(Ted O'Neil , The Center Square) The number of students attending public schools during the 2020-2021 academic year fell by roughly 3% compared with the previous year.
The data come from the National Center for Education Statistics, a federal agency that analyzes education figures.
While the remote-education model that many schools...
Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook team censored the hashtag #Revolution on the fourth of July, Reclaimthenet.com reported.
According to Facebook, the hashtag violates its vaguely articulated rules.
"Posts with #Revolution are temporarily hidden here," the tech giant's warning reads. "Some content in those posts goes against our Community Standards."
On Independence Day,...
(Associated Press) The Boy Scouts of America have reached an $850 million agreement with attorneys representing some 60,000 victims of child sex abuse in what could prove to be a pivotal moment in the organization’s bankruptcy case.
The agreement filed in court by BSA attorneys late Thursday would mark one of...
Facebook, a social media platform that censors scientific data and silences political dissent, now warns users that they may have absorbed "extremist content" or that their friends may become "extremists," Reclaim the Net reported.
Two notifications pop up for some Facebook accounts.
The first prompt asks, "Are you concerned that someone...
(Casey Harper, The Center Square) One of the nation’s top labor and teachers unions is debating whether to call for the mandatory vaccination of all children before returning to school.
The organization already this week has agreed to support and lead campaigns to advance critical race theory.
The National Education Association, the...
UPDATE 7/2/21 7:00 AM: After a controversy over whether Nikole Hannah--Jones should be granted tenure as a full professor at the University of North Carolina, the 1619 Project author is not sure she will end up taking the job. From WRAL-TV in Raleigh:
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones was supposed...
The City of San Jose, Calif. approved a series of measures that would impose additional fees on gun ownership in the name of combating violence.
The ordinance would impose mandatory “gun insurance” on all firearms owners that covers liability and gun ownership fees.
“While the Second Amendment protects the right to...
(Headline USA) Meghan McCain, whose right-leaning views have frequently led to verbal fireworks and compelling television on ABC's “The View,” said Thursday that she is quitting the daytime talk show after four years.
McCain, daughter of the late Arizona Sen. John McCain, announced on the air that she would leave after...
(Headline USA) America's most iconic youth organizations—the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of the USA—have seen unprecedented one-year drops in membership after numerous child sex scandals and outspoken support for woke ideology, including the LGBT agenda.
While both organizations insist they'll survive, the dramatic declines raise questions...
(Associated Press) Iowa's high court said Wednesday that the state may refuse to allow Planned Parenthood to conduct sex education programs funded by federal grants, reversing a judge's ruling last year that found the law unconstitutional.
The Iowa Supreme Court found the 2019 law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature is constitutional,...
The State Department will allow U.S. passport applicants to select their own gender even if it does not match the sex on their supporting government documentation, such as a birth certificate or driver’s license.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to announce the change this week, according to the...
(George Leef, James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal) The need to combat “microaggressions” has recently saturated America.
In higher education, business, and government, programs and policies have been implemented to deal with a supposed problem that almost no one recognized until a few years ago.
Microaggressions are statements by non-minority individuals...