From The Teacher Shepherd: Public Schools Are Religious
Title: Public Schools Are Religious Author: Kate Bowers Date: June 27, 2022 Source: Publicly Schooled “I don’t leave my beliefs at home when I step out into the public, do you? What a preposterous suggestion. Preposterous because it is impossible. The Supreme Court’s Carson v. Makin decision declaring state subsidized schools cannot discriminate against those private schools that are “religious” […]
From The Teacher Shepherd: What Makes Schools Religious?
Title: What Makes Schools Religious? Author: Kate Bowers Date: June 27, 2022 Source: Publicly Schooled “It is said over and over again that public money cannot be given for use at religious schools. But that’s been happening ever since public schools in the United States began. First, let’s define “religious schools” as understood in our culture by most people: Christian […]
From The Teacher Shepherd: Stop Lying To Children
Title: Stop Lying To Children Author: Kate Bowers Date: May 30, 2022 Source: Publicly Schooled “Mental health is the popular go-to for explaining why children are anxious, depressed, suicidal and violent. It’s a broad phrase that ignores contributing factors, such as lying. Yes, lying. There is a group of adults lying to children. It persists in telling children these five […]
From The Teacher Shepherd: Oatmeal Before School
Title: Oatmeal Before School Author: Kate Bowers Date: April 26, 2022 Source: Publicly Schooled “I’ve eaten plenty of bowls of oatmeal in my time here on Earth. I didn’t always like oatmeal, though. That changed with my mom’s bright idea one morning before school. During my school years, my parents were always home in the morning. Mom would be hustling […]
From The Teacher Shepherd: Students. Parents. Teachers.
Title: Students. Parents. Teachers. Author: Kate Bowers Date: March 7, 2022 Source: Publicly Schooled “Take one 5-year-old. Drop them at a building called “public school” with some strangers and pick them up later. As John Taylor Gatto, a now deceased award-winning New York City teacher once said, “Madness! This is madness!” And that was what he was saying about twenty […]
From The Teacher Shepherd: What’s Happened To Public Education?
Title: What’s Happened To Public Education? Author: Kate Bowers Date: February 25, 2022 Source: Publicly Schooled “Take one 5-year-old. Drop them at a building called “public school” with some strangers and pick them up later. As John Taylor Gatto, a now deceased award-winning New York City teacher once said, “Madness! This is madness!” And that was what he was saying […]