Written by Jorge Gomez
First Liberty and legal experts around the country are sounding the alarm about the Biden administration’s recently proposed changes to Title IX.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a civil rights law that protects students from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. It was signed into law to give female athletes equal opportunity and treatment in sports, from elementary schools to colleges.… Continue Reading
Tags: Albert Mohler, Biden Administration, CatholicVote, Department of Education, Gender Identity, Houston Christian University, Joe Biden, Justin Butterfield, sex discrimination, Title IX, Tom McClusky
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | May 2, 2024 12:00 PM | Comments Off on Title IX Revision Threatens Religious Liberty for Thousands of Students
Written by Dr. Everett Piper
Recently another major story in the world of education came from Oklahoma, where Ryan Walters, the state superintendent of public instruction, is being demonized by the mainstream media for the termination of more than 80 employees from the Sooner State’s Department of Education.
To this news, we should all say: “Good! Thank you, Mr. Walters. In fact, if you could shut down the entire department, we’d all be better off.”… Continue Reading
Written by Michelle Malkin
Educrat (ED-yoo-krat) noun, usually pejorative. A government school official or administrator whose primary function is to spend tax dollars telling other parents what to do with their children.
Beltway education bureaucrats abhor families who choose to keep their kids out of public schools — unless it’s to grandstand over gun control.
Behold Arne Duncan, longtime pal of Barack Obama and former U.S. Department of Education secretary, who called last weekend for parents nationwide to withdraw students from classes “until gun laws [are] changed to keep them safe.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Arne Duncan, Barack Obama, Common Core, Department of Education, Educrat, Gun control, Nicholas Cruz, Project Veritas, Robert Runcie, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
Education | David E. Smith | May 25, 2018 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Weasel of the Week: Educrat Arne Duncan
Written by Laurie Higgins
Betsy DeVos was a controversial pick to head up the controversial Department of Education. This week conservatives were provided with more reason to find fault with DeVos.
The Washington Post revealed an internal memo sent on June 6, 2017 from Candice Jackson to regional directors of the Department of Education with “instructions” regarding “transgender students.” While acknowledging that President Trump has rescinded the Obama “guidance” that threatened loss of funding to schools if they didn’t sexually integrate restrooms and locker rooms, Jackson reaffirmed that schools should look to Title IX regulations, court decisions, and an Office for Civil Rights “guidance” document for direction.… Continue Reading