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On, “Graphic Depictions of Sexual Acts That Are Made Available to Minor Children…”
There is an excellent clip making the rounds of a woman who testified before Congress on K-12 public schooling. What she said caught the attention of Moms 4 Liberty, who shared it on Instagram, but there is no indication of her name or who she was. I wanted to hear the rest.
Why is the Vermont Media Ignoring the Slate Valley School Board Story?
About a month ago, I wrote a story about Slate Valley School Board member Curtis Hier’s battle with both the school officials he was elected to oversee and his fellow board members, who don’t seem to appreciate Hier’s desire to get to the bottom of some serious problems in the system that are negatively impacting students.
Education: Some Rules for Changing the Rules
The following is an open letter to Frank Edelblut, Commissioner of Education, and Drew Cline, Chairman of the Board of Education, regarding a document that is making the rounds offering the public a chance to comment on proposed changes to the Ed Rules that govern public schools in New Hampshire. Dear Commissioner Edelblut and Chairman … Read more
How the Shutdown Affected Student Performance: Conclusion (part 8 of 8)
This is the final article in the How the Shutdown Affected Student Performance series. This series was inspired by two recent statements made by Croydon Village School Principal Nicole Lackie to the Croydon School Board. First, she claimed the pandemic shutdowns caused poor student performance. Then, she stated that teachers don’t really know how to … Read more
The Migrant Surge Is Coming To The Classroom
Democratic politicians and the liberal media made the first day of school all about welcoming migrant children. That’s sheer propaganda. Parents deserve the truth. The migrant surge is a disaster for their kids.
How the Pandemic Shutdown Affected Student Performance: Vermont (part 3 of 8)
The prevailing narrative is that the pandemic shutdowns affected student performance in public schools. As seen in our prior two articles, data from the Croydon, NH Village School, and statewide data from the New Hampshire Student Assessment System (NHSAS), the National Assessment of Educational Progress test do not support this narrative.
The Dangers of K-12 Public Education
Parental control, along with teachers, have long been victims of “government force” used as tools to target our children minds with anti-America, bureaucratic curriculums created by the U.S. Department of Education and UNESCO. The Dangers of K-12 Public Education will be exposed by Shawn McBreairty at the Marion Gerrish Community Center, 39 West Broadway in … Read more
Not Possible To Fix The Problem (Blue Hampshire) … If You Don’t Understand (Or Refuse To Accept) The Cause Of The Problem
I recently posted Edelblut’s Decision Not To Run For Governor Reflects The Reality Of Blue Hampshire … which makes the, in my opinion, undeniable and unremarkable observation that New Hampshire has become and will remain for some time a BLUE STATE. Unsurprisingly, one of the commentators suggested that there is an immediate, easy fix … … Read more
Mom Awarded $100K From School District That Tried to Regender her Daughter
A California School District has had to cough up $100,000.00 to settle a lawsuit in which it is alleged to have coached an 11-year-old girl to socially transition to a male gender.
The Granhattan Project: 95% Literacy By 2030
For any enterprise to succeed, it has to take actions that will move it toward its goal. Perhaps more importantly, it has to say no to actions that won’t do that.
“Gold Standard” Study Shows Charter Schools Outperform Public Schools
Ten years ago, I took part in a series of debates on school choice opposite Paul Cillo of the Public Assets Institute and Bill Mathis of the National Education Policy Center and the Vermont State Board of Education. I was for school choice; they were opposed.
With Test Scores Falling, Is Less School The Answer
Test scores in our public schools have been plummeting for years. The COVID Pandemic and remote learning definitely exacerbated the rate of decline. The number of students graduating from high school reading at the elementary school level is embarrassing but also harmful to the future of these students. We are failing our students and, therefore, … Read more
Your Kid’s School Went ‘Woke’? Consider Homeschool.
“Woke” culture has become so prominent in the American education system that it would not be surprising to learn that schools were replacing the once popular rhyme “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” with “sticks and stones may break my bones but opinions I disagree with can make … Read more
A Question for the “They are Our Kids” Schoolies after Teacher Films Herself Masturbating in Front of a Class room of 8-year olds
I have been a strong advocate for body cameras on public school teachers, and nothing I have seen since has dissuaded me from the idea.
Who’s Responsible for Failing Schools? … Parents who Notice and Complain, says Columnist.
Bill Schubart, a regular columnist for VT Digger among his many hats, never ceases to amaze me with his writing. He always provides an intriguing, insightful menu of facts and discoveries followed by a totally incongruous, twistedly partisan conclusion that makes absolutely no sense.
‘Anti’ Labels Are Lazy Journalism
A lot of journalists these days have a vocabulary problem. In particular, they think that if someone wants to repair or reform an institution, he is anti-[that institution].
Almost Everything Wrong With Public Education Explained in One Parent’s 3-Minute Rant
We’ve all thought about it, some of us have written about it, and I think most of us understand the problems with the direction in which public education has gone. Scores are down, issues are up, and as with everything the political or cultural left touches, they are the ones that broke it.
Hijacking the Schoolroom
Underneath the banner of struggles and the joys of family responsibilities, a nefarious scheme has worked to take advantage of those who think government education is free and good.
Let’s Stop Confusing Teaching With Learning
His Excellency just signed into law a bill that requires public schools to ‘provide instruction in cursive writing’ and ‘provide instruction of the multiplication tables’ by the end of fifth grade.