education

Only a heartless scold would say students don’t need to be loved. But what happens when they act up? Should they be held accountable or should they be given another hug? A sympathetic piece in Education Week noticed “skirmishes out in the playground [and] outbursts in the classroom.” To deal...

There were 22 schools who had no students who could read at grade level, and another 33 schools claimed no students could perform math at grade level. . . Just this fiscal year alone, Illinois has allocated $9.4 billion to Chicago Public Schools, while the federal government has also allocated...

Schools Superintendent Triantafillos Parlapanides told the news outlet police were not called after the attack, citing school policy. “I don’t believe a police report was done. We normally just suspend. If a parent wants to press charges, they can with the police,” he said, adding, “We’re not...

It seems to me that people who are concerned about what their children and college students are learning in our schools and places of higher education, seem to have ceased to realize that subversive thinking needs to be taught in order for future Republicans to understand why it is bad (other...

The press secretary said when Biden took office “schools were not open, the economy was shut down, businesses were shut down,” but failed to mention that is because of the president’s own party. “It shows you how mismanaged the pandemic was and how the impact of that mismanagement had on the...

A member in Word of Faith made a post which I felt warranted a reply, but since I am not strictly speaking a member of the Word of Faith movement, although I share their Wesleyan belief in Sanctification, which is actually of Patristic and Eastern Orthodox origin, I thought it best to post it...

Schooling and higher education in the US has become an ideological battleground. The conservative right is trying to impose a blanket ban on any discussion of US history beyond the accepted Hollywood-style narrative. At the other end of the scale, the pressure to conform to an extreme liberal...

Hi there, So yes it is a simple concept "master it", but those two words can vex you beyond your imagination all the way to Hell. There is One who needs to Master you and it is Christ! Doing His bidding, knowing His unction, waiting when He says to wait - all this comes with His mastery in you...

Colleges Targeted with Racist Zoom Bombings As White Supremacy Spikes

Teacher goes on racist rant, not realizing Zoom was on Oops. Is this a form of Toobin? :sorry:

Sesame Street introduces two black muppets - Wes and his dad Elijah - to talk to children about black identity and race The new characters, five-year-old Wesley Walker and his father Elijah, were revealed this week in a video with Elmo In the video, which was published on the show's website...

The Miseducation of America's Elite was posted on another thread. I felt the topic would be of interest to many here. Don't be derailed by the title or $40K sticker tag. There's something bigger at work. The miseducation of today's youth. This is a must-read for future parents and Christians as...

Many Christians are concerned that our religious freedoms are becoming more and more under attack. One of the latest concerns is the consequences for religious institutions if the latest equality bill is passed by the senate. Presumably, the equality act would only affect religious...

Dear brothers and sisters, Thank you for your community and shared brotherhood in Christ! Social media tends to be so sin-saturated; it's refreshing and comforting to find Christian community during COVID online. Lately I've been having trouble with temptation to lust. Fortunately, there are...

According to new article by Ann Reid of the NCSE “...the proportion of US secondary-school biology teachers who present creationism as a scientifically valid alternative to evolution fell from 32% in 2007 to 18% in 2019” (E. Plutzer et al. Evo. Edu. Outreach 13, 14; 2020). I am curious what...

Members of the National Academy of Science are far more likely to withhold belief in the supernatural than the general population. Science majors in general lack belief more than the general population. Biblical and New Testament scholars do not often hold conservative theological beliefs such...

I have observed that many discussion threads on this forum end up discussing education in some form (often off topic). Because of this, I thought it would be helpful to have a discussion specifically relating to education and its perceived positive or negative effects. I want to make the topic...

For anyone wanting a little informal education in the basic ideas of physics during this lockdown, physics professor Sean Carroll has been doing a series of weekly videos called 'The Biggest Ideas in the Universe', explaining, to the interested layman, what it all means. After each video, you...

Graduates of Historically Black Colleges May Be Paying More for Loans

"Then why didn't you stay in Mexico?": A Latino dad was interrupted by a white man at meeting about racism in schools Keeping it classy. This is what bigotry looks like.