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Posted by Stacey Matthews on July 17, 2020 34 Comments
As we've previously documented, if it's a day ending in "y," it's also one where mainstream media reporters are going to take a Republican out of context and spread fake news stories about them because of narratives and Orange Man Bad. The most recent example of this happening was Thursday during the daily White House press briefing. The issue of whether or not public schools should fully reopen has been a hot topic of much discussion in recent days. President Trump has pushed for in-person school attendance while some governors are opting for a combination of either in-person schooling and remote/online learning, or remote instruction only.

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 14, 2020 30 Comments
I believe education is the most local issue. I'm not even talking state or city. Education should be up to the school districts. But we have a Department of Education, which thinks America could reopen schools in the fall. The left has demonized President Donald Trump and Secretary Betsy DeVos, yet it seems a few pediatricians agree with them.

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 17, 2019 30 Comments
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) decided to strike, which began today after the union's House of Delegates turned down the latest offer from the Board of Education. Over 300,000 students did not have school on Thursday. They may not have school on Friday.

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 19, 2019 53 Comments
During the same congressional hearing that featured Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, lawmakers also heard from an American teenager named Jamie Margolin of Washington state. She used the same type of doomsday rhetoric we've heard from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. According to Margolin, some of her peers are wondering why they should even complete their studies since the world is ending.

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on May 15, 2019 41 Comments
Citing concerns about student mental health, a high school in Ohio decided to do away with valedictorian and salutatorians. "The class of 2020 at Mason High School will not have a valedictorian or salutatorian and will move to the Latin Honors System in an effort to reduce stress and anxiety among students, school officials announced this week," reports WJLA.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 09, 2019 64 Comments
Like millions of Catholics this past Wednesday, I attended Mass and began the season of Lent by having an ash cross marked on my forehead. One student who also observed Ash Wednesday and went to school with an ash cross was forced to wash it off by a teacher, despite pleas from the boy that it was a symbol of his faith.
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