Northern Arizona University joins the diversity bandwagon of group-think instead of scholarship. As a defensive measure, I’m prefacing this commentary on diversity with the fact that throughout my career I was at the vanguard of equal rights, affirmative action, diversity, racial sensitivity training, and racial encounter groups, during an era when the battles were […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/evening-high-angle-view-northern-arizona-university-utah-200478169.jpg533800Craig J. Cantonihttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCraig J. Cantoni2022-05-27 19:12:092022-05-27 19:12:09DEI at NAU: Making a Mockery of Diversity with Diversity
The Arizona Department of Education directs students to LGBT-themed chatrooms for children as young as 10 to discuss gender and sexuality as part of its student resources. The chatrooms are part of the department’s effort to support LGBT youths, and they were put together with the help of “members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community,” according to the […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design.png350700Laurel Dugganhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngLaurel Duggan2022-05-25 15:01:182022-05-25 15:01:18Arizona Sends Kids as Young as 10 to Gender and Sexuality Chatrooms
A Nevada school board temporarily cut off a mother from speaking as she read an assignment reportedly given to her 15-year-old daughter, according to video footage of a school board meeting. One mother alleged that a teacher at Clark County School District — the nation’s fifth-largest public school district — forced her 15-year-old daughter to memorize […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/schoolboardmom.png5491280Chrissy Clarkhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngChrissy Clark2022-05-22 01:55:152022-05-19 21:31:03Mom Reads Aloud Purported Assignment Given To Daughter. School Board Cuts Her Mic Because It’s Too Obscene
Let’s face it: free speech for California’s teachers and educators is dead. If you are a teacher or guidance counselor in California and make an internet posting that happens to offend students, teachers, and/or administrators who make up the woke mob, you may very well lose your job. The truth of what you wrote makes […]
America’s schools, including Arizona’s, are stuck in mediocrity. Our academic achievement indicators trail 20 of our OECD [Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development] peers in every subject. It’s not getting better, either. It matters more than national pride. The US has fallen to tenth in overall economic competitiveness, our lowest rank ever. Stanford’s Eric Hanushek […]
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Editors’ Note: This essay could well be expanded as a theme to explore further because it is that important. If you are an employer or even have had work done around the house by outside contractors, you likely have discovered that for many younger workers the American work ethic is in decline. People often do […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/confused-3082831__340.webp340509Lipton Matthewshttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngLipton Matthews2022-05-12 01:50:372022-05-10 14:43:21Cultural Traits and Work Ethic: Human Capital Matters
Challenging economic times are bringing out the worst in the Biden administration, which has turned desperate to the point of overtly undermining the First Amendment rights of those with whom they disagree. This pernicious trend has been acute in the climate change and Covid issues, and it is accelerating. The Biden administration’s creation of a […]
During the recent government panic over Covid, almost all governments in one form or another used “lockdown”, or the quarantining of the healthy, in order to stop the spread of the disease. This was a first in history because usually, isolating the sick or the especially vulnerable was the strategy. The result was severe economic […]
Our country’s K-12 public education system is being transformed into something it was never intended to be. Academic rigor is taking a backseat to an ideological mission, as schools go beyond teaching reading and math to focus on reshaping students’ attitudes and beliefs to advance a political agenda. But most Americans do not believe this shift is […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/classroon.jpg339509Catrin Wigfallhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngCatrin Wigfall2022-05-07 01:58:332022-05-05 06:13:25What is The Main Purpose of Education?
To Saturn. I was there for six years. Boy, have things changed. I am not talking about Joe Biden being President which is shocking enough. I am referring to the fact that the hottest issue in America is not even climate change. It is people changing gender, what gender you are, how you refer to […]
https://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/saturn.jpg339509Bruce Bialoskyhttps://pricklypear.news/wp-content/uploads/logo_2023.pngBruce Bialosky2022-05-06 02:00:512022-05-05 06:15:08I Just Got Back from a Trip
DEI at NAU: Making a Mockery of Diversity with Diversity
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Education, Liberty, Politics/by Craig J. CantoniNorthern Arizona University joins the diversity bandwagon of group-think instead of scholarship. As a defensive measure, I’m prefacing this commentary on diversity with the fact that throughout my career I was at the vanguard of equal rights, affirmative action, diversity, racial sensitivity training, and racial encounter groups, during an era when the battles were […]
Arizona Sends Kids as Young as 10 to Gender and Sexuality Chatrooms
/in Arizona News, Culture War, Education, Politics/by Laurel DugganThe Arizona Department of Education directs students to LGBT-themed chatrooms for children as young as 10 to discuss gender and sexuality as part of its student resources. The chatrooms are part of the department’s effort to support LGBT youths, and they were put together with the help of “members and allies of the LGBTQ+ community,” according to the […]
Mom Reads Aloud Purported Assignment Given To Daughter. School Board Cuts Her Mic Because It’s Too Obscene
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics/by Chrissy ClarkA Nevada school board temporarily cut off a mother from speaking as she read an assignment reportedly given to her 15-year-old daughter, according to video footage of a school board meeting. One mother alleged that a teacher at Clark County School District — the nation’s fifth-largest public school district — forced her 15-year-old daughter to memorize […]
Cancel Culture in Action: Wrecking Peoples Lives in Retaliation
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Mark WallaceLet’s face it: free speech for California’s teachers and educators is dead. If you are a teacher or guidance counselor in California and make an internet posting that happens to offend students, teachers, and/or administrators who make up the woke mob, you may very well lose your job. The truth of what you wrote makes […]
Our Schools Aren’t Competitive But Money Is Not The Problem.
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured/by Thomas C. PattersonAmerica’s schools, including Arizona’s, are stuck in mediocrity. Our academic achievement indicators trail 20 of our OECD [Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development] peers in every subject. It’s not getting better, either. It matters more than national pride. The US has fallen to tenth in overall economic competitiveness, our lowest rank ever. Stanford’s Eric Hanushek […]
Cultural Traits and Work Ethic: Human Capital Matters
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Featured/by Lipton MatthewsEditors’ Note: This essay could well be expanded as a theme to explore further because it is that important. If you are an employer or even have had work done around the house by outside contractors, you likely have discovered that for many younger workers the American work ethic is in decline. People often do […]
Biden’s Orwellian “Truth Ministry”
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Peter MurphyChallenging economic times are bringing out the worst in the Biden administration, which has turned desperate to the point of overtly undermining the First Amendment rights of those with whom they disagree. This pernicious trend has been acute in the climate change and Covid issues, and it is accelerating. The Biden administration’s creation of a […]
Sweden Finally Gets Some Recognition
/in Culture War, Economy, Education, Environment, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics/by Neland NobelDuring the recent government panic over Covid, almost all governments in one form or another used “lockdown”, or the quarantining of the healthy, in order to stop the spread of the disease. This was a first in history because usually, isolating the sick or the especially vulnerable was the strategy. The result was severe economic […]
What is The Main Purpose of Education?
/in Culture War, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics/by Catrin WigfallOur country’s K-12 public education system is being transformed into something it was never intended to be. Academic rigor is taking a backseat to an ideological mission, as schools go beyond teaching reading and math to focus on reshaping students’ attitudes and beliefs to advance a political agenda. But most Americans do not believe this shift is […]
I Just Got Back from a Trip
/in Culture War, Education, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, Satire/by Bruce BialoskyTo Saturn. I was there for six years. Boy, have things changed. I am not talking about Joe Biden being President which is shocking enough. I am referring to the fact that the hottest issue in America is not even climate change. It is people changing gender, what gender you are, how you refer to […]