Los Angeles Can Re-Open Public Schools, Grades TK-6 For In-Class Instruction This Week, Say Public Health Officials
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Deadline ^
| February 15, 2021 | Tom Tapp
Late Monday evening Los Angeles County health officials announced some long-awaited good news. In
a statement, they said the region had reached the required threshold of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 to allow students back into classrooms. The issue has been a contentious one throughout the pandemic with many parents wondering why private schools were allowed to reopen and, if there had been no pattern of outbreaks at area schools, why public schools were not allowed to follow. LA Public Health @lapublichealth Public Health Expects to Reach the Threshold Required to Reopen Schools. Dozens of Elementary Schools will be Permitted to...
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In the Same Towns, Private Schools Are Reopening While Public Schools Are Not. Private schools have always had more flexibility, and usually more money, but never has that disparity made a bigger difference than now.
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New York Times ^
| July 16, 2020 | Claire Cain Miller
In Honolulu, nearly all public schools are planning to allow students to return for just part of the week. But
at Punahou, a private school for grades kindergarten through 12, school will open full time for everyone. The school has an epidemiologist on staff and is installing thermal scanners in the hallways to take people’s temperatures as they walk by. It has a new commons area and design lab as well as an 80-acre campus that students can use to spread out. There were already two teachers for 25 children, so it will be easy to cut classes in half...
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Public schools are public enemy number one!
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04/22/23 | Jim Robinson
What is wrong with our cities? What
is wrong with our government? What is wrong with our culture? What is wrong with our society? Who or what is poisoning the minds of our children?
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New York State’s Directive to Schools: Lie to Parents - Secret gender transition is now the default policy for the state’s public schools.
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City Journal ^
| 16 Jun, 2023 | Max Eden
Parents who send their kids to New York public schools have lots to worry about. Is
he really learning? Is she really safe? And: Is the school gender-transitioning my child behind my back? Earlier this week, the New York State Department of Education (NYSED) published a “legal update and best practice” document for how schools should serve “transgender and gender expansive” students. The key takeaway: if your child decides that he or she wants to socially transition to the opposite gender, it is now a “best practice” for the school to lie to you about it. “Only the student,” the...
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California Schools Prepare for Thousands of Afghan Refugee Students [PBS affiliate KQED says public schools are designating some rooms as prayer rooms for Muslims]
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KQED ^
| September 20, 2021 | Diana Lambert
Elk Grove Unified School District began offering culturally appropriate meals and setting aside rooms in many of its middle and high schools for prayer during Muslim holidays in preparation for the additional Afghan students it expects in the next month.
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Terry McAwful Touts Virginia Public Schools and Raising His Children There, Fails to Mention One Important Detail [This liar and hypocrite actually sent 4 of his 5 children to private schools]
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Liberty Daily ^
| October 31, 2021 | J.D. Rucker
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, a radical leftist Democrat, has been all over the board when it comes to education. He
doesn’t want parents making decisions about their kids’ education. He claims Critical Race Theory is not taught there when it is. He ignores transgender rapes in girls’ bathrooms. All the while, he puts on a happy — albeit creepy — face when describing how wonderful Virginia public schools are. He is very proud to have raised his kids through the system. Well, one, at least. He sent the other four to private school, though neglects to mention that on...
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California Public Schools Phase out ‘D’ and ‘F’ Grades for High School Students in an attempt to reengage students and boost entry into the state’s public colleges.
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Epoch Times ^
| 12/12/2021 | Tammy Hung
As high school students transition out of distance learning imposed by pandemic restrictions, several California districts are dropping the use of “D” and “F” grades in an attempt to reengage students in school and boost entry into the state’s public colleges. Los
Angeles Unified, Oakland Unified, Sacramento City Unified, and San Diego Unified are among the districts phasing out “D” and “F” grades for high school students. If students fail a test or don’t finish their homework, they will be given another chance to retake the test or receive an extension on submitting assignments. “Our hope is that students begin...
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Baltimore’s public schools
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wordpress ^
| May 9, 2015 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Baltimore’s public schools During the 2010-2011 school year (the most recent year for which data is available) Baltimore’s public schools spent $17,329 per student.What do students get for all that money that is being spent?According to standardized tests, only 16% of eighth graders in Baltimore’s public schools
are proficient or better at reading, and only 13% are proficient or better at math.Jon Stewart thinks the solution is to spend more money. He recently said:“If we are spending a trillion dollars to rebuild Afghanistan’s schools, we can’t, you know, put a little taste Baltimore’s way. It’s...
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Why so much depression in our public schools?
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Canada Free Press ^
| Nov 5, 2019 | Bruce Deitrick Price
Someone asked this question on Quora:Is there a flaw to the American school system? Why
do so many teens have depression? Why don’t people do anything about it?My answer: Okay, let’s suppose you’re a ninth-grade student in the school system. What are some reasons you might feel anxious and depressed? First, you sense from the early grades nothing very serious is going on in your school. People never really learn to read. They don’t know any geography, any history, any science. Many students can hardly add and subtract. People sometimes think that taking it easy is a good idea. Yes,...
