Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is offering a grant to schools that take up an alternative to the controversial education practice known as social and emotional learning. Horne is asking schools to instead try a program called The Six Pillars of Character, which was developed by Drake University that emphasizes six traits that they […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1402700291.jpg54648192Cameron Arcandhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCameron Arcand2023-03-01 00:32:332023-02-28 06:35:04Arizona to Reward School Districts Abandoning Social Emotional Learning
After months of lockdowns and countless learning loss due to the COVID pandemic, will Arizona families take another step backward when it comes to providing children a quality education? That sad fate could happen if the state’s new governor, Katie Hobbs, gets her way. Hobbs has proposed undoing the changes to Empowerment Scholarship Accounts that […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1338737959-scaled.jpg17082560Christy Narsi and Mary Voughthttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngChristy Narsi and Mary Vought2023-02-28 00:30:012023-02-25 06:21:40Arizona Children Deserve Better Than Hobbs’ Plan
You don’t quickly forget the sound of a child gagging as another child clutches him in a chokehold. As a middle-school teacher, I turned the corner in the hallway one day and found a child with his arms wrapped around the neck of a refugee student — a population that was frequently the target of bullying. The […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-465163019-scaled.jpg25602560Daniel Buckhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngDaniel Buck2023-02-26 00:30:482023-02-25 05:49:29The Abolition of School Discipline
The portion of students taking advantage of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program after previously attending a public school has dramatically shifted. According to the latest information from the Arizona Department of Education, the ESA program now has 47,200 students participating. The data, released Monday, is a marked increase from the roughly 30,000 students participating in […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-525409577-scaled.jpg17072560Cole Lauterbachhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCole Lauterbach2023-02-25 00:30:052023-02-24 07:52:49Half of Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Students Left Public Schools, Latest Data Show
Predictably, and with more than average fanfare, The New York Times’s headline-grabbing The 1619 Project is coming to the small screen. Hulu has released a six-part docuseries on the controversial historical revision, which purports to demonstrate the racist foundations of the American Project. Brainchild of Nikole Hannah-Jones and Dean Baquet, this new “origin” myth has […]
Modern socialists may prefer to distance themselves from Stalin and Mao, but progressives were singing a very different tune in the twentieth century. I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Texas Tech University School of Law to debate the merits of capitalism versus socialism with Ben Burgis, a columnist for Jacobin and philosophy […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-496348496-scaled.jpg17032560Jon Miltimorehttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngJon Miltimore2023-02-20 00:29:472023-02-18 15:39:07Proof That Western Progressives Loved Stalinism and Maoism, Despite Their Horrors
“The largest cultural menace in America is the conformity of the intellectual cliques which, in education as well as the arts, are out to impose upon the nation their modish fads and fallacies, and have nearly succeeded in doing so. In this cultural issue, we are, without reservations, on the side of excellence (rather than […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1247691120-scaled.jpg13952560Larry Sandhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngLarry Sand2023-02-19 00:31:242023-02-18 16:06:19Pushback In The Culture Wars
As with misinformation, labeling someone who disagrees with the current standardthink as a “denier” has become, pardon the term, endemic amongst the woke. Covid denier, climate denier, election denier, science denier – are all bandied about to immediately end debate, tar any difference of opinion as literally insane, and depict anyone who ever disagrees with […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1341094534-scaled.jpg17072560Thomas Buckleyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngThomas Buckley2023-02-16 00:31:062023-02-15 07:19:40Denialism: A Woke Way to Stifle Dissent
We previously discussed the movement in journalism schools to get rid of principles of objectivity in journalism. Advocacy journalism is the new touchstone in the media even as polls show that trust in the media is plummeting. Now, former executive editor for The Washington Post Leonard Downie Jr. and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-1349183013.jpg55048256Tyler Durdenhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngTyler Durden2023-02-12 00:32:552023-02-09 08:39:59“Objectivity Has Got To Go”: News Leaders Call For End Of Objective Journalism
