On Sunday morning, hundreds of Orthodox believers gathered to defend the yeshiva in Jerusalem’s neighborhood of Mea Shearim, a Haredi stronghold in the city. Religious schools that teach the Talmud and the Torah sacred texts are scheduled to open for in-person studies this week, which contradicts the restrictions by the …
Read More »Parents fume as BLM campaigners subvert America’s top high schools in the name of diversity & get ‘racist’ entrance exams scrapped
Few expected George Floyd’s killing to lead to a feud over ‘Asian privilege’. But that is the storm that has been waging at America’s top performing public school, Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia. The school, often referred to as TJ, offers a college preparatory program emphasizing the sciences, mathematics, …
Read More »BoJo defies scientists to insist ‘schools are safe,’ sends ‘resign’ hashtag to top of Twitter trending charts
Johnson advised parents to send their children to school when they reopen following the Christmas holidays, declaring that education is a priority. “Schools are safe. It is very, very important to stress that. The risk to kids, to young people is really very, very small indeed. The risk to staff …
Read More »How convenient: Teachers union leader battles to keep schools closed… while on vacation in the Caribbean
Union area vice president Sarah Chambers has been claiming that re-opening Chicago’s public schools next Monday would put students, teachers and the wider public at risk due to widespread Covid-19 infections. But these apparent concerns for public health didn’t stop her jetting off to Puerto Rico, despite the small Caribbean …
Read More »In 2020, schools became the woke warriors’ latest battleground as indoctrination replaced education
During 2020, it has become evident that the education of children is the latest target of woke culture warriors. Throughout the Anglo-American world, young children are fed propaganda that presents white privilege as a fact of life. Teaching resource websites peddle the idea that white kids suffer from unconscious bias …
Read More »Teachers should be at the front of the queue for Covid vaccine… if UK schools shut again it will be a national disgrace
It may be uplifting to see beloved British octogenarians receiving the first of the Covid-19 vaccine jabs, but surely immunising teachers and school children would be far more effective in drastically cutting infection rates across the country? If we can just get to grips with containing the spread of the …
Read More »NYC to halt academic- and test-based admissions for elite public schools, switch to lottery as mayor vows to ‘REDISTRIBUTE WEALTH’
“Our mission is to redistribute wealth,” de Blasio said on Friday. “A lot of people bristle at that phrase. That is, in fact, the phrase we need to use. We have been doing this work for seven years to more equitably redistribute resources throughout our school system.” The latest step …
Read More »Chicago schools look to hire 1,000 monitors to babysit classrooms while Covid-spooked teachers stay home
Some 1,000 new workers will be paid $15 an hour to supervise students in classrooms while their teachers give their lessons remotely, on a computer screen, according to a job posting by the school district. Other duties will include doing health screening of students as they enter school, delivering supplies, …
Read More »NYC mayor reopens elementary schools under pressure from parents, but hints no return to norm without vaccine
“One of the things that’s been very clear is folks wanted school to keep moving forward and be open so long as it could be done safely,” De Blasio said at a press conference. “A lot of people have been saying, rightfully, a lot of parents, we’ve heard your voices …
Read More »It’s clear that shutting UK schools in the pandemic was a massive mistake that Britain can’t afford to make again
Slowly, evidence begins to emerge. Today, it’s the turn of OFSTED, the body responsible for inspecting the UK’s educational establishments, to appear in the witness stand. Its newly released report, based on 900 visits to schools and nurseries, details the extent to which children fell behind with their learning and …
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