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Take your kids out of public schools
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Youtube ^
| 6/8/23 | Benny Show
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NYC to ban cellphones in public schools.
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Citizen Watch Report ^
New York City Public Schools, the nation’s largest school district, is planning to prohibit cellphone use during the school day. This
major policy shift comes in response to growing concern about youth mental health and the impact of smartphones on children. The ban will affect approximately 915,000 students. While students will still be allowed to bring their devices to school, they will be off-limits during school hours. This move represents a significant departure from current practice, where individual school principals set their own cellphone policies. Additionally, New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to propose legislation that would prohibit smartphones in...
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The Purpose of Public Schools
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educationviews.org ^
| Sep 9, 2015 | Bruce Deitrick Price
"The traditional view is simply stated: the purpose of public education is to take each child as far as each child can be taken. Who
can disagree with that?" "H. L Mencken famously proclaimed: “The erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply...
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THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WEIGH IN
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Powerline ^
| 01/09/2021 | John Hinderaker
America’s public schools are owned lock, stock and barrel by the Democratic Party, so it is no surprise that they are now echoing their party’s line on last week’s events. I
have seen several partisan emails from school districts; this one comes from my own district:
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Public Schools Top Ten List
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Accuracy in Academia ^
| May 7, 2016 | Malcolm A. Kline
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) came up with a list of the top ten things that make public schools exceptional in 2016. See
if you can spot any of these in a government school near you: • "Modernized career technical education (CTE)" (Do Instagram photos, tweets, facebook updates and the ability to Google oneself count?); • "Data Systems" (For what, you might ask?); • "High-Quality Pre-Kindergarten" (and how many students who are fortunate enough to receive it will remember it when they are post-Kindergarten?); • "English Language Learners and Reading" (But do they?) ; • "College-Going" (this may not...
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Public Schools: the Three Big Problems that We Must Fix
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Republic Standard ^
| May 1, 2018 | Bruce Deitrick Price
Summary: One thing our public schools do well is undermine real education.... K-12 education is a big swirl of unnecessary problems and impasses. Millions
of children are damaged by what seem to be ideological decisions. Our self-appointed experts, which I call the Education Establishment, appear unable to improve the schools. Worse, they don't seem to want to. Let’s identify the three main problems as the first step toward fixing them: First, our schools seem to become dumber by the year and probably by the month. Government statistics say that the majority of our students, in both fourth grade and eighth...
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Who Is Dumbing Down The Public Schools?
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Education Views ^
| May 20, 2018 | Bruce Deitrick Price
<p>“I, Robot” was recently on the tube. It
tells an old story. Robots start off as loyal servants to humanity but they become rewired, or they rewire themselves, and soon the battle for dominance is on.</p> <p>As a robot army advances on the city, loudspeakers blare: “Stay in your home…for your own safety.” They want to take over the planet and rule but not for any selfish reasons of their own. They want only to help us.</p>
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The Purpose of Public Schools
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EducationViews.org ^
| Sept. 9, 2015 | Bruce Deitrick Price
The traditional view is simply stated: the purpose of public education is to take each child as far as each child can be taken. Who
can disagree with that? If a school is aiming for less, that school would seem to me to be guilty of malpractice or false advertising. Doesn’t the word “education” imply a striving for excellence? At the end of each school year, children are presumed to know more than at the start. Isn’t that a reasonable presumption? Somewhat bizarrely, given what’s going on in our public schools, the Education Establishment might claim they agree. Oh yes,...
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Public Schools: The Three Big Problems We Must Fix
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Republic Standard ^
| May 3, 2018 | Bruce Deitrick Price
One thing our public schools do well is undermine real education. K-12
education is a big swirl of unnecessary problems and impasses. Millions of children are damaged by what seem to be ideological decisions. Our self-appointed experts, which I call the Education Establishment, appear unable to improve the schools. Worse, they don't seem to want to. Let’s identify the three main problems as the first step toward fixing them: First, our schools seem to become dumber by the year and probably by the month. Government statistics say that the majority of our students, in both fourth grade and eighth grade,...
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DC Public Schools Spokeswoman Wants To ‘Get Rid Of’ All White Men
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The Daily Caller News Foundation ^
| December 14, 2016 | Blake Neff
A spokeswoman for Washington, D.C.’s public school system tweeted Tuesday about her desire to “abolish” all white men. The
declaration by Hilary Tone, who works a day job as communications director for D.C. Public Schools, was prompted by president-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rick Perry to lead the Department of Energy. Pointing towards Perry’s stated desire to abolish the department he’s been tapped to lead, Tone quipped that she would personally like to lead (and presumably also eliminate) the “Department of White Men.”
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DC public schools to go virtual through at least November
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Fox News ^
| 7/30/20 | Morgan Phillips
President Trump Holds a News Conference: 5:30PM EDT on 7/30/2020.
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