Our public school system has systematically and consistently crumbled since 1980 when the Department of Education was formed in the United States under the Jimmy Carter administration. I remember when George W. Bush pushed his “No Child Left Behind” mantra, which sounded nice but had no teeth. According to World Population Review: Ironically, despite the United…
I used to teach homeschool classes in which the parents sat with their students. I taught English and Writing. Sometimes a student would ask, “Why do we have to know this?” And often, a sage parent would answer, “Because you’ll use it in college.” I hated that answer. Was that our end goal of learning—to…
Many are in a tizzy over Governor Jeff Landry’s signing of a new law mandating a poster-size copy of the Ten Commandments hang in every taxpayer-supported classroom. Opponents are melting down around the country, promising legal pushback. From an AP News article: “We’re worried about public school families and students in Louisiana… They come from…
Last May, Stephen A. Smith interviewed Neil Degrasse Tyson (astrophysicist and science commentator), in part discussing modern sensibilities on gender differences. At 59:08 in the YouTube Video, Tyson said: “Apparently, the XX/XY chromosomes are insufficient, because when we wake up in the morning we exaggerate whatever feature we want to portray the gender of our…
Classical education was banished from our public schools years ago, but some private schools and homeschools continue to tenaciously hang onto it because it is a time-proven method of bringing up a well-educated child. The classical model revolves around the natural growth of children, honoring the stages of understanding and ability through which children progress….