The lesson of 1989 is that today’s culture and ideas are tomorrow’s politics and policies. n August 1989, Poland’s parliament did the unthinkable. The Soviet satellite state elected an anti-communist as its new prime minister. The world waited with bated breath to see what would happen next. And then it happened: nothing. When no Soviet tanks deployed to […]
When Your Daughter Defies Biology (WSJ)
The burden of mothers whose children suffer from ‘rapid onset gender dysphoria.’ A reader contacted me under a pseudonym a few months ago. She turned out to be a prominent Southern lawyer with a problem she hoped I’d write about. Her college-age daughter had always been a “girly girl” and intellectually precocious, but had struggled […]
California Teachers Union Conducted Research Targeting Parent Group, Emails S...
It’s not called the Education Union, Student’s Union, Parent’s Union… Recent emails that were revealed through a public records request show that California Teachers Association (CTA) conducted opposition research targeting Parent Association, a grassroots parent group that worked to get schools reopened during pandemic lockdowns. Opposition research is the practice of collecting information on a political opponent or other […]
Teachers Who Don’t Affirm Gender Identities Accused of Harming Students
Do you remember when you first heard of the terms “nonbinary” or “gender fluid”? How about “gender-expansive” or “gender-nonconforming”? I bet it was within the past five years. I recently came across a guide distributed to teachers and administrators nationwide. The guide was made in partnership with the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Education […]
Push for Community Schools Focused on ‘Equity’ Raises Red Flags, Say Critics
From Epoch Times A global push to provide students with much more than just education under the banner of “community schools” has left many parents wondering what the program is all about, who’s behind it, and why its agenda is centered around the concept of “equity.” A full-service community school strives to “meet the social, […]
5 Answers to CRT
And they say CRT isn’t being taught…
The education establishment is trying to convince you that Critical Race Theory (CRT) isn’t being taught in the classroom. They’re either willfully ignorant or simply being untruthful. Asra Nomani, a “mama bear” and one of the key people involved in Parents Defending Education, spoke about CRT and politicized curriculum being taught in the classroom […]
Gender Ideology Run Amok
The following is adapted from a speech delivered on April 27, 2021, in Franklin, Tennessee, at a Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar. Abigail ShrierAuthor, Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters In 2007, America had one pediatric gender clinic; today there are hundreds. Testosterone is readily available to adolescents from places like Planned Parenthood and […]
4th School Accused of Secretly Helping Children Turn Transgender
By Alice Giordano January 28, 2022 Updated: February 1, 2022 When former Ludlow, Massachusetts, teacher Bonnie Manchester was told by school administrators to call a female student by “his new gender name” and not to mention that to the child’s parents, that was the last straw. “I did what any teacher would and should do: I told the parents,” Manchester […]
Leaked Audio Reveals How California Teachers Recruit Kids Into LGBTQ Clubs
“The teachers bragged about spying on students’ online searches and activity as well as eavesdropping on their conversations to identify and recruit sixth-grade students into these LGBTQ clubs whose membership rolls are kept hidden from parents.” By Brad Jones November 20, 2021 Updated A leaked audio recording reveals two teachers at a recent California Teachers Association (CTA) conference mocking parents over their […]