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In Fight for Parents’ Rights in Education, DeSantis’ Florida Leads Pack, Says Heritage Foundation

September 11, 2022 Education, Florida, Rights, parents, Foundation, Heritage, pack, DeSantis, Fight, says, leads0 comment

Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke about how important it was for parents to reclaim their rights in education, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’ve seen over the last few years in our country how important policy is, both good and very bad,” DeSantis said at a Heritage Foundation event Friday in Orlando. “There may be no area where the contrast between a free state like Florida and some of the lockdown states was [bigger] than on education during COVID.” The event featured the unveiling of Heritage’s “Education Freedom Report Card,” which ranked…

It’s Time for Parents to Lead on Education Because They ‘Know Their Children Best’

January 4, 2022 Time, It's, know, Because, parents, children, Best, Their, Education, lead, they0 comment

When it comes to children’s education, parents know best, Laura Zorc says. As the mother of four kids herself, Zorc has been fighting for education reform since 2013, when her home state of Florida began adopting Common Core education goals. She successfully rallied a group of parents to stand against the federally funded learning standards. Now, she is training parents across the nation to be advocates for their own children in the classroom. “Just because we send our kids to these government public schools, that does not mean the moment…

EXCLUSIVE: Parents Accuse Virginia School District of Teaching Students to ‘Discriminate Based on Race’

December 26, 2021 Based, parents, teaching, accuse, ‘Discriminate, Race, EXCLUSIVE, Virginia, District, school, Students0 comment

A Virginia school district is indoctrinating students with an ideology that “teaches children to affirmatively discriminate based on race,” nine parents and eight minors allege in a new lawsuit. The Daily Signal first obtained a copy of the lawsuit, filed Wednesday by Alliance Defending Freedom in Albemarle County Circuit Court against the Albemarle County School Board, Superintendent Matthew Haas, and Assistant Superintendent Bernard Hairston. In their lawsuit, the parents accuse Albemarle County Public Schools of implementing an “Anti-Racism Policy” beginning in 2019 with a stated purpose of eliminating “all forms…

Harry Dunn’s parents reject Trump offer to meet suspect at White House – BBC News

October 16, 2019 parents, Harry, Trump, Dunn's, News, House, Offer, White, reject, Meet, suspect0 comment

Harry Dunn’s parents reject Trump offer to meet suspect at White House BBC News Family of Harry Dunn speak of ‘very graceful’ Trump after meeting US president Isle of Wight County Press Harry Dunn’s parents meet Trump at White House BBC News Harry Dunn’s mother says meeting Anne Sacoolas at White House would ‘not have been appropriate’ ITV News View full coverage on Google News “us president” – Google News

Separated immigrant children are all over the US now, far from parents who don’t know where they are – Washington Post

June 25, 2018 Immigrant, Separated, Over, Post, Washington, from, they, don't, know, parents, children0 comment

Washington Post Separated immigrant children are all over the US now, far from parents who don't know where they areWashington PostTheir mothers are missing, their fathers far away. They get pizza, maybe cold cuts. They are exhausted; they cannot sleep. There are other children around, but they had never seen those kids before, and those kids are crying or screaming or rocking or …and more » us politics – Google News