Education
Harvard Poll: 61% of voters reject indoctrinating children with a controversial theory that the US is racist
Most voters surveyed, 61 percent, reject the indoctrination of children on the controversial theory that the country is "structurally racist," which is being pushed by progressives and the Biden administration. The Harvard/Harris poll results point to this as another area where the Biden administration is also failing, given the widespread rejection ...
Stop ‘abusing’ and indoctrinating kids with ‘communist’ curriculum says NYC mom
A New Yorker slammed educators for teaching minors a theory that all property should be community-owned. Worried mother Tatiana Ibrahim accused liberal New York City schools of forcing students to accept "socialist" ideology without question. The Carmel resident recently urged her local Education Board to cut funding for liberal curriculums that incite ...
Education reform in NYC: eliminates inequity or more injustice?
According to concerned parents, the Department of Education (DOE) is sending high achievers to low, competitive schools in pursuit of equity in education, which, according to concerned parents, causes more unfairness than it seems to tackle. The New York Post reported that the central Department of Education has tried to ...
Biden is ‘finishing the job’ of my presidency says Barack Obama
A Democrat, who likes to reminisce about his time as president, revealed his former second-in-command is just doing unfinished business in the Oval Office. Barack Obama openly admitted President Joe Biden is using the Oval Office to grant his predecessor's wishes. "I think that what we are seeing now, is Joe and ...
‘BLM has been co-opted by teachers’ unions and does nothing for education,’ laments former leader of the group
Rashad Turner, the founder of Black lives Matter (BLM) headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, claims that both the leftist group and many active Democrats have been co-opted by the teachers' unions, which he blames for declining education while claiming it is the only tool to combat the lack of opportunity. Turner ...
Classrooms need God and discipline back to solve racial divide, former NFL player says
While some people seek solutions that demand changes in the government structure and legislature to solve society's problems nowadays, others look back to human morality, self-discipline, and spiritual belief as guidance through this chaotic world. Jack Brewer, former NFL player and founder of The Jack Brewer Foundation, claimed that the problems ...
STEM Careers Act will help military veterans reskill and find civilian work says President Trump
The president enacted new legislation that offers older former service people more study and work opportunities. President Donald Trump has signed the Supporting Veterans in STEM Careers Act, which aims to help veterans and their partners learn new skills to have better chances of finding a job. "We are taking action to ...
Florida governor announces end to Common Core education and replace by new ‘B.E.S.T.’ education
The Florida Department of Education announced on Friday, Feb. 7, that Common Core has been officially removed from its classrooms. "Florida has officially eliminated Common Core. I truly think this is a great next step for students, teachers, and parents,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said. Officials said it will be replaced by B.E.S.T., ...
Students will sit a citizenship test before graduating says Florida governor DeSantis
Students will be tested on U.S. citizenship studies before graduating from high school as part of new changes introduced on Dec. 10. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has instructed Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to encourage all high school seniors to take a voluntary test in civics as part of their history ...
Candidate Biden promises to overturn public school evaluation system
Former Vice President Joe Biden pledged to end the "standardized tests" of the national public school system if he wins elections in 2020. Biden said at MSNBC's Public Education Forum 2020 that he would put an end to standard education by asking each teacher to decide which plan his or her ...
Kamala Harris plans to force students to study at least 10 hours a day at school
A U.S. senator proposed on Nov. 6, turning study into a full-time occupation and have students do a minimum of 10 hour shifts each day at school. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) wants students to stay in school from at least 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and do summer "enrichment programs" because ...
US to require Chinese officials to report American contacts
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will soon require Chinese officials in the U.S. to notify the State Department ahead of any contacts they plan to have with American educators, researchers and local and state governments. The release of the new rules was accompanied by notices to American educational and ...
DeVos revokes Obama-era rule policing for-profit colleges
The Trump administration on Friday revoked an Obama-era rule that aimed to terminate federal funding to for-profit college programs. Department officials announced that the 2014 gainful employment rule will be rescinded effective July 1, 2020. The agency's announcement said the rule focused too narrowly on graduate earnings and unfairly targeted for-profit ...
Legacy of teacher walkouts could be more political activism
Betty Collins was born and raised in Tulsa, but the eighth grade history teacher hadn't been to the state Capitol in Oklahoma City until last spring, when she educators throughout the state walked off the job to protest for better wages and public school funding.Since that successful walkout, Collins has ...
Trump administration reviewing foreign money to US colleges
The U.S. Education Department is opening investigations into foreign funding at Georgetown University and Texas A&M University as the Trump administration increases its scrutiny of international money flowing to American colleges. Letters sent to the schools Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press accuse the schools of failing to report gifts ...
Principal accused of copying Kutcher speech is suspended
A West Virginia, principal accused of plagiarizing Ashton Kutcher in an address to his school's graduating class has been suspended without pay for five days.The News and Sentinel reports Parkersburg High School Principal Kenny DeMoss was suspended Tuesday at a Wood County Board of Education meeting. DeMoss apologized for heavily ...
English classes, legal services cut for immigrant kids
Immigrant children in the care of the U.S. government may no longer have access to English-language courses and legal services, officials said Wednesday. The Health and Human Services department notified shelters around the country last week that it was not going to reimburse them for teachers' pay or other costs such ...
Former Oklahoma student alleges university misreported data
The University of Oklahoma misreported data used to nationally rank the school for nearly 20 years, seriously impacting its prestige and reputation, a former student alleges in a federal lawsuit that seeks class-action status.The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Oklahoma City estimates as many as 350,000 current and ...
Charter schools accused of stealing $50M from California
A network of charter schools in California stole more than $50 million from the state by creating phantom institutions that enrolled unwitting students it found through other schools and youth programs, prosecutors said Wednesday.A3 Education recruited small public school districts to sponsor the charter schools in exchange for oversight fees. ...
Deadly knife attack near Tokyo raises alarm on child safety
A deadly knife attack on a group of mostly schoolgirls near Tokyo this week raised concerns Wednesday over the safety of schoolchildren in Japan, a country known for its low crime rate and where children usually walk to school on their own or in groups.Officials say the knife-brandishing man ran ...
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