By
Laurie Higgins
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03.04.10
The Day of Silence is fast approaching. For the uninitiated, the Day of Silence (DOS) is yet another effort by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to use public education to transform the views of our nation’s children...
By
Laurie Higgins
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03.03.10
Many people who live in more conservative communities, for example, in the Midwest and South or rural communities, have been complacent regarding the presence of homosexuality-affirming resources and activities in their schools. They naively assume that their values and beliefs...
By
David E. Smith
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02.22.10
Pro-Life and Pro-Family citizens must contact their State Representatives in opposition to HB 6205.
Planned Parenthood is at it again, trying to pass excessive pro-abortion legislation. We have labeled it Illinois FOCA — or the “Freedom of Choice Act.” The...
By
Laurie Higgins
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02.17.10
The Day of Silence is fast approaching. For the uninitiated, the Day of Silence (DOS) is yet another effort by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) to use public education to transform the views of our nation’s children...
By
Laurie Higgins
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02.09.10
An article on abstinence-only programs appearing in the Feb. 2010 issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine reports that “Only about a third of sixth- and seventh-graders who completed an abstinence-focused program started having sex within the next two...
By
Laurie Higgins
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01.18.10
It is my hope that IFI subscribers will even read articles about schools other than their own. When I write about a problem in a particular school, I always address the problematic assumptions that underlie whatever particular issue I am...
By
Laurie Higgins
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01.14.10
It was only a matter of time before homosexual activism infected elementary education here in Illinois. This cancerous activism appeared during a recent Institute Day at William Beye Elementary School in Oak Park during which Oak Park resident and lesbian,...
By
Laurie Higgins
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01.10.10
Public education is rife with problems, but perhaps none quite as prevalent as pro-homosexual advocacy which infects schools from elementary through high schools, from small schools to large, and from poorly performing urban schools to affluent, prestigious suburban schools.
What...
By
Robert Knight
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12.17.09
What do you do if you’re caught in something shocking, inexcusable and even criminal?
You divert attention by getting someone to attack the messenger: “Don’t look at this stuff! Look over there!”
And so, amid the growing scandal surrounding President...
12.17.09
by Russell D. Moore
The typical American mother would be a bit uncomfortable letting her six-year-old child browse the “alternative lifestyles” section in the local Barnes and Noble. Instead, she would direct his attention to the safe and welcoming shelves...
12.08.09
Barack Obama‘s Safe Schools Czar Kevin Jennings founded the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) in 1990. In 2007 Kevin Jennings was paid $273,573.96 as the executive director of GLSEN. Recently he was appointed by the Obama administration to...
By
Laurie Higgins
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12.07.09
As the Director of School Advocacy, I write primarily about current problems in public schools. The topics about which I write are generated primarily by concerns brought to my attention by parents of current public school children; staff or faculty...
By
Laurie Higgins
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12.01.09
IFI readers with memories like steel traps may remember the names of Stevenson High School English teachers Melissa Mack and Bill Fritz. For those, like me, who have memories like steel sieves, Bill Fritz is the sponsor of Stevenson’s Gay...
By
Laurie Higgins
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11.25.09
There is a concerted effort on the part of proponents of “critical race theory” to erode respect for America through public education. Critical race theory, also known as “teaching for social justice” pervades departments of education all around the country....
By
Laurie Higgins
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11.16.09
It was suggested to me that I file a Freedom of Information Act request with the school district for which I worked for a decade and which my four children attended. It was suggested that I request documents that mentioned...
