School District Reportedly Hired A Consultant To Teach The ‘Privilege Pie’ Chart And A ‘Pyramid Of White Supremacy’
Kendall Tietz A Washington state school allegedly required teachers to complete a training where teachers discussed their privilege based on particular attributes, according to an anonymous teacher. One exercise in the Tumwater, Washington, school district’s “privilege” training included “The Privilege Pie,” where participants were told to color in sections prevalent to them, the teacher […]
Teacher Reportedly Forced To Remove A Pro-Police Flag Because The School Deemed It A ‘Political Symbol.’ BLM And Pride Flags Still Allowed
Kendall Tietz A Marysville Middle School teacher had a Thin Blue Line flag hanging in her classroom to show her support for police, but the school district’s human resources department said the flag could cause “disruption in the classroom,” because it is a “political symbol.” The teacher has reportedly seen Black Lives Matter messaging in […]
California’s Misguided Education Spending
By Larry Sand According to the Census Bureau, California spends $15,837 per K-12 pupil, ranking 19th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. In 2019, the state spent about $79 billion on education, yet these expenditures have done little in the way of improving its schools. And a new “deluge of state and federal […]
LAUSD – Student Centered Funding, School Choice and Racism
By Larry Sand When the Los Angeles school board met last week, one of the items on its agenda was voting on the new Student Centered Funding (SCF) plan. As California Policy Center’s Chantal Lovell explained several weeks ago, SCF authorizes school principals to make decisions as to how district-allocated funds are spent, with […]
Vaccinating Kids As Young As 5 Would Be A ‘Game Changer,’ Biden’s Education Secretary Says
Kendall Tietz President Joe Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine for children would be a “game changer” for students in the U.S.’s public school system, U.S. News reported. Pfizer announced Monday that a smaller dose of its vaccine has generated an immune response in 5 to 11-year-old children during the […]
Fairfax County Mother Reveals Books In School Libraries Depicting Child Porn And Pedophilia
Kendall Tietz A mother of a student at Fairfax County Public Schools called out the school board for indirectly making available to students books featuring child pornography and pedophilia in its libraries at Thursday night’s school board meeting. Stacy Langton opened by explaining that she watched what had happened at a Texas school board meeting […]
Grunt Style 90 Second Civics- 10th Amendment
Greg Albaugh- Citizens Journal As stated by the National Archives, The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans’ rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law […]
Santa Barbara, CA | Teacher’s Fund “Back-To-School” Supplies Drive Will Send $62,000 To Local Classrooms
SANTA BARBARA, California, September 22, 2021 – Santa Barbara-area teachers welcoming students back to their classroom this fall will do so buoyed by over $62,000 raised by the local non-profit Teacher’s Fund. This year’s annual Back-to-School Drive was especially meaningful – and needed – as teachers bought new tools, learning materials and otherwise equipped their classrooms […]
Board Chair, Vice-Chair And Board Members Announced By Ventura College Foundation; Two Board Members Added
Ventura, Calif.–The Ventura College Foundation Board of Directors selected a new board chair and vice-chair and approved two board members. The new foundation board chair is Ellyn Dembowski, a Realtor at Berkshire Hathaway in Ventura. She has been on the foundation board for 12 years. “As we get closer to Ventura College’s 100th anniversary in […]
Grunt Style 90 Second Civics- 9th Amendment
Greg Albaugh- Citizens Journal As stated by the National Archives, The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans’ rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law […]
