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President Trump has Been Canceled by My Public School

Imagine you begin to question your child’s IN SCHOOL reading app for its content, so you start searching around to see what you find. I found graphic porn in the book “Flamer,” and was upset and surprised, but this wasn’t the most upsetting thing I found.

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Middle School Summer Reading or Blatant Propaganda?

“It’s not happening in my kid’s school.” “That type of indoctrination only happens in the big cities.” “New Hampshire’s schools aren’t promoting these types of things… are they?” “No one is coming for your children.”

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Heartbroken in Croydon

At most of the school board meetings that have followed the recent right-sizing of Croydon’s school budget, at least one parent has expressed a thought that simply breaks my heart:

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“Study: Historic Drop in U.S. Reading and Math Scores Since Common Core ‘Debacle’”

That’s the headline over at Breitbart.  Like anyone is really surprised that a system of learning and content that was never really beta tested would have turned out as awful as we all saw it to be? It was Edu-babble supreme and only succeeded in one thing – separating parents from being able to help …

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Pro Tip for Remote Schooling

Many students — and their parents — have been caught off guard by the COVID-induced transition from on-site schooling to remote schooling.   However, there is a technology — which many students already have access to — that can help make up for the loss of classroom teaching time.  Let me describe what it is, and …

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