Arizona sends kids as young as 10 to gender and sexuality chatrooms
The Arizona Department of Education (ADOE) directs students to LGBT-themed chatrooms for children as young as ten to discuss gender and sexuality as part of its student resources.
First CRT, now SEL the new left-wing theory parents are battling in schools
Critical Race Theory (CRT) is not the only three-word phrase that has parents concerned; Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the latest curriculum headache that education experts warn is permeating the American public school system.
Is ‘Let’s Go Brandon!’ fair game at school sporting events?
A Vermont high school recently banned a young girl from sporting events for allegedly chanting “Let’s Go Brandon!” at a basketball game. The school claims the phrase is “profane” and may be prohibited under the student handbook’s command to “respect all people, their feelings, their possessions, and their right to an education.”
Sununu pledges to veto New Hampshire ‘parental bill of rights’ legislation
The plan calls for enshrining in state law the “fundamental rights of a parent to direct the upbringing and education of his or her minor child” and would prohibit schools from interfering with those rights “without demonstrating that such action is reasonable and necessary.”
Social justice musical touring Vermont schools — complete with ‘list of demands’ from teens
A social justice musical called “Listen Up” — which has since been turned into a movie — is being shown at schools and other venues throughout Vermont in May and June.
John Klar: Superintendent Layne Millington without a clue — Part 2
So long as Superintendent Millington condemns Vermont students as racists for resisting his clearly illegal conduct, the conflagration in Randolph will fester and grow. Perhaps parents must bring the matter to court to restore order and law.
Cathy Dodge: Do we really want to change the Vermont Constitution? — Part 4
Article 22 will affect parent’s rights and education. We are already seeing a trend by the public school system to attempt to groom our children and evict their parents from school board and other related meetings. Article 22 will open the doors for these efforts to be expanded and become law.
Jay Eshelman: Let’s Go, Superintendent Millington
Unless and until universal school choice is legislated, the current disagreements voiced throughout the state will be the standard fair — guaranteed.
VISA update: Session ends with approval of universal school meals, PCB mitigation, school branding
The legislative session was generally helpful to independent school interests. A bill to provide free school meals to publicly-funded students in the coming school year has passed, along with funding in support of a program adopted last year to test all Vermont schools for PCB contamination.
Vermont students have constitutional right to chant ‘Let’s Go Brandon!’
A Vermont superintendent came down hard on students who allegedly committed the unpardonable offense of chanting “Let’s Go Brandon!” at a sporting event. If they did not agree to counseling, accused students were banned from all sporting events.
New Hampshire to audit education freedom programs
New Hampshire lawmakers have agreed to conduct regular audits of the state’s new educational freedom voucher program that is diverting taxpayer dollars for students to attend private schools and homeschooling.
John Klar: Without a clue, Superintendent Layne Millington does it again
Superintendent Millington conceded on May 4 that the school cannot favor one group over another, then boasted that they knew this in Randolph and displayed the BLM flag anyway because most citizens didn’t know — until this 9-0 Supreme Court case.