If you live in Scottsdale’s middle class, you find a school board that does not listen. You find your concerns ignored. Asking for transparency is likened to committing war crimes.
How many times have I asked questions and received zero replies? Too many times! How dare I try to get answers!
The reasons why Critical Race Theory discussions have resurfaced over the past year differ. What is clear is that it’s making rounds in Eastern North Carolina, recently stopping in Onslow County at the Board of Education meeting Tuesday night.
Across the county parents are pushing back against Critical Race Theory-based curriculum which has been slowly introduced into their kids’ school for years. One Peoria Unified School District parent, Heather Rooks, discovered quite by accident just how deceptive some educators have been in their effort to spread the divisive material.
I admit, I’ve never paid attention to Gwinnett County school board meetings. As a parent with 18 years in the school system, Gwinnett County Public Schools has exceeded my expectations.
According to the March 24 issue of the Washington Post, about 47% of schools are open for full in-person instruction. I praise Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanks for the brave decision to keep schools open and provide families the choice. The unintended consequences of school closures are now coming to light with the increase in suicides, depression, food insufficiency and child abuse.
Legislation that would create publicly funded educational savings accounts to help families pay for private tuition and other expenses sailed through its final Florida Senate committee stop Thursday, reigniting a perennial debate over school choice. School choice is here to stay, Senate President Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, said minutes after the wide-ranging measure, Senate Bill 48, passed the Senate Appropriations Committee on a party-line vote. The proposal, sponsored by Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, could be heard
One of the most important conversations in American politics, and the outcome of which will have big consequences for my son’s generation, is the one surrounding school choice.
