Word has come from Afghanistan that a teacher was killed by the Taliban for educating girls. Isis and Al Quaeda are again on the move, bombing the Karmid airport area in an attempt to forestall the evacuation of Americans and certain Afghans. The open border south of the United States is a “welcome” sign to…
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Government-backed Pre-School
The tragedy of what is happening in Afghanistan is pretty much directing our concerns right now, but let’s not let the plans for public pre-school drop from our focus. If we do, the government control of our kids at ages three and four could be almost as great a disaster as letting the Taliban take…
The SCHOOL Act of 2020: What It Means for You
In my last post I wrote about the complications involved in the legislation for school choice. Further research has led me to Senate Bill 4432 introduced by Senator Rand Paul in August 2020. It is called the ‘‘Support Children Having Open Opportunities for Learning Act of 2020’’ or the short version is SCHOOL Act of…
SCHOOL CHOICE LEGISLATION IS COMPLICATED
In my last post, I suggested you consider placing your children in a parochial school rather than continuing to send them to the public school where one problem after another seems to rear its ugly head. Now we have to talk about how to accomplish that. Here is an excerpt from my book, Who’s Got…
WHEN A PROBLEM BECOMES A CHOICE BECOMES A CRISIS
I don’t ordinarily use this blog to voice my general political opinions, but sometimes I have to when politics affects our kids. This is one of those times. It is beyond denial that we have long had an illegal immigration problem. However, that problem was mitigated by a number of actions taken by President Trump….
GETTING READY FOR “BACK TO SCHOOL”
Back-to-School ads are everywhere. More cars are in school parking lots as teachers prepare. Children (most of them) are excited. School is about to start again. If you are a parent, you probably don’t need me to tell you that. But, as a parent, you may need a reminder about some things less mundane than…
“LET THEM DIE!”
Those words, “. . . let them die,” referred to any parents who disagreed with a multitude of educational and ideological positions of the speaker and teachers. You may have heard of the rant by NAACP first vice president Michelle Leete. She is also vice president of training at the Virginia state PTA and vice…
DROWNING CAN HAPPEN IN SECONDS
Driving past a number of fire stations this summer, I kept seeing the sign in front of them, “DROWNING CAN HAPPEN IN SECONDS.” A fire department website has a video that scrolls through similar messages: “Drowning can happen at any age” and “Never swim alone at any age.” Most of us probably know the truth…
UNITED WE STAND
Independence Day, July 4th, is a day to celebrate what a determined and united people can do. I had written a post about how various entities are working overtime to divide us. They are relying on the rest of that headline phrase, “United We Stand,” to tear this wonderful country apart. “Divided We Fall.” I…
DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS
I remember a few words of an old song, “The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.” The brightest stars in Texas right now are the legislature and Governor Abbott for signing into law the bill regarding what is to be taught in Dallas public school history classes. Governor…