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It sounds like something to draw immediate outrage: a student was expelled from his Colorado school for having gay parents. So why is the school within its bounds to make this drastic decision?
Because it’s a Catholic school, a private institution where they’ve decided parents sending their kids to the school must live within the faith. And in case you hadn’t noticed, the Catholic church considers homosexuality a sin. Continue reading »
Earlier this year, Alameda Unified School District, just across the bay from San Francisco and, undoubtedly, home to many school children with gay and lesbian parents, approved a curriculum that teaches tolerance of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered members of the community. Two board members, however, voted against the program, one because the curriculum is not comprehensive enough — she felt it should have included race and religion — and the other because there was no opt-out provision. The latter issue prompted the Pacific Justice Institute to file a lawsuit on behalf of parents who, I guess, want their children to think it’s okay to bully kids based on sexual identity and gender preference.
From warnings all the way to expulsion, school teachers and administrators have many tools at their disposal when it comes to disciplining unruly students. But as an employee at Palmer Elementary School in Denver has learned, none of these acceptable means of discipline involve duct tape. Continue reading »
Schools are starting to look more like Blockbuster these days – they’re instituting late fees.
Only where a late drop-off is a problem at the video store, a late pick-up is raising the rates for parents at their local elementary schools. Continue reading »
For all the talk about education reform and the state of the American education, here’s a shocker: a major poll showed . . . gasp . . . Americans actually LIKE their kid’s school.
It wasn’t exactly a ringing endorsement, but public education got an “at least somewhat satisfied” from seventy-six percent of people polled by Gallup. Continue reading »
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