#Chicago parents told not to bring kids to school amid reopening impasse

#Chicago parents told not to bring kids to school amid reopening impasse

“#Chicago parents told not to bring kids to school amid reopening impasse” The parents of Chicago public school students were told not to send their children to school Thursday as the stalemate between the school district and teachers union continues over reopening conditions.  Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district decided not to report to schools this week over concerns about…

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#Joe Biden is set to pull America’s schools far to the left

#Joe Biden is set to pull America’s schools far to the left

“#Joe Biden is set to pull America’s schools far to the left” Education reformers breathed a sigh of relief when it became clear that President-elect Joe Biden wouldn’t tap a teachers-union leader as his secretary of education, contrary to the post-election rumor mill. Instead, Biden nominated Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona. Compared to teachers-union leaders,…

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#How cancel culture keeps COVID-19 lockdown-doubters silent

#How cancel culture keeps COVID-19 lockdown-doubters silent

“#How cancel culture keeps COVID-19 lockdown-doubters silent” “Thank you so much for speaking out to open schools. I can’t do it myself, for obvious reasons.” “I completely agree with you about opening schools in September, but I’m afraid I’ll be targeted at my job.” These were just a few of the supportive reader comments I…

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#De Blasio degrades school standards

#De Blasio degrades school standards

“#De Blasio degrades school standards” It’s remarkable enough that a leader sitting in America’s financial capital would deliver such a faithful update of Karl Marx’s disastrous dictum, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” But to do so as a preamble to announcing the removal of selection criteria in middle-school…

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