Tag: reading
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Falling U.S. Test Scores Fuel Calls to Abolish Dept. of Education
by Family Research Council, New American Prophet, ©2024 (Dec. 9, 2024) — American schoolchildren’s math and reading scores saw “a marked decline” — again — falling further behind their own scores before the COVID-era lockdowns, trailing even more foreign nations, and fueling calls for President-elect Donald Trump to reform or abolish the Department of Education.…
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Patriotism Starts in Public Schools
by Bob Russell, ©2023 (Dec. 16, 2023) — There has been a great deal of controversy about “drag queens” reading to elementary school students in very liberal jurisdictions, reading books that promote their perverted lifestyle. For a bit of good news, I have spent the last six years going to a public school that I…
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A Shared Language Of Agreement
by Cheryl Lacey, DSJ, Thought Starters On Education, ©2023 (Aug. 1, 2023) — How many times have you been in a conversation only to become confused when a word or phrase is used differently from the way you’d expect? Here’s one! Cool. I bet there have been times you’ve used it to describe something trendy,…
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Madam Shylock Explains Anarchy (RR)
“EMPTINESS” by OPOVV, ©2020 (Jun. 22, 2020) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘The Pulse of the Nation,’ the place to hear it here first. Miss Bernard invited Madam Shylock to explain anarchy to her new class at a private school somewhere in Volusia County, Florida, via Skype. Take it away, Madam Shylock.” “Thank you, Roving,…