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Government Unions Call The Shots
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Dr. Thomas Patterson American schoolchildren are taught that they are being raised in a democracy, where elected officials pass the laws, bureaucrats administer the laws, and government workers dutifully carry them out. That’s a crock. Americans at this time are mostly governed under rules generated by an unelected bureaucracy, the so-called “dark state”. Worse, […]
Should U.S. Public Schools be Teaching Social Emotional Learning (SEL)?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy John Droz, Jr. The putrid education matter that you have likely heard very little about. This is the third of my SEL commentaries: 1) SEL introduction, 2) Should a Catholic School be Teaching SEL?, and 3) this discussion of the Public School counterpart as there are some significant differences from the Catholic school situation… This insightful quote puts things in perspective: “In […]
CAUGHT: Kingsway Regional School District in New Jersey Transitioning Kids Behind Parent’s Back!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy O’Keefe Media Group Thanks to the brave undercover work of our informants, OMG uncovered administrators within Kingsway Regional School District in New Jersey assisting in hiding social gender transitions of students from parents! Watch our report: Now, you may be wondering what “social transitioning” is. It’s supporting a child to change the social norms […]
America’s Universities Reap What They Have Sown
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council America’s elite institutions are shuddering from the impact of the outbursts of anti-Semitism on their campuses. Their spasms of panic are animated less by the Israel-hatred and hostility to Jews emanating from their students than by something even atheist materialist postmoderns find terrifying: loss of income. From Harvard to Berkeley, universities […]
UN Refugee Fund for Gaza Is Being Used to Finance Terrorism and Anti-Semitism, Experts Say
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Featured, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council In the wake of the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas terrorists that killed over 1,400 Israeli civilians on October 7, increased scrutiny is being centered on the ideology that fueled the barbarity that took place. Experts say that funds allocated to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) […]
As Democrats Disparage School Choice, Experts Say Increased Competition Fuels Innovation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council While states have successfully expanded their school choice programs, left-wing critics argue that the programs are an “existential threat” to public education. But experts are pointing out that not only do school choice programs relieve pressure off of the public education sector and provide parents with more schooling options, they are […]
VIRGINIA: Pro-jihad School Board Member Opposes Honoring Victims of Hamas Jihad Massacre
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Abrar Omeish represents her constituents in what has been dubbed “Northern Virginiastan.” Celebrate diversity! Pro-Palestinian school board member opposes honoring Hamas attack victims: ‘Ignores the root of the violence by Gabriel Hays, Fox News, October 13, 2023: A pro-Palestinian Fairfax County school board member scolded fellow board members Thursday for giving a statement and […]
‘We’re Not a Soft Target’: Ohio School Superintendent Arms Teachers
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Gun Rights, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council As violence continues to surge amongst America’s youth and both politicians and civilians hotly debate gun control, an Ohio school superintendent has decided to start arming his teachers. John Scheu, superintendent of the Benjamin Logan Local School District, has trained and armed nearly 20 faculty and staff members in his district […]
California Teachers’ Union Wants Homeless People To Sleep on Public School Grounds
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Yes, that would be wonderful for the children. A real life learning opportunity – drugs, crime, sexual violence up close and personal. Teachers Unions are our children’s worst enemy. Top California Teachers’ Union Wants Homeless People To Sleep in Its Public School Parking Lots Proposal comes as Fresno’s public school teachers […]
If we want better schools, we need to be a serious people
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – Navigating Modern Complexities In the final season of the wildly popular series Succession, fictional media tycoon Logan Roy sobered his four children with the ultimate oratorical coup de grace: “I love you, … but you are not serious people.” Not only was it a striking emotional dart of paternal honesty, Roy’s bitter honesty also captured […]
University of Arizona Defends Diapered ‘Trans’ Man Invading Girls’ Dorms
/in Education, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Catherine Salgado The woke University of Arizona in Tucson has reportedly reached a new low, with a disturbed male caught walking around campus—and into girls’ dorm rooms—in a diaper and high heels. When one girl reported the freak for watching her while she slept, the University provided the female a lecture on affirming LGBTQ […]
The East and the Rest
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Paul Ingrassia The U.S. is rapidly liquidating its position as the world’s foremost superpower. As the world teetered on the cusp of nuclear Armageddon in early 1961, President John F. Kennedy famously declared in his inaugural address, “Man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all […]
For Just $83,140, Princeton Will Train Your Son to Be a Drag Queen
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report It costs a staggering $83,140 to send a student to Princeton University, and that’s just for one year. Four years of this august Ivy League school will set you back a cool $332,560, and just think: for that kind of money, you could have bought a brand-new Corvette convertible every year […]
August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History
/in Economy, Education, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bethany Blankley Total encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest border reported […]
Biden Admin Set To Deport German Family Who Sought Asylum After Being Persecuted For Homeschooling
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Immigration, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told a German Christian family that was persecuted for homeschooling their children that they needed to prepare to be deported after living in the U.S. for 15 years, according to Kevin Boden, an attorney for the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA), who spoke with […]
Report: Baltimore Public School System Producing Little to No Students Proficient in Math
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council In February, news broke that students in the Baltimore public school system were scoring poorly in math examinations, with zero students able to score at a proficient level. In the months since then, it appears that little has changed. On Thursday, Breitbart reported that 13 out of 33 schools in the Baltimore area have […]
Here’s How Biden Admin Destroyed Our Immigration Law
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Victor Davis Hanson Since early 2021 we have witnessed somewhere between 7 million and 8 million illegal entries across the now-nonexistent southern border of the U.S. The more the border vanished, the more federal immigration law was rendered inert, and the more Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spun fantasies that the “border is secure.” He is […]
Premiere Racist Scholar Ibram X. Kendi Under Investigation
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Chrissy Clark Editors’ Note: This investigation follows the July dismissal of Florida State University professor Eric Stewart, a criminology “scholar” who was found to have faked data and rigged research. Boston University is investigating the head honcho of “anti-racism” studies, Ibram X. Kendi, according to a reporter from The Boston Globe. Kendi, who I consider […]
To Whom Do America’s Children Belong?
