John Ransom

John Ransom is a senior contributor at The Lion, having been for many years a national political writer and editor whose work has appeared in The Epoch Times, at Townhall.com, Newsmax, the Daily…

Culture, Public Education
Advocacy group takes aim at ā€˜rogue’ LGBT sex ed indoctrination in schools

A educational nonprofit in Michigan is supplying school opt-out forms for parents to remove their kids from ideological sexual education instruction and related activities. The Great Schools Initiative… Read More

February 7, 2023
Courts, Public Education
Teacher, high school and teachers’ union accused in drunken party incident

A New Jersey high school teacher disciplined for drunken behavior is blaming the school for the party, but the school blames the teachers’ union. Rancocas Valley Regional High… Read More

February 6, 2023
Government
South Carolina Senate passes expanded school choice ESA program

The South Carolina Senate approved a bill this week granting 15,000 students access to education savings accounts (ESAs). ā€œThere will be children whose lives will be changed for… Read More

February 2, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Minnesota teacher licensing board under fire for woke ā€˜mafia tactics’

Minnesota’s teacher licensing board has adopted new standards that incorporate key tenets of LGBT and critical race ideologies, critics say. Rebecca Friedrichs, a veteran public-school teacher of 28… Read More

February 1, 2023
Government
Texas Gov. Abbott declares support for school choice

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told parents that Texas needs to create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) to increase parental choice in education. Such a program would put the state’s… Read More

February 1, 2023