Can a society which welcomes diversity find room in its group hug to embrace truth? One would think that the answer should be yes. After all, if every person, idea, or viewpoint is allowed, then why not truth? Sadly, the answer seems to be no, at least according to the Alberta Department of Education. As…
College professor Ali Gordon wasn’t always a fan of homeschool students. Like many others, he believed that homeschoolers were sheltered individuals, unable to fend for themselves once they left the comfort of their own home. But Dr. Gordon’s mind began to change as he encountered homeschool students in his courses in the Mechanical and Aerospace…
Evie Fordham Middle and high school students are citing anxiety as their reason for pushing back against assigned in-class presentations as research shows that nearly one third of teenagers have an anxiety disorder. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that an estimated 31.9 percent of adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 exhibit some form…
Nick Givas An Australian high school is experimenting with a new policy that bans phones from the classroom and restricts Wi-Fi access, to help limit distractions and cut down on cyberbullying. The principal of New Town High in Hobart, Australia, David Kilpatrick, claimed the policy is working and producing positive results since being implemented at…
Wall Street Journal recently ran an article on the soaring cost of child care for American families. As the WSJ explains, “the cost of child care and nursery school has increased nearly twice as fast as overall inflation since the recession ended” in 2009. Particularly striking is the change in child-rearing costs between 1960 and…
Everyone expects the first week of school to contain some hiccups. Even though we all know that our children are perfect angels and would never give their teachers trouble, the transition to schedules and classmates can also contain behavior problems that mom and dad will eventually hear about. What most parents don’t expect to hear,…
I spent the past week at a camp teaching teens about the legislative process. Among other things, the teens learned about American history, government, and worldview, while also role-playing as senators, representatives, and media. The week ended with a final debate on the house floor of the Minnesota Capitol. Here are five interesting things I…
As back-to-school time approaches, parents are bracing for school-related trauma. The threat of bullying, violence, school shootings, and mental health maladies looms large as a new school year emerges. A 2018 PDK poll found that one-third of parents are concerned about their child’s safety at school, a sharp jump in recent years. And it’s not just peer…
Grace Carr Students who attend the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) must pay a hefty fee for the operation of a committee dedicated to combatting toxic masculinity on campus, and not all students are happy about it. Formed by a group of female UCLA students in spring 2018, the Toxic Masculinity Committee pushes back…
Neetu Chandak Republicans and Democrats both agree colleges are going in the wrong direction, they just disagree on why they are going wrong with Democrats placing more emphasis on expensive tuition while Republicans were more worried about the political climate, according to a study released Thursday. Pew Research Center conducted the study between June 19 and…