NYC teachers blast new math curriculum amid leaked reports of failing test scores
New York City algebra teachers are dreading the coming school year because nearly all of them will have to use a commercial math curriculum that has been panned as a “total failure.” Last year, teachers at 265 schools piloted an “illustrative math” curriculum that Chancellor David Banks hopes will help improve the city’s struggling math […]
Parents in Maryland Cannot Opt Children Out of LGBTQ Curriculum
A federal court on Wednesday upheld a Maryland school district’s policy of not allowing parents to choose from a curriculum on gender identity and sexuality for young children in kindergarten through fifth grade. 2-1 panel verdict released Federal judges rejected a lower court’s request to block a policy issued by the Montgomery County Public Schools […]
Parents can’t opt K-5 children out of LGBTQ curriculum: appeals court
Maryland parents rally against gender-based curriculum Montgomery County Public Schools parent Dawn Iannaco-Hahn and Deseret News contributor Bethany Mandel join Fox & Friends First to speak out against parents’ protests and controversial curriculum. We talked about how we are fighting back. Maryland’s largest school district does not have to allow parents to deny their kindergarten […]
NYC kindergarten students learning about penises, vulvas through city’s HIV/AIDS curriculum
The newspaper reported that 4-year-old New York City public school students are learning the ABCs of HIV in kindergarten through books that identify vulvas and penises. The city’s HIV/AIDS curriculum, revamped in September, includes a book for 4- and 5-year-olds called “These Are My Eyes, These Are My Nose, These Are My Vulva, These Are […]
UN panel criticize Russia’s efforts to rewrite school curriculum about Ukraine
A UN-backed committee focused on children’s rights called on Russia to stop school textbooks from being altered to serve political or military purposes. The Committee on the Rights of the Child held the hearing in Geneva as part of the periodic review given to all United Nations member states. The commission last examined Russia’s children’s […]