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One would think that teachers’ unions should be impartial and neutral when it comes to the divisive politics of the day. But that is far from the truth, based on comments made during the annual Teach conference for the left-wing teachers’ union, American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The conference took place last month and it was […]

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned affirmative action spurred much outcry from the Left, but much of the coverage ignored how conservative Asian-Americans felt about the ruling. The left-wing group Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders for Civic Empowerment Education Fund (AAPI FORCE-EF) criticized the ruling because it thought the ruling would have negative impacts […]

Although marijuana is illegal on the federal level, states have loosened restrictions on marijuana when it comes to medical or recreational use. It appears that the NCAA, the governing body of collegiate athletics, may be headed in the same direction of deregulating marijuana use for its athletes. As Higher Ed Dive reported, the Committee on […]

An organization that advocates for limited application of standardized assessments announced that over 1,900 colleges are no longer mandating SAT or ACT scores to be admitted to college in the Fall 2023 semester. FairTest claimed that test score requirements have “a negative disparate impact on Black and Latinx applicants” that create a barrier to entry […]

An organization associated with the United Nations, UNICEF, voiced its concerns that the Taliban government is pushing out international aid organizations from Afghanistan’s education sector, particularly when it comes to educating women and girls. The Taliban, in December 2022, instituted a ban on Afghan female staff working for international organizations because these women were not […]

The College Board, which is an organization that designs Advanced Placement (AP) courses in high schools across the country, is embroiled in a controversy with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over its course content and curriculum. DeSantis objected to an AP course on black American history because it contained allegedly offensive, age-inappropriate content such as “queer […]

Did you know that for the past ten years, there has been an annual “Stonewall National Education Project (SNEP) Educators’ Symposium” to celebrate LGBTQ+ history. The symposium is named after the Stonewall Riots (also known as Stonewall Uprising) of June 28, 1969, where a New York City police raid of a gay club Stonewall Inn […]

The Twitter Files story, have you heard of it? It’s unlikely that you have because the liberal mainstream media has suppressed, if not ignored, the story altogether. Several independent journalists, such as former Rolling Stone reporter Matt Taibbi, former New York Times editorial board writer Bari Weiss, and book author Michael Shellenberger, have reported on […]

Teachers’ unions are flexing their political biases and muscle, as demonstrated by the American Federation of Teachers’ financial backing of a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Janet Protasiewicz. Protasiewicz was backed by the Democratic Party, progressive groups and labor unions and defeated the conservative candidate Daniel Kelly by about 10%. She will serve a ten-year […]

Although it is not high on the list of political priorities, the Department of Education under the Biden administration is calling for the end of corporal punishment in school. The federal agency sent a letter to governors and other education officials about their concerns. Corporal punishment may include spanking, hitting, paddling, or other forms of […]

Biden’s Education Secretary Miguel Cardona recently praised the Biden administration’s budget proposal, which will go before Congress for consideration. Although Biden’s budget will not likely pass with a Republican-majority House of Representatives, budget proposals are a formality and part of the federal budgeting process. The political reality facing the Biden administration did not deter Cardona […]

Fox News primetime host Tucker Carlson is not a journalist, but his recent work on the video footage of the controversial January 6, 2021 incident at the U.S. Capitol building disrupted the false narratives promoted by both the liberal mainstream media and Democratic Party. Carlson’s expose, where he and his staff combed through 40,000-plus hours […]