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Tag Archives: Education

Michael Bielawski/TNR

McClaughry: ‘Stop telling kids that climate change will destroy their world’

I have said not that “climate change” itself is a scam — climate is always changing — but the frantic campaign to combat it has become a scam. The climate doomsayers need to rethink their message.

5 days ago June 22, 2022 in Commentary.
Karlyn Borysenko/YouTube

The ‘Unwoke Army’ exposing radical agendas at Burlington School District and beyond

Karlyn Borysenko, a writer, psychologist and YouTube show host, is on a mission to shine a light on woke “grooming” in public schools, which she says has come to the Green Mountain State by way of the Burlington School District.

5 days ago June 22, 2022 in TNR News.
U.S. Supreme Court

VISA update: Supreme Court rules in favor of public funds to religious schools

This Supreme Court ruling is directly applicable to Vermont. Vermont’s tuition assistance program is very similar to Maine’s. Vermont will have to consider how to reconcile the Carson v. Makin opinion with the Compelled Support Clause in the Vermont Constitution.

5 days ago June 22, 2022 in Commentary.
ucisd.net

Thayer: Time for real solutions to gun violence in schools

This week on these steps the Senate Democrats took a victory lap on this past session’s legislation — but no protection for school children from violence. I’m tired of Democratic reps calling for more gun grabbing and controls. It does not work.

5 days ago June 22, 2022 in Commentary.
Public domain

New Hampshire taps fed funds to upgrade school security

In New Hampshire, some districts are seeking to incorporate security designs into new buildings – such as panic buzzers, electronic door locks, high-tech cameras and specialized glass meant to slow down a shooter. Other schools want to create secure vestibules, where visitors are screened, at the main entrance.

5 days ago June 22, 2022 in U.S..
Courtesy of U.S. Department of Agriculture

SCOTUS strikes down Maine voucher program that discriminated against religious schools

In Carson v. Makin, the court ruled 6-3 against the program which excluded students attending religious K-12 schools from taxpayer-provided tuition assistance. “Indeed, were we to accept Maine’s argument, our decision in Espinoza would be rendered essentially meaningless,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

6 days ago June 21, 2022 in U.S..

Scott calls to ‘reverse the harms’ resulting from COVID lockdown measures

During his weekly press conference Tuesday, Gov. Phil Scott called on Vermonters to work to undo the harms caused by the social and economic shut down he imposed following the onset of COVID-19 in 2020.

2 weeks ago June 15, 2022 in TNR News.
Public domain

Stan Greer: Big Labor-dominated schools ‘have lost legitimacy’

First, by gratuitously denying students in-person instruction for such a long period, government schools sent a clear message that such instruction is not necessary. As McCormick puts it, “Schools have lost legitimacy and perceived authority among parents.”

2 weeks ago June 13, 2022 in Commentary.
Upper Valley Educators Institute

John Klar: Elijah Hawkes and Vermont’s public school crisis

Though Randolph Union High School has resumed respect for the law and removed the illegal BLM flag, social justice agitators such as former RUHS principal Elijah Hawkes continue to agitate for more attacks against children’s rights.

June 9, 2022 in Commentary.
Wikimedia Commons/AlexiusHoratius

Myers Mermel: UVM should make land rent payment until it educates Vermonters once again

UVM is currently not providing public education; it is providing private education. New enrollments from out-of-staters are at 82% and in-state enrollments are at 18%. UVM is no longer a “public” institution.

June 9, 2022 in Commentary.
USDA

What happens to milk from the free lunch program? Some gets pitched or donated, some gets fed to pigs

It was a problem just waiting to be solved and all it took was a few Harwood students asking “why?” to tackle it. The problem? Leftover cartons of milk in Harwood Union High School’s cafeteria every day.

June 7, 2022 in TNR News.
U.S. Department of Agriculture

VISA update: Governor signs universal school meals bill and mascots bill

The universal meals program was established as a pilot to provide cost and participation to the legislature so it can consider establishing a permanent program. Scott also signed S.139 which requires the Agency of Education to create a “nondiscriminatory school branding policy.”

June 7, 2022 in Commentary.

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