Opinion
Evil geniuses or inept bunglers? Reforming education requires clearheaded assessment
A new book argues that Marxists have taken over American public schools. An education reformer doubts anyone could take them over.
News
Poll shows parents concerned over politicization, safety in public schools
A new Civitas poll shows that North Carolina parents are concerned about the safety of students in the classroom and the politicization of public schools. Seventy-two percent of parents surveyed said classroom instruction has become more political in the last five years. That concern was bi-partisan, with 84% of Republicans saying they were worried, 69% of...
News
Robinson says he’s not resigning, says his comments were twisted
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson says he has nothing personal against LGBTQ people, and he’s not resigning. Robinson, in a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 12, said he wants to get books, which he says depicts “filth,” out of some school libraries. Robinson made earlier statements that he wants to remove books such as “George,” “Lawn Boy”...
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F.A.C.T.S. task force releases first report documenting bias, indoctrination in public schools
A task force assembled by Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson designed to give a voice to parents and students in identifying political bias in public school classrooms released its first report on Tuesday. In March, Robinson established a task force on political indoctrination in public school classrooms known as F.A.C.T.S., standing for Fairness and Accountability in...
Opinion
Mark Robinson understands a simple truth: Classroom indoctrination is real
Smarter than many Republican politicians, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson understands his political base. Many parents across North Carolina care about ideological indoctrination in schools and know that it exists in at least some classrooms. Over in Loudoun County, Virginia, a recent bombshell by the Daily Wire reveals how bad it has become for those who...
Opinion
Political indoctrination on campus?
Are claims that some professors use their classes more to indoctrinate students in their own political ideology than to teach them anything true? Or are they like Elvis sightings? Liberal faculty members and administrators often scoff at such complaints, saying that the students who lodge them are just hypersensitive gripers.
