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QUESTION: Is it time to reinstate universal IQ testing for every student in America?
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier One of our readers named Janine posted the following comment to one of our columns: I grew up in the 70s. One day all the black husbands and fathers of the family i grew up with just left. They went to just hang out with their friends, or do drugs or […]
WATCH: USC Viterbi ‘Diversity Senator’ openly supports Hamas, calls for killing of all Zionists
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Robert Spencer Once again we see how “diversity” means tolerance of an astonishing level of hatred and incitement to violence. Thanks to Canary Mission for uncovering this. The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, […]
Time to Move On School Choice
/in Education, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Thomas C. Patterson Teachers’ unions appear to have run into a buzz saw. On October 25, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten tweeted enthusiastic support for a Washington Post article titled “Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t.“ By November 6, Her message had drastically […]
Arizona High School Halts Transgender Spirit Week After Outcry From Parents
/in Education, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Spencer Lindquist A public records request revealed that parents at Estrella Foothills High School in Goodyear, Ariz., successfully halted a Transgender Awareness Week that aimed to push left-wing gender theory on the school community. The week originally included a variety of different activities, including wearing name tags with students’ pronouns, wearing rainbow colors to celebrate the […]
Creating a School You Love, Part 1
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Tamara Fromm If 2020 and 2021 have you rethinking your child’s education path, you are not alone. The world is out of order and the public school system is facing extraordinary challenges in education. Luckily, you have options, lots of them. Homeschooling is one of those great options and parents are taking that leap, […]
Racial Equity Committee Co-Chair Resigns After Doxxing Parents And Leaving Profane Voicemail
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The co-chair of a racial equity committee at a Texas school district resigned Wednesday after admitting she had doxxed parents who opposed her policies and left one a profane voicemail, Fox News reported. While Norma Garcia-Lopez was co-chair of the Fort Worth Independent School District’s (FWISD) school board Racial Equity Committee, […]
VIDEO: Want to get teacher unions mad? This should do it.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Martin Mawyer There’s been a lot of serious discussion about putting cameras in public school classrooms. Several months ago, the chairman of our organization, David Carroll, suggested that Christian Action Network join and promote this ambitious campaign. Quite frankly, I was a bit hesitant at first. I liked the idea, don’t get me wrong. […]
Teacher’s Union Official’s Facebook Post Says People With Religious Vaccine Exemptions Deserve To Die
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Suggests GOP Commit Mass Murder A National Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors member and English teacher at a Pennsylvania high school posted to Facebook that she thought unvaccinated individuals with religious exemptions deserved to die, according to a screenshot of the post obtained by the social media account Libs of […]
Biden Will Eventually Cancel College Debt, And So Enrich The Squad
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Education, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Rod Thomson Tax-sucking Congressional socialists continue to pressure kinda sorta President Biden to cancel at least $50,000 in student debt via executive order. Despite the enormous strain other Democrat policies have had on hard-working American families, this bailout to college grads will almost assuredly happen because this presidential anomaly’s handlers cannot or do not […]
Why in the World Are Democrats Preferred on the Issue of Education?
/in Education, Email, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bruce Bialosky While watching the election returns in Virginia, the analysts — you know those people with those slick boards which move pictures with the flick of a finger — were talking about what a shock it was that a Republican was favored on the issue of education. At this time in America, why […]
The Covid, Climate Alliance
/in Education, Email, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Joe Bastardi Maybe it is all just a big Coincidence — Covid and Climate. I have 2 chapters in my book on this matter. The book was written in March and April of 2020 so it predates the evolution of what you see (btw it is available here and it is stocking stuffer size, sort of). Keep […]
Compulsory Schooling Laws Under Scrutiny in Michigan Following Deadly Tragedy
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) The history of compulsory schooling laws says a lot about their true purpose. In the wake of the devastating school shooting in Oxford, Michigan this week that claimed the lives of four teenagers and injured seven others, state board of education member Tom McMillin called for an end to […]
The Long Cycles in Markets and Political Order
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Joakim Book The best class I took in all my economics education was called “Cyclical Fluctuation,” taught by Dr. Susan Schroeder at USYD. It was a broad-scope class in the many heterodox ideas that economists have about what causes business cycles, and what makes the output, employment, and financial prosperity fluctuate so wildly around otherwise steady […]
Judicial Watch Investigation: Yes, Virginia, Critical Race Theory is in Your Schools—and in Schools Across America
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Email, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Judicial Watch As parental concern mounted over racial indoctrination in local schools during the recent Virginia gubernatorial race, a mantra emerged from the Democrat camp and the media: Critical Race Theory had “never been taught” in Virginia schools. That’s from then-Democratic candidate Terry McAuliffe, who in case anyone missed the point, added that the concerns about […]
There is a Big Difference Between R’s and D’s
/in Education, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bruce Bialosky Many people will jump in and say that there is no distinct difference between this country’s two political parties. If you take out the extremes of each party, you cannot slip a sheet of paper between the two. Yet there is a big difference in philosophy that divides the two parties that […]
Whose Land Did Native Americans Steal Before Europeans Stole It From Them?
