The Washington State Legislature, under the control of Democrats for the past 40 years, has chosen, in their infinite wisdom, to allow a number of healthcare procedures that do NOT require parental notice nor permission. This article shares details from State websites. There are districts who have rolled out and/or are in the process of rolling out, dental and medical services on campus. You may want to be aware of this in case you have thoughts you want to share with your legislators and school district leadership. Let's start out with a snapshot of services and notice (or lack of) to parents: The chart on the left: Emergency services - No parental notice … [Read more...]
Teaching K-3 Children About Sexual Orientation, Transgender Issues
Today we bring you an article that contains the results of a poll of parents regarding teaching K-3 children about sexual orientation and gender issues. The article comes to us from The Daily Wire written by Ben Johnson. The majority of Americans support a ban on teaching young children about sexual orientation and transgender issues in public schools, a new poll has found. The latest survey shows broad support for a new Florida law, which became a culture war flashpoint pitting Republicans and family groups against major corporations and celebrities. Disney joined the public opposition to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signing the “Parental Rights in Education Bill,” which says a … [Read more...]
Teachers Unions Fail Science? Covid 19
An article from John Stossel that you may find interesting. If those we employ to teach our children can't get the facts and science right how can they teach? The original article can be found at: https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/john-stossel/2021/01/14/stossel-column-teachers-unions-fail-science His website is: https://www.johnstossel.com/ Is your child's school open now? Probably not -- because teachers unions say that reopening would "put their health and safety at risk." They keep schools closed by lobbying and protesting. "If I die from catching COVID-19 from being forced back into Pinellas County Schools, you can drop my dead body right here!" shouts one demonstrator … [Read more...]
Common Core – Political 3rd Rail?
WikiLeaks Common Core Email: DNC Believes It’s a “Political Third Rail” - an article at Missouri Education Watchdog Friday 22 July 2016 at 10:30am EDT, WikiLeaks releases 19,252 emails and 8,034 attachments from the top of the US Democratic National Committee — part one of our new Hillary Leaks series. The leaks come from the accounts of seven key figures in the DNC: Communications Director Luis Miranda (10770 emails), National Finance Director Jordon Kaplan (3797 emails), Finance Chief of Staff Scott Comer (3095 emails), Finance Director of Data & Strategic Initiatives Daniel Parrish (1472 emails), Finance Director Allen Zachary (1611 emails), Senior Advisor Andrew Wright (938 … [Read more...]