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Elizabeth Grace Matthew This week on the West Coast, the San Bernardino Superior Court blocked a policy requiring schools to notify students’ parents if their children change gender identities, names, and/or pronouns. According to California Attorney General Rob Bonta, this ruling “protects kids from harm” by “ensuring the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of inclusivity.” According […]
China’s Communist Party Infiltrates American K-12 Schools
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Robert Williams The Chinese Communist Party has, or has had, ties to 143 school districts in the United States, including 20 near military bases, through its “Confucius Classrooms.” This means that Chinese state propaganda is probably now pretty much all over American K-12 classrooms. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has or has had, ties […]
CANADA: Massive Anti-Woke/Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity March in Ottawa [Videos]
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Vlad Tepes Blog The story details can be read at at RAIR Foundation along with the full complement of videos and photos published so far. Here are a few of the videos just to give a sense of what went on yesterday on Parliament Hill and the march around the Downtown core area. This is the […]
PODCAST: How the Chinese Communist Party is Influencing U.S. Classrooms
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Signal A Republican congressman is speaking out about how the Chinese Communist Party is influencing U.S. classrooms. “Well, they come in, and they sort of soft-pedal their propaganda, but yet, they also whitewash history by eliminating Taiwan,” says Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s early childhood, elementary, and […]
Arizona State University Releases Report Over Conservative Event Backlash
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Cameron Arcand After Arizona State University released a report suggesting there was “no evidence” of a campaign to smear an event featuring conservative speakers, one Republican state senator is not satisfied with the outcome. The T.W. Lewis Center at the school hosted an event in February with conservative media personalities Dennis Prager and Charlie […]
Student Group Sues West Point Over Race-Based Admissions
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) filed a lawsuit against the military academy West Point Tuesday alleging that the school is violating the Fifth Amendment’s equal protection clause by using race-based admissions policies. The Supreme Court ruled against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in June in a 6-3 decision, arguing that a […]
Teachers’ Unions vs. Teachers, Parents, and Children: The NEA and AFT
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Aaron Withe Summary: All government unions are profoundly harmful, but the most damaging are the teachers’ unions. Since 2020, they have lobbied and agitated successfully to keep kids out of schools—and keep their members receiving a paycheck despite not showing up at work. They have forced children to wear masks for eight hours a […]
ERASING GIRLS: Male crowned homecoming queen, beating out four other girls in Missouri school
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier TERRIBLE. The left hates women. BREAKING: Male crowned homecoming queen, beating out four other girls in Missouri school By: Libs of TikTok, Sep 18, 2023: Oak Park High School students in Kansas City, Missouri just got sent a message loud and clear: boys are just better at things than girls are. Even at being […]
Wisconsin School District Defends Offering Kid’s Guides to Anal Sex and Sex Kinks
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The district said the content passed the “selection guidelines.” It’s pedophilia, it’s predatory, it’s sick. BREAKING: WI school district defends offering kids guides to anal sex and sex kinks, claims the content passed the “selection guidelines” By: Libs of TikTok, September 3, 2023:Sep 3 Thanks to an email tip from a concerned […]
VIDEO: Canadian Muslims hold ‘Million Man March’ Against State-Sexualization of Children
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Vlad Tepes Blog A planned, ‘Million Man March’ against state-sexualization of children with all its subcategories is planned for Wednesday morning across various Canadian cities. The planning was by a Muslim community leader, and is not without internal drama, although I don’t know the specifics. In any case, one of our readers posted this […]
Academic Whose Work Was Cited As Proof Of ‘Systemic Racism’ Is Fired For Falsifying Research
/in Education, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Shawn Fleetwood ‘The narrative of police genocide of African Americans turned out … to be complete nonsense,’ said Wilfred Reilly. Florida State University professor whose work was foundational to perpetuating the false narrative that there is widespread “systemic racism” infecting American society has been fired for falsifying data in his academic research on the […]
The Unconscionable Surge At The Border Must End
/in Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Dr. Thomas Patterson The immigration crisis is crushing New York City. According to ABC7 news, last week alone 2900 new “asylum seekers” entered one of the city’s 200 new emergency shelters. Mayor Eric Adams says the city spends $383 per day per family on food, shelter and other expenses, which are deemed the migrants’ […]