Education Reporter – July 2018
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts in Turmoil The 108-year-old Boy Scouts of America is undergoing radical changes, including inviting girls to join. Cub Scouts packs have already been…
Author: Virginia Barth
Education Reporter – June 2018
An Unreliable College Botches Free Speech The drama and humiliation suffered by the author of the book reviewed on page 2 of this issue of Education Reporter is…
Education Reporter – May 2018
Teacher Strikes Beget More Teacher Strikes So far in 2018, teachers in six states have gone on strike or left schools to attend political demonstrations, leaving children without…
Education Reporter – April 2018
A Preventable Tragedy in Parkland, Florida When the murderous student showed up at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day of 2018, he meant to kill as…
Education Reporter – March 2018
Drag Queen Story Time at the Public Library Libraries across the nation are inviting cross-dressing men to read to children, sometimes from books about “alternative lifestyles,” and sometimes…
Education Reporter – February 2018
Is Common Core Immortal?: It Survives in Oklahoma ‘My state, Oklahoma, was one of the first and only to repeal Common Core. It took years of work, and…
Education Reporter – January 2018
Common Core: Is it Immortal? Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos stated in her January 16th speech at the American Enterprise Institute, “At the U.S. Department of Education, Common…
Education Reporter – December 2017
The Many Faces of Bullying Students seem to face an increased amount of bullying at school and many children are devastated by it. There is no clear explanation…
Education Reporter – November 2017
Feds Attempt Student Data Grab The U.S. Congress has data collection on the agenda. Bills have passed or are under consideration in both houses. Some are alarmed by…
Education Reporter – October 2017
Chronically Absent Students Diminish Outcomes Federal law passed in December of 2015 and called the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) supposedly returns responsibility for education back to individual…