Opinion
Is Oklahoma AG Drummondâs âmaydayâ over a Catholic charter school a politically motivated false alarm?The legality of religious charter schools may be unsettled by the courts, but not for Oklahomaâs attorney general, who is peddling his opposition far and wide in what may be… Read More
Opinion
âSound of Freedomâ resonates at soul level, could help end human trafficking worldwideI still remember 2004 when âThe Passion of the Christâ burst upon our social consciousness, spurring animated discussions among Christians and non-Christians alike. It marked a moment when the whole… Read More
Opinion
Supreme Courtâs 6-3 ruling protecting a Christian web designer from government-imposed speech is crucial â but also alarmingOnce again the U.S. Supreme Court has delivered a landmark First Amendment ruling, protecting a Christian web designer from being forced to create sites that violate her religious views. Itâs… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Weâre here, weâre queer, and we make excuses for pedophilia ÂâWeâre here, weâre queer, weâre coming for your children.â Thatâs what radical LGBT activists chanted at a New York City Drag March on June 23. The video stirred controversy, but… Read More
Opinion
Americaâs most unashamedly biased union endorses Biden-Harris for 2024American Federation of Teachers, the second largest teachersâ union in the nation, officially endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential election. âPresident Joe Biden and Vice President… Read More
Opinion
Indoctrination nation: Missouri has moved to protect the youngest of children from age-inappropriate library books. Why wonât Kansas?Missouri has taken steps to protect its children from libidinous library books. Kansas obviously hasnât. Why in the world not? Last week The Lion found a talking childrenâs book in… Read More
Opinion
Religious groups, cultural conservatives stand on same side of culture warPolitics may make for strange bedfellows, but culture wars marry them. In the clash between traditional values and radical gender ideology, Christians, Muslims and other culturally conservative groups share many… Read More
Opinion
Why special education needs school choicePublic education is often touted for providing a universal education. But recent reports reveal public schools often neglect to adequately provide for their special education students. A report from Advocates… Read More
Opinion
Thereâs no âXYâ in female sports(The Daily Signal) â I was part of the last generation of female-only athletes in womenâs sports. Discomfort changing in the locker room, missing out on competition… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Conservatives, itâs time to even the electoral technology playing fieldThe old aphorism, âgood for the goose, good for the gander,â is yet another casualty of Americaâs new woke sensibilities. Along with the concepts of objective truth and fairness, equal… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: The wokes’ uncivil war against America“This idea of being woke and if you’re socially compromised you cancel people out and all of that stuff, you need to get over that quickly. Being woke isn’t cool… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Power and money is behind the leftist crusade for âgender affirming careâAccording to leftists, transgenderism is not something to merely be tolerated and accepted. It must be celebrated as worthy of emulation or else. But why? Transgenderism is a tool for… Read More
Opinion
Local reporting on teacher’s whistleblowing reveals bias(The Sentinel) â The Kansas City Star exaggerated repeatedly in a story about a protest at Shawnee Mission North over comments a teacher made in an op-ed for The… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas public school teacher: Yes, your children are being indoctrinatedParents and taxpayers need to know whatâs going on in the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD). As an English teacher employed in the SMSD for 15 years, I… Read More
Legislation, Opinion
Bi-partisan self-interest in politics destroys education opportunities(The Sentinel) â The struggle to get kids a decent education validates Thomas Sowellâs premise on the priorities of most politicians â their first priority is to get elected, their… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Reflector gaslights readers on school funding, makes false accusations of legislators(The Sentinel) â A recent story about school funding in the Kansas Reflector reminded me of a quote by Winston Churchill â a lie gets halfway around the world… Read More
Opinion
Standardized testing must be ditched in favor of âperformance-based assessment,â says NEA. Not so fastStandardized testing is failing students and should be dumped, the National Education Association argues. âMost of us know that standardized tests are inaccurate, inequitable, and often ineffectiveâŻat gauging… Read More
Legislation, Opinion
Pennsylvania risks being left behind in education reform as governor breaks campaign promiseThe unexpected benefit of the COVID pandemic could be that the logjam preventing K-12 education reform may finally have been broken â at least outside of Pennsylvania. … Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Chicago public education canât get much worseAs Chicago voters prepare to elect either Brandon Johnson or Paul Vallas as the cityâs next mayor, the stakes for students are, ironically, low. That’s because Chicagoâs K-12… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Parents need a bill of rights to protect children from government(The Center Square) â “Every problem, every challenge we face, each starts with public education.” â George H. W. Bush Our colonies were founded by enlightened men who fled societies… Read More