Grace Carr Child obesity in developed countries continues to grow at an alarming rate, and school cafeterias might be the culprit. Americans have the highest obesity rate of any country in the world, according to Obesity Update 2017. About 10 percent of 2- to 5-year-olds are obese, and that number grows to 17 percent by age 11 and…
Today’s education system has a myriad of advantages that earlier generations never would have dreamed about. Smartboards. Tablets. Advanced science labs. Massive libraries. These perks are wonderful and suggest that our schools are giving children a much better education than they would have had at an earlier time. But what if all these advancements are…
Rob Shimshock The largest Catholic university in America held an event aimed at teaching students about polyamory at it’s LGBT center in Chicago. The LGBTQA center at Chicago’s DePaul University hosted the event, which discussed open relationships and the ways in which identity intersected with them, reported Campus Reform Monday. “I never liked relationships or wanted to be in…
In 2011, California’s state legislature passed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act. The law, the first of its kind in the U.S., required, among other things, that schools educate children on the contributions of LGBTQ individuals. By 2016, California’s state education board had approved 10 LGBTQ-inclusive history texts for children in kindergarten…
Rob Shimshock Maryland lawmakers voted Friday to give voters the option to direct all of the state’s casino profits to K-12 public education, instead of reserving some of them to balance the budget. The state’s principal teachers’ union, the Maryland State Education Association, reported that Maryland has appropriated a total of nearly $2 billion in…
Rob Shimshock A Princeton University professor cancelled a free speech course after complaints stemming from his use of the n-word, according to a Tuesday report. Professor Emeritus Lawrence Rosen, who teaches anthropology at Princeton, used the word multiple times in a February class, reported Fox News. Two students complained to school officials and Rosen cancelled the course,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock The University of Virginia instructed students Friday to call 911 if they see “offensive flyers.” The school told students that it was aware of an initiative to distribute “offensive flyers and memes” on campus Saturday and Sunday, according to an email obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: If one was to name a leading institution of higher education in America, Harvard University would definitely be one of the first to come to mind. After all, anyone with the name Harvard on his resume is practically guaranteed an open door to all kinds of profitable careers. The trick,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: We’ve all seen how participation trophies have overtaken the world of kid sports. No longer is there one prize; instead, there are multiple awards for everything from first to tenth place. The backlash against this phenomenon is growing, however, and participation trophies are increasingly the butt of many jokes as…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Amber Randall A group of Maryland public schools have canceled field trips to Baltimore out of concern with the city’s rising violence, school officials announced Monday. Carroll County Public Schools received the official order last Wednesday after getting a recommendation from the county Sheriff’s Department to do so because of…