Posted on 07/05/2022 8:00:10 PM PDT by T Ruth
I write education news for a living. My job, every day, is to report on what’s happening in education. I have great respect for teachers in all settings but have been a homeschooling mother for more than 10 years now, and what I’ve researched and written on recently is horrifying.
The public school system is a mess. Hardly anyone wants to be a teacher anymore, and with good reason. Too many educators in the system have little to no respect for parental rights and believe they are above the law.
Most recently I reported on a gym teacher who allegedly sexually abused 7- and 8-year-old girls for three years. This occurred between 2015 and 2018, but he is just now finally being brought to justice. I wish this were a rarity, but unfortunately 1 in 10 schoolchildren will be subject to sexual misconduct at the hands of a teacher or school staff member.
As if that weren’t enough to drive parents to seek alternative options, the Biden administration is rewarding schools for pushing identity politics in the classroom. Government grants are now being offered to schools that push “equity” ideologies into classrooms.
Gone are the days when working hard made the grade. Now schools across the nation are grading students based on what they look like instead of the content of their work. In addition, some districts will offer harsher punishments for white students who break the rules than non-white students as part of “culturally responsive discipline” (one rebranded form of critical race theory), which teaches students and educators that minorities aren’t smart enough to follow the rules.
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Lol. The Greta’s will be outraged!
“I don’t know how any parent, especially a Christian conservative parent...” sounds pretty judgemental to me. Maybe I misinterpreted it.
Well, like I said...sounds like you’ve got a huge chip on your shoulder.
HS’ed both kids in SoCal...way back in early 90’s...cont. on in OK...both are very successful.
I sound like I have a huge chip on my shoulder to you and you sound judgemental to me. Ok, lets leave it at that.
Our daughter homeschools her 4 children. Ages 11-2. She didn’t have a college degree. She uses two Christian based programs one is Abekkah and one is My Father’s world. They all are doing well, the little one does activities of course for his age or she puts on video for him. She limits TV times, only watch what she approves of, etc. One income family.
TIME TO ABOLISH GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, AND POLICE PRIVATE ONES.
way way way overdue for major public school reforms. Other than securing and protecting our nation it should be a top priority, of course especially at the state levels, but with guidance and support from a conservative President.
bingo
I taught my 6-year-old whose teacher said he was learning disabled in math and reading. Used all the 2-4 letter books I learned to read from, and in 6 weeks, 1 paddle, he was reading beyond grade level. His dad wrote code for the old Commodore we had, for math flashcards, 6 weeks later doing math beyond grade level. Only took 2 paddlings to underscore YOU WILL LEARN. I’d say we had a Teacher problem, not a learning issue, that would get the school more $$$.
All I know is that, since last year, parents get $250-$300 per month per kid so that’s a good start. Include a part-time job and, if eligible, food stamps and housing vouchers and it’s possible.
I know EVERYONE isn’t able to home school. But more kids CAN be saved from the government indoctrination centers.
Agreed.
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