School counselors across the U.S. are seeing alarming behaviors in students due to a mental health crisis, according to a recent survey published by The New York Times. In an April survey conducted by the Times, 362 school counselors from the American School Counselor Association were asked about students’ mental health. Of those surveyed, 94%
On today’s episode, Melvin interviews Marquell Moorer, who was recently elected to his local school board in April 2022. Marquell shares how he struggled in the school system as a child and how his struggles continued upon entering college. He believes lowering education standards is a dangerous form of “soft bigotry” which promotes the
Across the United States, public schools have recently worked to ensure parents don’t know about their children’s sexual preferences or gender identities. In Missouri, about 68 school districts have implemented policies that allow schools to have private conversations with students about “academic and personal issues”—and schools do not have to disclose the information to
It was the fall of 1945. A young marine cautiously stepped into the sunlight. After months of recovery, Kye was finally leaving the USMC hospital. His young bride smiled and squeezed his hand, reminding him that they could face anything together. He’d survived Iwo Jima and returned to her. It was time to start
Did you know that roughly one in five homeschoolers in America is from a single-parent home? That means about 20% of homeschooled students are home-educated by a single parent. Surprised? If you thought that the option to homeschool was off the table for you, think again. Homeschooling as a single parent is possible! Families without
Thank you for joining us on The State of Education with Melvin Adams. Today, Melvin interviews Andrew Glover, a parent advocating for change after discovering objectionable moral content in his kid’s public school curriculum. Andrew shares challenging experiences at school board meetings along with encouragement for parents seeking to get
Last Wednesday, parents, educators, and students protested outside the White House and the U.S. Education Department against newly proposed regulations that would potentially hurt charter schools. The proposed regulations, announced last month by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, are meant to stop wasteful spending in education. Cardona explained that the regulations are designed to find communities’
Non-traditional forms of education have gained popularity in the past few decades. A rise in homeschooling, unschooling, and online tutoring makes it obvious that many parents are thinking outside the box of public schooling to advance their children’s education. With this comes a rise in autodidacticism in children. Dictionary.com defines autodidacticism as “the process or
Tammy reluctantly handed her cell phone to her five-year-old daughter in the hopes of filing her taxes in peace. She squinted at figures and clicked buttons as the self-filing program directed her through the process. Tammy glanced toward the living room and noted that Lina was occupied. Maybe she could finish this task without interruption.
What’s the story behind the Noah Webster Educational Foundation? Our organization’s president Melvin Adams and his wife Sandy share many of the alarming education issues they saw coming to America and how they wanted to provide solutions to help citizens reclaim our schools. May 10, 2022 marks our
