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Social Engineering – Transferring Parental Control of Children to Teachers
Children in our public schools are being pummeled with political correctness. Specific assignments and class discussions are designed purposely to promote specific political viewpoints which may...
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Are Parents to Blame for Distressed State of American Youth?
We read about teenage killers, we acquiesce to college students by establishing free speech “Safe zones” lest feelings are bruised by politically-incorrect opinions elsewhere, we hear about high-school...
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Striking Teachers a Boon for Homeschooling
It doesn’t take much effort to cause offense in our supersensitive times. Practically any statement uttered with passionate conviction can provoke angry condemnation, after which an apology is...
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Parents With Pitchforks and Torches
When I speak to groups in California about the problems with public education and parents ask what they can do to change things, I advise them to speak to their kids daily about what they have learned...
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School Safety Must be a Top Priority — Here’s What Parents Can Do
Debates continue to rage over the goals of education and methods used to achieve them. Sadly, however, precious little learning can occur when students live in fear of being attacked in the hallways or...
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This Little Engine Delivers Results for DC Children
Over the past 15 years, the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) has become the Little Engine That Could among school choice programs in the United States. Like the train in the popular children’s...
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Government Should Get Out of Exam Rooms When Ordering Vaccines
The nation has averted a so-called “public health crisis,” but that hasn’t stopped lawmakers from playing doctor. Propelled by the measles crisis, states are enacting laws limiting the personal and...
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Power to the Parents!
Having retired as a teacher over ten years ago, I often look back on some of the great educators that I worked with during my 28-year career, and how lucky their students were to have them. I also...
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Miss Virginia Makes the Grade
Inspired by a true story, Miss Virginia is the saga of Virginia Walden Ford, the force behind the Washington, D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, a voucher program that lets low-income parents use...
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The Sandstorm: The Year Of The Parent
Back in the 1950s and early 1960s, my parents could send me off to school and assume I would be taught by people who shared their values. Those days are long gone, however. To be sure, most educators...
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The Sandstorm: The Teachers Unions’ Misbegotten Efforts Have Ignited The Push...
As this troubling year moves to a conclusion, there is certainly one thing worth celebrating: the great leap forward for educational freedom throughout the country. As I wrote last week, the...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Abolish the Teachers Unions
“All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable...
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The Sandstorm: Are Union Chickens Coming Home To Roost?
Just last week, the National Education Association released the results of a poll which finds that “55 percent of educators are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned.” The...
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The Sandstorm: California School Exit
With sky-high taxes, a sieve-like southern border, and an ongoing flow of nutty regulations – one law targets cow flatulence, for example – California really doesn’t need any more bad news. But...
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The Sandstorm: The Gender Cultists Meet Resistance
On March 28, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Florida’s House Bill (HB) 1557, which disallows or limits schools from instructing children in certain sexual matters. The heart of the new law states,...
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Vergara: Ten Years In The Rearview
Back in 1975, I lost my 6th-grade teaching position in New York City. As a newbie, it was explained to me that this happened because the city was going bankrupt, and had to lay off several thousand...
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The Sandstorm: Randi, Get A Grip!
My Dearest Randi, What is going on! It has been a year since my last missive, and I have not heard a peep from you. This is not the first time you have snubbed me, however. When I tried to say hi to...
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The Sandstorm: Education Exodus
School reopening time is almost upon us, and large numbers of parents have opted out of government-run schools. Over the past two school years, k-12 enrollment has declined by nearly 3%, or about 1.3...
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