Why We Need to Take Education Back to Past Practices
Sometimes the best way to go forward is to go backward. In 1899, the population of Boonville, North Carolina was under 200. It was a...
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At Least Six States Close Down All Public Schools
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Mary Margaret Olohan Public schools across the country have begun to close over the coronavirus pandemic, with some states outright declaring that all public schools...
Opponents Go After ‘Draconian’ Bill Requiring Parental Notification Before Teaching LGBTQ Content In Schools
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Mary Margaret Olohan Opponents criticized an Iowa bill that would require schools to notify parents before teaching LGBTQ content to children. Lawmakers introduced the Republican...
Families Today Have More Schooling Options Than Ever, But Nowhere Near Enough
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I am a glass-half-full kind of person, so while we could focus on the criticisms and some of the setbacks related to expanding educational freedom...
“Miss Virginia” Shows the Dilemma Many Lower-Income Families Face on Schooling
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Every once in awhile, a film comes along that you can’t stop thinking about long after the credits roll. Miss Virginia is such a movie....
New Jersey Teachers Prep Lesson Plans On LGBTQ History, Homosexual Persecution During Holocaust
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Mary Margaret Olohaney The curriculum comes after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a 2019 law requiring all public schools to include LGBTQ lessons in middle school...
An Old Debate Over Religion in School is Opening Up Again
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David Mislin, Temple University As the 2020 election approaches in the United States, President Donald Trump is adding school prayer to the list of contentious...
Forget Reform. It’s Time For REVOLUTION In Education
For the past few years, and the last couple months especially, it is rare to hop onto social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or...
Here Is What Parents And Activists Say About Austin’s Progressive Sex Education
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Mary Margaret Olohan – The Austin Independent School District plans to implement a progressive sex education curriculum in 2020. – Parents and activists expressed concerns...
Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools
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As Chicago teachers’ strike continues with no end in sight, 300,000 students spend another day outside of the public school classroom. Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot,...