What’s the deal with Social Emotional Learning? Is it helpful or harmful? As a father himself, Alvin Lui has a personal stake in the fight against childrens’ indoctrination. That’s why he created Courage Is A Habit, which has a goal to expose the dangers of SEL, or Social Emotional Learning. In today’s episode, he
Thousands of people recently participated in the public comment period for the Biden administration’s rewriting of Title IX, which would force schools across the country to allow biological males to compete in women’s sports. In just thirty days, the U.S. Department of Education received over 156,000 comments on their proposed changes made in April to
Social Emotional Learning has crept into our schools, almost unnoticed. Is that good? Bad? Our guest today has some answers. Has your child taken a survey in school that touched on inappropriate topics? Have they come across vulgar books in their school library? LGBTQ and Critical Race Theory talking points are everywhere in schools
Pew Research Center reported back in 2020 that “two-thirds of parents in the U.S. say parenting is harder today than it was 20 years ago.” Why? Many said the struggle is due to technology, particularly social media or smartphones. Keeping children safe and mentally healthy is harder than ever now that screens are literally at
Have you ever wondered how NWEF got started? Today is Noah Webster Educational Foundation’s second birthday. In honor of that, we’re excited to have our host, Melvin Adams, switch seats and share his own story this week! Our content manager, Catherine, joins him on the show this week to ask questions about Melvin’s life
Lawyers representing the Virginia first-grade teacher who was shot by her student early this year filed a $40 million lawsuit on Monday because school administration dismissed multiple warnings that the boy was showing aggressive behavior and carrying a gun. Twenty-five-year-old Abigail Zwerner is seeking damages for the “physical pain and mental anguish" she suffers from
Nonprofit Parents Defending Education revealed in a recent investigation that over 3 million children across the U.S. have school policies that keep parents from knowing about their child’s gender changes. According to a new list on Parents Defending Education (PDE)’s website, there are nearly 6,000 schools with policies that prevent staff from telling parents about
Families play an essential role in fostering their children’s social-emotional learning. Research shows that SEL is more effective when parents and guardians model the same skills and behaviors that students are mastering in the classroom. -Panorama Education SEL, or social emotional learning, is a process aimed at helping students master the art of supporting
This past weekend, Noah Webster Educational Foundation (NWEF) hosted a professional development summit for Virginia school board members with conservative values, which featured notable speakers like Governor Glenn Youngkin. Over 50 school board members and candidates from across Virginia gathered on March 3-4 to learn how to best represent their constituents from several education advocates
Therapy is no longer safe and, sometimes, it does more harm than good. Why doesn’t modern therapy always work? Part of the reason is simply: “affirmation.” Many therapists are pressured to affirm everything, even dangerous delusions and irreversible gender changes in children. Today on The State of Education with Melvin Adams, we’re again talking
