old simple mom, getting up and calling out the superintendent, I think that resonated with parents. People all over the country…Lauren Evans -
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Proposals Rejecting Critical Race Theory See Through Radical Talking Points
Radical activists are not above intimidation. Consider the nation’s largest teachers union, which recently pressured social media companies to reconsider allowing posts that oppose critical race theory. In its announcement to tech companies, the union couched its bigoted worldview as benign, claiming critical race theory is spread not at the K-12 level, but through “graduate…Jonathan Butcher -
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Meet the Georgia State Representative Fighting to Keep CRT Out of Schools
As critical race theory continues to attract national attention, one Georgia lawmaker is trying to pass legislation to ensure it stays out of the Peach State’s schools. On Jan. 14, Georgia state Rep. Brad Thomas introduced a bill to ban concepts like critical race theory and The New York Times’ 1619 Project from being taught in schools. “The legislation…Douglas Blair -
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Schools Conspire With Outside Groups Behind Parents’ Backs to Counsel Kids on Myriad Gender Choices
As a former school board member and currently a public school teacher of 30 years, I want to share some information with parents that school districts won’t tell them. Under a program called Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, many outside agencies have access to students without parental knowledge or consent. Many of those agencies provide mental…Brenda Lebsack -
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Despite What They Say, Public Schools Have Plenty of Funding
Editor’s note: Jan. 23-29 is National School Choice Week. This is the last of a five-part series of commentaries exploring the successes and challenges of educational choice and the people fighting to make it available to all American schoolchildren. As we conclude National School Choice Week 2022, people around Washington state are about to hear…Liv Finne -
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Left Barely Masks Its Contempt for Parents’ Involvement in Education
As a rule, leftists are pretty stealthy about expressing their true feelings, preferring to pose as “moderates” until the time comes to actually impose their radical agendas. That results in a good deal of dishonesty when it comes to their message, but every so often a whiff of candor does leak out—only to be quickly…Jeff Rhodes -
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Education Is Not One-Size-Fits-All
Jan. 23-29 is National School Choice Week. This is the fourth of a five-part series of commentaries exploring the successes and challenges of educational choice and the people fighting to make it available to all American schoolchildren. All children in the United States should have access to a quality education, no matter their race, gender,…Susan Kay Moses -
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Mask Mandates in School: Should Parents Have That Choice?
A new Republican governor is trying to return power to the hands of parents in his state. On his first day in office on Jan. 15, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order giving parents the choice about whether or not their child should wear a mask at school. Now, seven Virginia school districts…Virginia Allen -
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Virginia Scraps Critical Race Theory Program Critics Said Would Have Destroyed Math Education
A state plan to abolish teaching advanced math in public schools that was seen as a means of implementing critical race theory was canceled Monday, according to a parents group. The Virginia Department of Education has shut down the Virginia Math Pathways Initiative, according to a message that flashed briefly on the website before taking…Harold Hutchison -
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In Kentucky, Education Opportunity Accounts Can Give Students Chance to Overcome Hardship
Jan. 23-29 is National School Choice Week. This is the second of a five-part series of commentaries exploring the successes and challenges of educational choice and the people fighting to make it available to all American schoolchildren. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kentucky lawmakers seized the opportunity to pass the state’s first significant…Heather Huddleston -
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As I Found Out With My Daughter, Not Even Catholic Schools Are Safe Havens From Gender Ideology
My husband and I looked to a Catholic school to be an ally in our fight to break our daughter free from the grip of gender confusion. We were naive. Our daughter, now 15, was 13 when she was coached into believing that she was born in the wrong body and could change to be…Charlie Jacobs -
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For Parents, School Choice Provides Hope
Jan. 23-29 is National School Choice Week. This is the first of a five-part series of commentaries exploring the successes and challenges of educational choice and the people fighting to make it available to all American schoolchildren. There’s a local coffee shop that has become a hub for people working from home who also want…Jenny Clark -
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Youngkin Appoints Critical Race Theory Foe Angela Sailor as Diversity Officer, Unborn Ambassador
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Wednesday named a new diversity officer who opposes critical race theory to lead the state’s diversity, opportunity, and inclusion efforts. Angela Sailor was appointed to an existing post as Virginia’s director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, according to a press release. Youngkin also issued his 10th executive order, which designates Sailor as…Kendall Tietz -
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Parents Group Claims Saint Paul School System Indoctrinates Preschoolers on Transgender Issues
A parents group claims that a Minnesota school district is indoctrinating toddlers about pride and other “equity” agenda items. Saint Paul Public Schools is partnering with two organizations, AMAZE and OutFront Minnesota, to purportedly push materials discussing gender identity on children as young as 3, according to a release by Parents Defending Education. One document released by Parents…Harold Hutchison -
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State Superintendent Won’t Approve Curriculum Telling Disabled Preschoolers to ‘Deconstruct Whiteness’
North Carolina's school superintendent walked back plans to implement a statewide curriculum that would teach disabled preschoolers to “deconstruct whiteness,” according to a report from Education First Alliance. Catherine Truitt, North Carolina’s superintendent of public instruction, said she “will not sign” a contract proposal that would teach disabled preschoolers that “we are all products of a racialized society” and…Kendall Tietz -
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Alveda King Sums Up Her Uncle MLK’s Message to America and Likely View of Critical Race Theory
Nearly 54 years since civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, his words still resound across our nation and his legacy has influenced millions. If alive today, how would King encourage us to tackle the renewed racial tensions America faces? And what would he have to say about divisive ideologies such as critical race…Virginia Allen