What’s one way we can love the children in our lives unconditionally? By fighting for the truth. Monica Gill, a highschool teacher in Loudoun County, Virginia, encourages other parents and teachers to bravely counteract the problems they see in education. In partnership with the Alliance Defending Freedom, Monica has successfully opened a lawsuit
Standardized testing in America’s education system is a topic that can raise both eyebrows and blood pressure. We Americans are renowned worldwide for our strong opinions, and issues touching on our children’s education tend to bring out our most passionate viewpoints. Standardized tests have been around for centuries, often thought to go as far back
My grandparents were intensely passionate about education. Both highly educated, they spent the first halves of their adult lives as teachers, principals, and school administrators. Some of my earliest memories include my grandmother busily shuffling into my mother’s classroom, where I was sitting beside her desk as she taught her first-grade students. Despite their passion,
School choice is a hot topic today, and for good reason. Choosing a good school for your kids is extremely important, especially since education has declined so much in recent years, both morally and academically. Besides that, all children and families are different, and maybe the public school in your district isn’t meeting you or
The internet and technology are tools with an incomprehensible number of uses. From homemaking to corporate America, these marvels, that exploded in use and variety in the latter half of the 20th century, have changed nearly all aspects of everyday life. In education, these advances have been undeniably noticeable. I was in high school in
Are schools training kids to be weak-minded? Ted Lamb—a high school history teacher—has noticed many declines in the school system throughout his 20+ year career. The purposeful formation of strong-minded students has suffered over the years, causing kids to suffer as a consequence. Ted isn’t letting this stop him from giving his students a
New reports have confirmed what several educators warned about and what many parents were afraid of: students suffered significant learning loss during the school shutdowns from COVID-19, and the long-term consequences on students remain to be seen. The Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE) just updated information on their studies that sought to discover how
Being a teacher in today’s world is undeniably challenging. More and more teachers are being fired because they got “caught in the culture wars,” says The Washington Post. On top of all the duties involved with having a classroom full of children to teach and nurture, teachers are pressured by government-run unions to teach things
Have you wondered if education could look different? We all know that alternative options exist. Homeschools, charter schools, magnet schools, religious schools, language immersion schools, and the list goes on and on. But, the bottom line is that these alternatives aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. Post-Covid, thousands of families have safety concerns regarding bigger schools
Are you a homeschool parent staring the reality of teaching high school in the face? Chances are, you get a little nervous just thinking about it. When your kids were small, you could pretend “growing up” wasn’t a thing, and you could sit around the kitchen table and play math games forever. Now though, you’re
