Education Archive

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Fifteen states are considering measures that would get abusive teachers out of the classroom and away from vulnerable kids

Is your public school welcoming pro-gay speakers, but denying requests to let students hear the other side of the story? Here are five talking points--based on U.S. Supreme Court decisions--that you can use to fight that discrimination.

The stark reality is that children’s performance in schools cannot be separated from the problems occurring in society at large.

What to do when your child's school conducts a one-sided "diversity" day or other homosexuality promotion.

Concerned about what kind of books are in your child’s public school library? This Web site, the “Facts on Fiction” online database created by the Alabama Policy Institute, is an excellent tool that provides detailed reviews and excerpts from children’s books found in school libraries across the nation.

A new study indicates advocates for school choice are having some success.

Fifteen states are considering measures that would get abusive teachers out of the classroom and away from vulnerable kids.

Some states are proposing "academic freedom" legislation

You’d think universities promoted as a haven for free thought would gladly welcome all beliefs. At least that’s what Michelle DeRitter thought...

School choice is the way to promote diversity – not government mandates.

A quick debriefing on what's really happening. 

Gay activists have set the public schools in the crosshairs of their strategy. In "The 'Recruiting' of Children into Accepting Homosexuality," FRC authors explore the importance of you knowing the aggressive intent of gay activists.

We invite you to take our test, and learn what three families discovered when they examined the books their high-achieving teens were assigned to read in honors classes.

Can students form religious clubs that meet on campus? What about handing out religious literature or evangelizing their fellow students? Can they address religious themes in their assignments?

They learned that knowing about stories in the news is far less important than learning to identify the worldviews that undergird them.

A letter from the secretary of education in 1999 outlining the religious expression freedom students and teachers have in our public schools.

Is it politically correct to use the word "Christmas" in public school settings anymore?

"What about the children?" That should be the first question we ask of any proposal to change American education.

What age are students most likely to be bullied in school? This retrospective study will help parents know what kind of precautions need to be taken, and begin to formulate how to support their son or daughter in school.

Homosexual group preaches one message but lives by another.

What we need is a more accurate view of the problem of bullying in our public schools-- not a politicized view of the issue.

It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School-a 78-minute documentary designed to show educators how to "address gay and lesbian issues with young children."

We have seen that anti-bullying legislation usually opens the door to the gay activist agenda in public schools, including the aggressive formation of GSA (Gay Straight Alliance) Clubs by activists on school campuses.

Homeschooling, hardly the edgy option that it was thirty years ago, is an excellent opportunity for many families.

Home schoolers have the most important resource of all: time.

Pennsylvania's Home School Law requires that school districts, if requested, must give homeschoolers textbooks and health services, but allows each school district to decide whether to permit homeschoolers access to public school classes and activities.

In the landscape of today’s educational world, there are many voices attempting to redefine education, including the home school movement.

Would quality rise or fall if K-12 education were deregulated and opened to choice and competition? The question is at the forefront of the school choice debate.

We believe in a vibrant educational public square that recognizes and accommodates the different moral, religious and cultural philosophies that parents may desire for their children.

What does it mean that you have the right to direct your child's education?

How to reach out to kids who are picked on.

Can they work together? Can a hybrid system succeed? We have promising evidence from charter schools, which must contend with both forms of accountability at the same time and which generally find it possible to balance them.

This book offers helpful and practical steps for parents, students, educators, and community leaders to impact local public schools.

Is it best to involve our children in as many activities as possible?

Judge us and our institutions by whether they do the things that we professionals believe contribute to the desired results.

Court cases like the Ninth Circuit's decision to ban the Pledge of Allegiance from schools foster public debate and can gradually sway public opinion.