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If You Care About Children and America’s Future, Keep Your Kids Out of Public Schools

Posted on March 9, 2022 by David E Smith

Once upon a time, I held a naïve hope that public education could be pried loose from the iron grip of self-righteous, presumptuous, intolerant, diversity-loathing, illiberal, idea-banning, bullying leftists fluent in Newspeak. That was then. This is now.

Now I know that is not possible—at least not in time to educate properly children who are currently in school or soon-to-be in school. There are good signs that a movement is afoot to challenge the MAN—who now is a homosexual, drag queen who uses the pronouns fae, faer, faers, and faerself.

Posted in Education | Tagged American Library Association, anti-bullying, anti-racism, Bullying, detransitioning, Eu Clair Area School District, gender identity, GLSEN, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Michael Johnson, Modern Language Association, Pronoun Wars, racism, rapid-onset gender dysphoria, Robert P. George, Safe Spaces | Comments Off

Smidge of Hope on the Education Horizon

Posted on December 17, 2021 by David E Smith

For those who for years have been battling critical race theory-infused and sexually deviant material in public schools with little help from their friends, recent developments offer a smidge of hope.

I began opposing both types of resources in about 2005 when I was a member of the highly partisan English Department at District 113’s Deerfield High School on Chicago’s North Shore. At that time, my opposition and warnings fell on deaf ears—well, except for the propagandists. Theirs were hostile ears—very hostile.

Teachers in District 113 were pushing CRT-tainted content in the classroom and in what is loosely called …

Posted in Education | Tagged American Library Association, Chicago Public Schools, Critical Race Theory, Deerfield High School, GLSEN, Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, Modern Language Association, NEA, Tracy Hiebert, World Magazine | Comments Off