In today’s public schools, a teacher may have moral principles or religious beliefs, but sharing them can get you fired, as a California teacher learned. Jessica Tapia, fired in January, had returned to teach in the Jurupa Valley school district where, as a student, she had earned straight-As and participated in numerous sports. As a physical education teacher, she won […]

Benji Backer is the kind of student teachers dream about, or should; a young man who takes seriously what he learns in the classroom and is just as serious at applying it to his life outside of school. Unfortunately, because he has, he’s learned some hard lessons about how people’s fears can be manipulated and that unions are masters of […]

Ruth Finnegan was a young teacher grading papers in her classroom in Hershey, Pennsylvania, when five men in black suits burst in and demanded she join the union. Terrified, she gathered herself to ask what the union could offer her. “Protection,” they said. To Ruth it sounded like a line from a gangster film. “Protection from being sued.” Ruth told […]

Aaron Benner is an outstanding Minnesota teacher who knows firsthand what happens when students, and teachers, feel unsafe in the classroom. “Safety is critical,” he says. “Learning suddenly is on the back burner, everything goes out the window once the classroom has been compromised. Instead of looking at the teacher, you’re looking over your shoulder. You’re not focused on learning, […]

Title: Extending Tax-Credit Scholarships Author: Larry Sand Date: October 22, 2024 If the government must have a presence in our education system, tax-credit scholarships should be available nationally. According to a just-released Education Opportunity in America report by 50CAN, only 39% of public school parents are satisfied with their child’s education. Other polling results are also discouraging. Released in August, […]

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Please Allow Video To Load   Title: Students Would Do Great With The Federal Government ‘Out Of The Way,’ Public School Teacher Says Source: Fox News Author: Fox & Friends Weekend Date: October 21, 2024 URL: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6363553493112 “Public school teacher Rebecca Friedrichs on the importance of leaving education for the states to handle instead […]

Title: Windy City Wickedness Author: Larry Sand Date: October 15, 2024 Chicago is loaded with problems, many of which emanate from the city’s leadership. It’s no secret that Chicago is a city with an abundance of woes. For example, Chicago has a massive pension debt and a forecasted $538 million budget shortfall for 2024. The cost of living in Chicago is 14% higher than the national […]

Title: Free Speech Impediment Author: Larry Sand Date: October 8, 2024 Too many of our nation’s college students are anti-free speech zealots. It has now been 60 years since the birth of the Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley. It all started in mid-September 1964, when the school’s dean of students banned tables and political activity along the […]