The World According to the Progressive Left over at 'The Intercept' … And their Most Empty Defense of Public Education ... Ever The author is one confused lady. In an article for “The Intercept”, a bewildered liberal author argues against herself. And loses. Badly. Quite a feat. The title alone is as accurate a statement … Continue reading Leftist Publication ‘The Intercept’ Attacks Parents – Parents Fire Back
There is no virtue in making children so brave that they might withstand the idiocy of adults. If schools think education is all about testing …. they’ve already forfeited their privilege to enjoy your child. Remember that. This testing madness has the tell-tale symptoms of a sick obsession … a creepy neurosis that screams of … Continue reading Educational Idiocy
About refusing these tests ... a mom writes ... "Although I am 100% against it, and I have made my feelings clearly known to my husband, my son specifically asked that he be allowed to [take the] test … and my husband feels like we should allow him to do it. I am beyond frustrated … Continue reading Helping Your Children Refuse
It’s impossible to tell a story you don’t even know. A jigsaw story with lots of pieces that don’t fit together. But I can’t get this story that I don’t know out of my head. I bought a book I shouldn’t have … at an estate sale. Found it in a danky basement. No one … Continue reading A Pious Frenzy
Guest post Street Lights I was sitting in a diner, only a couple of people around, having their own conversations, taking their time with every movement they made. I sipped on my sprite and looked at the clock on the wall, seeing how slowly the seconds ticked by. I watched as the bubbles from my … Continue reading Street Lights
“Why do we protest one meaningless test and ignore the real harm being done day after day for years now? Opting out changed nothing for the children.” A Patchogue-Medford, NY, mom And she’s right. Fighting today’s education reform battles with yesterday’s tactics is a feel-good waste of time. “Nostalgia is a seductive liar.” Remember that. … Continue reading Spring Testing – Time For Hardball – An OptOut/WalkOut
https://www.facebook.com/ijrredpresents/videos/166395627393828/ This is how it stops. One father or mother stands up ... says "Enough!" ... and then takes them to court. Then another does the same. And another. Once other taxpayers see their hard earned school dollars going to pay settlements for such stupidity, well, it'll stop. And perhaps those angry taxpayers can … Continue reading This Is How It Stops! #Enough Parents Fight Back
There’s a reason why “Animal Farm” endures … It seems that student walk-outs are very excellent displays of teenage wisdom and activism … IF the cause meets certain liberal standards. High school history teacher Julianne Benzel wondered … out loud … to her students … during class … "if protests of a different sort would receive … Continue reading Gulag High School -Animal Farm Endures
"There's nothing more we can say ... THEY went there ... THEY rang the bell ... it can't be undone." ~Cindy Curcio~ The recent National Walk-Out was staged political theatre ... a public abduction of America’s youth. “It was savvy propaganda artists deliberately terrifying children by convincing them that they should be more afraid of … Continue reading You’ve Been Played – National School Walkout
So … what are you gonna do? School assassin Nikolas Cruz was a problem student for years … but school officials and the local police white-washed his record … to make the schools appear safer. Cops were called to his home 39 times for domestic disturbances … but this didn’t raise a red flag. The … Continue reading So … You’re Okay With This? Social Justice Schitzoids Usurp Parents
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