Tag: schools
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Education or Indoctrination? It’s Now or Never – You Choose
by Kathleen Marquardt, American Policy Center, ©2026 (Feb. 23, 2026) — Okay, parents, how many of you have gone to your local city hall, county commission meeting and petitioned that they work with you to get all schoolbooks removed until proven innocent of brainwashing your children? Lopping off the head of the Department of Education in D.C.…
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Leading Education
by Cheryl Lacey, DGSJ, ©2025 (Sep. 2, 2025) — The real world is accurate. It is our mind that creates what is not real. Just as past thinkers and doers still influence our lives today, our presence will have historical significance for those to come. Everyone has some influence on others. The process of learning…
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Education or Brainwashing – Your Choice
by Kathleen Marquardt, American Policy Center, ©2025 (Aug. 6, 2025) — Trump has shut down the Department of Education. Celebrate! It is great news. Reagan said he would do away with it but didn’t. Now, at last some 30 years later it is finally addressed. But it does nothing to change our schools. And now…
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Michigan for Vaccine Choice: Michigan Schools are Violating Vaccination Exemption Rights
by James Lyons-Weiler, PhD, Popular Rationalism, ©2025 (Jun. 30, 2025) — Michigan schools are unlawfully rejecting vaccination exemption statements, violating your rights under MCL 333.9215. This law requires schools to accept your written exemption based on religious, philosophical, or personal objections without extra conditions. Here’s what’s happening and how you can act: Violations by Schools: Call to…
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Parents Hold Power with a Pen
by Cheryl Lacey, DSJ, Thought Starters On Education, ©2023 (Jul. 24, 2023) — Parents and families continue to be hamstrung by inefficiencies and lack of accountability in schools. Despite billions of dollars of annual spending on everything from buildings, curriculum reviews and research; to teacher well-being programs, additional tutors and technology, the problems parents and…
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The First Schools
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2023 (May 13, 2023) — It has been said that the very first public school began in 459 BC. It was the ‘house of the book’ or the ‘house of the teacher’, established in Jerusalem by a Jewish scribe and priest. His name was Ezra. His school aimed to provide education for…
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Schools and the Law
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2022 (Jan. 18, 2022) — Schools operate within a complex web of Federal and State laws that have an impact on the rights and responsibilities of school leaders, students, teachers, parents and others connected to school-based education. Many of the issues schools must address – professional conduct, student injury, child custody matters,…
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Parents for Life
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2022 (Jan. 11, 2022) — What is your philosophy of education? I’ll forgive you if you can’t answer this one. A philosophy of education is an explanation of values and beliefs about teaching. The truth is, very few educators answer this with confidence. Here’s my philosophy. There are only three things over…
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The Law Isn’t Always Kind To Children
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2022 (Jan. 7, 2022) — Schools are about relationships – between children, the parents responsible for raising them, and the employees charged with assisting in their education. Boundaries can be blurred and responsibilities can be compromised when duty of care is taken too literally or not taken seriously enough. The constant challenge…
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11 September 2001: My Lived Experience
by Cheryl Lacey, ©2021 (Sep. 11, 2021) — [Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from “The Ultimate Parent Teacher Interview: A Guide for Australian Teachers by the author.] Just four days earlier, my five-year-old daughter and I had moved from Melbourne to New York. Introduction I was living my dream – doing the two things…
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Hold Back The Creep
“STAY INFORMED AND BE INVOLVED” by Cheryl Lacey, ©2020 (Oct. 10, 2020) — What would you do if you heard schools were taking children from their parents? It sounds like an outrageous question, doesn’t it? Nevertheless, it’s one I would like you to take seriously. Every day decisions are made in schools and classrooms. Parents…
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Mayor Ganim to Announce Distribution of 100,000 Free Face Masks During to Bridgeport Residents
UPDATES ON COVID-19 IMPACT INCLUDING SCHOOLS TO REMAIN CLOSED AND GUIDELINES FOR RESTAURANTS REOPENING Contact: Josue Jorge, Josue.Jorge@Bridgeportct.gov (May 5, 2020) — WHO: Mayor Ganim, community members joining on Facebook Live WHAT: Mayor Ganim to provide details on distribution of 100,000 masks to City of Bridgeport residents to protect against the spread of Coronavirus in our…