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MDE considers moving LGBTQ topics to health curriculum: a BAD idea
My comments before the State Board of Education on their attempt to move gender and sexuality topics into the health curriculum (I swear it’s me, even though you can only see the back of my head). Takeaways: This is another bad idea from the Department of Education. These topics should be covered exclusively at home. This plan will pit teachers, who are forced to defend the policy, against parents. Rank and file teachers don’t want that. This crowds out other learning. This p
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Oct 141 min read
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Groundbreaking Win for Parents -- Supreme Court Confirms Parents Are In Charge
The United States Supreme Court confirmed this morning what parents knew all along: parents are and should be in control of their...
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Jun 273 min read
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Question of the Week
I am introducing a new feature called Question of the Week. Each week, I'll review a question from a board member about a pressing issue...
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Jun 51 min read
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The Supreme Court to the Rescue, Maybe
This morning, the Supreme Court heard the case of Mahmoud v. Taylor , which tells a story all-too-familiar to parents of young children...
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Apr 226 min read
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Class Sizes - The Why is the Most Important Question
While the factual data described in the Detroit News recent series on school class sizes ( Michigan school districts pack kids into...
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Apr 192 min read
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Get Kids Back to School Newsletter, Vol. 1, No. 1
Update on Title IX Get Kids Back to School has been at the forefront of helping parents protect their daughters’ rights to private...
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Mar 165 min read
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GKBTS Leads the Way on Protecting Girls' Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CONTACT March 2, 2025Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...
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Mar 12 min read
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GET KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL PRAISES NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CONTACT January 30, 2025Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â ...
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Jan 302 min read
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Crain's article misses the mark
I read with interest the Forum on Education published in the latest Crain's Detroit Business (“Amid ‘staggering’ K-12 enrollment decline,...
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Jan 243 min read
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