Topic: Public Schools

Accompanied by 2 vice principals, Berkeley public school students march to Jewish Community Center and chant slogans at <em>preschoolers</em> inside
Accompanied by 2 vice principals, Berkeley public school students march to Jewish Community Center and chant slogans at preschoolers inside May 12, 2024 Thomas Lifson Pro-Hamas demonstrators terrifying toddlers isn't really a surprise, is it?
K–12 Public Schools’ Digital Policies Are Ripe for Persecuting Conservative Students
K–12 Public Schools’ Digital Policies Are Ripe for Persecuting Conservative Students April 12, 2024 Stephanie Lundquist-Arora Considering the left-leaning inclinations of our public schools, conservative students are routinely subject to unjust and unfounded targeting and persecution for their “thought crimes,” with Orwellian digital monitoring.
K–12 Public Schools’ Digital Policies Are Ripe for Persecuting Conservative Students
K–12 Public Schools’ Digital Policies Are Ripe for Persecuting Conservative Students April 12, 2024 Harry Jackson Considering the left-leaning inclinations of our public schools, conservative students are routinely subject to unjust and unfounded targeting and persecution for their “thought crimes,” with Orwellian digital monitoring.
What should be taught in public schools
What should be taught in public schools June 5, 2022 Uldis Sprogis More reading and writing and arithmetic. Less critical race theory.
Wokester apocalypse: Public school enrollment plunges in California — and everywhere else
Wokester apocalypse: Public school enrollment plunges in California — and everywhere else April 24, 2021 Monica Showalter Public school enrollment is declining nationwide, and it's not "the pandemic."
Schoolteachers worrying about parents overhearing their brainwashing of students in online classes
Schoolteachers worrying about parents overhearing their brainwashing of students in online classes August 11, 2020 Thomas Lifson The teachers' unions might want to re-think their opposition to re-opening schools, given the priority some of them place on ideological indoctrination that can't withstand the scrutiny of parents.
The masked re-opening of K–12 schools in 2020
The masked re-opening of K–12 schools in 2020 July 2, 2020 Sean M. Brooks With the K–12 school year on the brink of returning, policy-makers and pseudo-experts are coming out of the woodwork to make your child's life at school less enjoyable than it used to be. 
Big City Schools: Where America’s Most Vulnerable Kids Languish
Big City Schools: Where America’s Most Vulnerable Kids Languish May 23, 2020 John Eidson For a half-century running, Democrat-run urban schools have robbed minority children of a realistic chance for a decent education.  
Propaganda organs of the left hard hit by lockdown
Propaganda organs of the left hard hit by lockdown May 22, 2020 Thomas Lifson The key propaganda organs of the left, progressive media, higher education, and government schools, may never be the same. 
Virginia school system to give student wokesters a day off to go protesting
Virginia school system to give student wokesters a day off to go protesting December 28, 2019 Monica Showalter They're trying to encourage the formation of teenage leftists.
Worse Than Ever: Government Schools After 35 Years
Worse Than Ever: Government Schools After 35 Years August 15, 2019 Lawrence M. Ludlow After 35 years, I returned to the classroom because a high school in a higher income community was unable to replace a Latin teacher who had resigned.
A is for Activist?
A is for Activist? August 24, 2018 David Solway Trained to follow a leftist curricular agenda, a majority of K-12 teachers are set on molding the social justice warriors, anti-free market revolutionaries, radical environmentalists, global warmists, and feminist Furies of the future.
A New School Year of Reading, Writing, and Crimes against Students
A New School Year of Reading, Writing, and Crimes against Students August 23, 2018 John David Powell Students across the country are beginning the school year with enhanced security to prevent on-campus shootings, but school boards are not providing the same level of protection against the most prevalent crime against students: sexual assault by school employees.
Wisconsin middle school caught brainwashing young adolescents into guilt with 'privilege test'
Wisconsin middle school caught brainwashing young adolescents into guilt with 'privilege test' December 27, 2017 Thomas Lifson They didn't do anything wrong, but they promise they won't do it again.  Not as blatantly, at least.
School Coach Branded Racist for Calling Thugs 'Thugs'
School Coach Branded Racist for Calling Thugs 'Thugs' October 13, 2017 Daren Jonescu A perfect microcosm of our modern educational disaster.
Normalizing 'shooting at Trump' for the kiddies in public schools
Normalizing 'shooting at Trump' for the kiddies in public schools October 8, 2017 Monica Showalter A Wyoming public school lists 'shooting at Trump' as a possible choice in a multiple-choice quiz.
Latest educrat idiocy: Chants of ‘USA, USA!’ are ‘intolerant’
Latest educrat idiocy: Chants of ‘USA, USA!’ are ‘intolerant’ September 16, 2017 Thomas Lifson I am so old that I remember when public schools taught love of country.
The End of Government Schools
The End of Government Schools August 11, 2017 Mary Hasson and Theresa Farnan School choice advocates should be heartened: Progressives lately have had to stoop low, get dirty, and hurl mudballs in our direction, because that's all they've got.
High school graduation rates skyrocketing under New York's new ‘Fail-Pass’ program
High school graduation rates skyrocketing under New York's new ‘Fail-Pass’ program February 14, 2017 Ed Straker But by graduating students who failed several of the Regents exams, educators found that they were able to significantly boost graduation rates, and now they boast of their success.
State of Michigan declares there are <em>no</em> bad teachers in the state
State of Michigan declares there are no bad teachers in the state January 13, 2017 Thomas Lifson If we are to believe the statistics compiled by the State of Michigan’s Center for Educational Performance and Information...
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial page editor calls for murder of GOP legislators
Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial page editor calls for murder of GOP legislators June 8, 2016 Thomas Lifson The largest newspaper in Michigan and the largest city newspaper owned by Gannett.
Public schoolteacher who asked 12-year-old students about their ‘privilege’ resigns
Public schoolteacher who asked 12-year-old students about their ‘privilege’ resigns April 16, 2016 Thomas Lifson The leftist educational establishment has so thoroughly indoctrinated the teaching profession with a mania for tearing down what progressives see as “social injustice” that parents cannot assume their children are safe from harassment. 
SF school principal suspends student council election outcome because results not &#039;diverse&#039; enough
SF school principal suspends student council election outcome because results not 'diverse' enough October 20, 2015 Thomas Lifson Principal locked in an Orwellian mindset.
Average NYC school janitor makes $109K a year
Average NYC school janitor makes $109K a year September 21, 2015 Thomas Lifson There’s just not enough money for education, right?
Clandestine Religion in Public Education
Clandestine Religion in Public Education September 27, 2014 Lee Culpepper For the past half century, public education has operated like a double-agent enemy mole that hides in plain sight while it sabotages society