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Culture
Three ways to get your children involved on Veterans Day

For non-military families, Veterans Day may not hold much significance. However, it is a significant holiday for everyone in the United States. As the U.S. Department of Veterans… Read More

November 11, 2021
Public Education
School board & other election results across the country highlight national concern over education

Voters throughout the nation made their voices heard last week as heated school board races dominated many local elections. Deciding issues in many races included… Read More

November 8, 2021
Public Education
Missouri School Boards’ Association withdraws from the national organization after NSBA equated parents’ concerns to “domestic terrorism”

(Christian Rehder, The Heartlander) – The Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA) withdrew from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) recently after the NSBA sent a letter to President Biden… Read More

October 26, 2021
Public Education
Pennsylvania, Missouri, & Ohio School Boards Associations leave national association, 22 states distance themselves from ‘domestic terrorism’ language applied to parents

(Updated 10/28) Last week, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) voted to cancel its longtime membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA). A week… Read More

October 22, 2021
Public Education
Middle school teacher endorses sexually graphic material in class of 11 and 12-year-olds

Summit Trail Middle School in Olathe, KS, recently received significant backlash when a 7th Grade teacher posted on social media that she was excited to add two controversial… Read More

October 21, 2021
Culture
Missionary kidnapping in Haiti: Teaching children that Christianity can cost us our safety (and lives)

Like many people in the United States this weekend, I was shocked to read about a group of missionaries kidnapped Saturday in Haiti. Seventeen people, including elderly people and children,… Read More

October 20, 2021
Culture
Refund the Police: Departments around the Country Are Getting Their Funding Back after Crime Rises and Officers Quit

A year after protestors were chanting ‘Defund the Police’, many departments are seeing their funding restored and budgets increased. This comes after months of rising… Read More

October 15, 2021
Courts
Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Teacher’s Right to Express Opposition to Gender Policy

On May 25th, Byron Tanner Cross, a physical education teacher at Leesburg Elementary School, exercised his First Amendment right to free speech and created… Read More

September 1, 2021