/in Education, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Rick Moran We all know that history is not the left’s favorite subject. Many times, it’s just too inconvenient for their political narratives. Often, history has to be erased or submerged in order to achieve the “greater good” of creating a just and moral society. In truth, it’s not much better on the right, […]
School CANCELS Event with Islamic Sex Slave Survivor Nadia Murad Saying It Would Offend Muslims
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Pamela Geller This is what we have been up against for well over a decade. This is no different from what the Islamic State did to millions of girls and women. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is not allowing its students to attend a book club meeting featuring author Nadia Murad Murad’s book […]
Parents Upset As Schools Force Kids Nationwide To Undergo Mandatory Quarantines After Nearly Two Years Of COVID Precautions
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Some parents from Michigan, Arizona, and Pennsylvania told the Daily Caller that their children are forced to undergo mandatory quarantines with no virtual learning options, despite evidence that schools pose few transmission risks. Many parents expressed fatigue over the nearly two years of COVID-19 precautions in schools. Brighton Area Schools, a […]
Arizona Legislation Would Require Schools Teach ‘anti-communist’ Civics Curriculum
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Cole Lauterbach Editors’ Note: The exchange between two Arizona legislators at the end of the following article encapsulates the major divide in America today. The (Democrat) left’s Marxist socialist ideology currently being forced without a mandate through Congress and the Executive branch, trumpeted by a corrupted and state-acting media and enabled by public school […]
An Unstoppable Wildfire’ Of ‘Pi**ed-Off Moms in Florida
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Energy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Christian Ziegler Frustrated by the overreach of government and attack on parental rights, moms and dads are stepping up and taking back their country one School Board at a time. The Orlando Sentinel ran an article covering the importance of education issues in 2022 and highlighting Moms for Liberty, which is an organization based in Florida that […]
VIDEO: FBI Raids Home of Conservative School Board Activist Sherronna Bishop
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Eidson I recently finished “Forty Autumns,” a book that describes the ruthless tactics of East Germany’s communist regime prior to the reunification of East Germany and West Germany. Known as the Stasi, East Germany’s secret police intimidated opponents of the regime with terrifying raids that busted through the doors of homes occupied by dissidents targeted […]
A Home-Schooled High Schooler Debates the Woke Children.
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ellie Fromm Editors’ Note: The following is an essay by a 16-year-old home schooled young lady. The essay speaks for itself but we feel it important to emphasize that when young Americans are taught the foundational principles of our Republic without the leftist, ‘woke’ indoctrination so pervasive in our public school system, a responsible […]
A Home Schooled High Schooler Debates the Woke Children
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ellie Fromm Editors’ Note: The following is an essay by a 16-year-old home schooled young lady. The essay speaks for itself but we feel it important to emphasize that when young Americans are taught the foundational principles of our Republic without the leftist, ‘woke’ indoctrination so pervasive in our public school system, a responsible […]
How the Intercollegiate Socialist Society led to the Bolshevik takeover of Education in America
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Today parents are considered by the FBI as “domestic terrorists” if they dare to question what their children are being taught in public schools. The same holds true for our colleges and universities. Opposition to colleges and universities teaching students to hate America is considered “white supremacism.” When and where did […]
Why Should Academic Departments Have Foreign Policies?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Featured, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Robert Spencer When did academic departments decide they had to declare themselves on the Palestinian-Israeli dispute but on no other foreign policy question? And why are they so eager to express their visceral hatred of the Jewish state? A report on this disturbing phenomenon is here: “Academic departments must steer clear of anti-Israel activism,” […]
Study: Arizona School-Choice Measures Saved Taxpayers $1.2B
/in Education, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Cole Lauterbach Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program has saved taxpayers more than $1 billion and as much as $3.2 billion, according to a national study on school-choice programs. EdChoice, a nonprofit that advocates for parental choice in where they send their kids to be students, estimated in its new study that educational choice programs have generated […]
New Harvard Study: Homeschoolers Turn Out Happy, Well-Adjusted, and Engaged
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Homeschooled children fared better than children who attended public schools in many categories. Researchers at Harvard University just released findings from their new study showing positive outcomes for homeschooled students. Writing in The Wall Street Journal last week, Brendan Case and Ying Chen of the Harvard Human Flourishing Program concluded that public […]
Why a Red Star Is Just as Offensive as a Swastika
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni The reasons can be found in the book Gulag and in the book Tunnel 29. Gulag, by Anne Applebaum, Anchor Books, New York, paperback edition, 2004, 677 pages Tunnel 29, by Helena Merriman, Public Affairs, New York, hardback edition, 2021, 318 pages Reviews by Craig J. Cantoni Bernie Sanders is an […]
WATCH: Florida 2nd Grader Suspended 38 Times for Not Wearing Masks Tells School Board She ‘Hopes They Go to Jail’
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Pamela Geller Out of the mouths of babes. Watch: Florida school board finally drops mask mandate after suspending 8-year-old 38 times for violations For months, 8-year-old Fiona Lashells did not wear a mask to school, even though it had been mandated by her local school board. The School District of Palm Beach County has dropped […]
Raised on Porn – ‘The New Sex Ed’ | Documentary Film
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Healthcare, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Exodus Cry Raised on Porn exposes the ways pornography has become the new sex education for children and unpacks the dangerous lifelong implications of this global phenomenon. Through riveting firsthand accounts, cinematic re-enactments, 3D animation, and interviews with the world’s leading neurologists, sociologists, psychologists, and therapists, Raised on Porn is filled to the brim […]