Tag Archives: public school

Homeschooling, Part 3

Posted on March 25, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

We ended the last piece in the middle of our discussion of the biblical benefits of homeschooling. Jesus tells us that every student, when he is trained fully, will be like his master (Luke 6:40), which prompts us to ask: what kind of masters are my children being trained by? We discussed the godless ideas permeating the public school classroom, but education is more than just ideas. It also involves people. So let's also consider more than just the lessons being taught; what about the people teaching them?

Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen | Tagged children, Christianity, education, Homeschool, Parents, public school, Teachers | Comments Off

Homeschooling, Part 2

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In a recent piece together, we explored one of the major benefits of homeschooling that greatly impacted me as a student: the freedom that my parents had to tailor my education to my needs. I know many other homeschool families have reaped this benefit from homeschooling as well. Homeschooling parents are able to educate their children according to their individual needs and aptitudes, which often results in a more rigorous and productive education than the standard fare in the public school system.

Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen | Tagged Brian Ray, children, education, Homeschool, Parents, public school | Comments Off

Why Should Anyone Homeschool? Part 1

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

I've been blessed to write several dozen articles for IFI on topics ranging from transgender bathrooms to sports gambling to the politically correct concept of "ableism." It's been a very fun ride. But, peering back through it all—the rants on the artificial fertility lobby and the exposés of abortion politics, the laments over the modern denial of science and the abandonment of logic—I still think back to the very first article I ever wrote for the Institute: COVID Boosted Idea of Educational Freedom.

Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen | Tagged Brian Ray, children, education, family, Homeschool, learning, moms, public school, research | Comments Off

The Transgender Trap, Part 2

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

In part one of this article,, we looked at a brief recently filed by 21 attorneys general from around the country. The attorneys general are urging the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to strike down a commonsense Idaho law that would keep boys out of girls' bathrooms, and among the brief’s signatories is Illinois' own Kwame Raoul. One sentence in the brief stood out in particular, as it compared "transgender" youth to their "cisgender counterparts."

Posted in Child Exploitation, Education, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, next gen, Sexuality | Tagged Bathrooms, education, Kwame Raoul, Part 2, public school, school, The Transgender Trap, transgender | Comments Off

Race to the Bottom

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

It is a sad truth that the United States, the wealthiest nation in the world and the one that spends more on education than any other, continues to see a decline in academic performance. Schools in Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. now spend $30,000 and more per student. Only in a government-controlled system could spending rapidly increase while performance continually decreases.

Posted in CRT/Racism/BLM, Education, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Bill de Blasio, Brandon Johnson, children, Christian school, education, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Parents, President Obama, public school, Race to the Bottom | Comments Off

Home Schooling Growth Draws New Attention, Concern From Establishment

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

According to a series in the Washington Post, parents choosing to teach their children reading, writing, and 'rithmetic at home rather than sending them to the school down the street is a phenomenon that is worthy of in-depth research and front-page coverage.

Posted in Education, Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture, Media Watch | Tagged Albert Mohler, children, education, Homeschool, Parents, public school, Teachers | Comments Off

It is Indoctrination, Not Education

Posted on November 28, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

Waterloo High School is in the news again. This time, it is about students from the high school Diversity Club raising money to purchase “chest binders” for transgender boys (who are biological girls) who are transitioning without the knowledge or support of their parents.

Posted in Education, Sexuality | Tagged ACORN, AmeriCorps, children, CNCS, Daily Caller, DailyWire, Digital Madness, Diversity Club, Dr. Kardaras, education, Gender, Glow Kids, indoctrination, It is Indoctrination, LGBTQ, not Education, Parents, Parents Defending Education, Partipilo, porn, public school, Teachers, Waterloo High School | Comments Off

Government Makes a Terrible Parent

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

The story of Sage Blair is a worst-case scenario of epic proportions. At fourteen years old, Sage, who is being raised by her grandparents, began questioning her gender identity. At school, she was encouraged to socially “transition” and began using a male name, male pronouns, and the boys’ restroom. It was only after she was sexually harassed and threatened by male students in the restroom that Sage’s grandparents found out she was embracing a transgender identity.

Posted in Faith, Illinois Politics, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged child exploitation, education, government, parental consent, Parents Matter Coalition, public school, Sage Blair, sexual assault, transgender | Comments Off

Christian Parents, Your Kids Aren’t Equipped to be Public School Missionaries

Posted on April 4, 2017 by David E Smith

A concerned parent sent me this. It’s the school newspaper for Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church, Virginia. Among the other hard hitting pieces of journalism targeted at children, ages 11-13, is an article on “transgender rights.”

The article explains how Obama “improved the lives of transgender people by fighting the discrimination against them,” but all of that is now in jeopardy because of President Trump. The next article delves into the intricacies and wonders of various forms of gender identity, including “transgenderism,” “non-binary,” “bigender,” “agender,” “demigender,” “genderfluid,” and “genderflux.” I’m obviously more innocent and naive than …

Posted in Education, Faith | Tagged government schools, indoctrination, public school | Comments Off

What Parents & Tapayers Should Know About Their Local Public Schools

Posted on August 20, 2014 by altha-admin

There are numerous problems affecting public education, problems so serious that many families are choosing either to homeschool their children or send them to private schools—options which very few families are able to implement or afford.

Posted in Education | Tagged gender identity, homosexuality, public school, sex education, tax, taxpayer | Comments Off