Below are sections from an article published in full at my column on The Rogue Review. It is a tremendously important article on a subject that is vitally important today, because we are living in a world created by the losers of the Civil War, not the winners—we are still dealing with the war’s aftermath. […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/iStock-815895420.jpg64957698Catherine Salgadohttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCatherine Salgado2023-02-12 00:31:392023-02-09 08:05:19UNTOLD TRUTHS: War Crimes of the Confederates and Post-War Democrats (From the Rogue Review)
Arizona to Reward School Districts Abandoning Social Emotional Learning
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News/by Cameron ArcandSuperintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is offering a grant to schools that take up an alternative to the controversial education practice known as social and emotional learning. Horne is asking schools to instead try a program called The Six Pillars of Character, which was developed by Drake University that emphasizes six traits that they […]
Arizona Children Deserve Better Than Hobbs’ Plan
/in Arizona News, Education, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Christy Narsi and Mary VoughtAfter months of lockdowns and countless learning loss due to the COVID pandemic, will Arizona families take another step backward when it comes to providing children a quality education? That sad fate could happen if the state’s new governor, Katie Hobbs, gets her way. Hobbs has proposed undoing the changes to Empowerment Scholarship Accounts that […]
The Abolition of School Discipline
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Daniel BuckYou don’t quickly forget the sound of a child gagging as another child clutches him in a chokehold. As a middle-school teacher, I turned the corner in the hallway one day and found a child with his arms wrapped around the neck of a refugee student — a population that was frequently the target of bullying. The […]
Half of Arizona Empowerment Scholarship Account Students Left Public Schools, Latest Data Show
/in Arizona News, Education, Featured, Latest News, Politics/by Cole LauterbachThe portion of students taking advantage of Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program after previously attending a public school has dramatically shifted. According to the latest information from the Arizona Department of Education, the ESA program now has 47,200 students participating. The data, released Monday, is a marked increase from the roughly 30,000 students participating in […]
The 1519 Project: An Antidote to Caricature?
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Life Advocacy/by Paul SchwennesenPredictably, and with more than average fanfare, The New York Times’s headline-grabbing The 1619 Project is coming to the small screen. Hulu has released a six-part docuseries on the controversial historical revision, which purports to demonstrate the racist foundations of the American Project. Brainchild of Nikole Hannah-Jones and Dean Baquet, this new “origin” myth has […]
Proof That Western Progressives Loved Stalinism and Maoism, Despite Their Horrors
/in Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security/by Jon MiltimoreModern socialists may prefer to distance themselves from Stalin and Mao, but progressives were singing a very different tune in the twentieth century. I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Texas Tech University School of Law to debate the merits of capitalism versus socialism with Ben Burgis, a columnist for Jacobin and philosophy […]
Pushback In The Culture Wars
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Larry Sand“The largest cultural menace in America is the conformity of the intellectual cliques which, in education as well as the arts, are out to impose upon the nation their modish fads and fallacies, and have nearly succeeded in doing so. In this cultural issue, we are, without reservations, on the side of excellence (rather than […]
Denialism: A Woke Way to Stifle Dissent
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty/by Thomas BuckleyAs with misinformation, labeling someone who disagrees with the current standardthink as a “denier” has become, pardon the term, endemic amongst the woke. Covid denier, climate denier, election denier, science denier – are all bandied about to immediately end debate, tar any difference of opinion as literally insane, and depict anyone who ever disagrees with […]
“Objectivity Has Got To Go”: News Leaders Call For End Of Objective Journalism
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, Politics/by Tyler DurdenWe previously discussed the movement in journalism schools to get rid of principles of objectivity in journalism. Advocacy journalism is the new touchstone in the media even as polls show that trust in the media is plummeting. Now, former executive editor for The Washington Post Leonard Downie Jr. and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward […]
UNTOLD TRUTHS: War Crimes of the Confederates and Post-War Democrats (From the Rogue Review)
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Latest News, Liberty, National Security, Politics/by Catherine SalgadoBelow are sections from an article published in full at my column on The Rogue Review. It is a tremendously important article on a subject that is vitally important today, because we are living in a world created by the losers of the Civil War, not the winners—we are still dealing with the war’s aftermath. […]