Education is vitally important. It produces a variety of societal and economic benefits, including cognitive skills, civic engagement, career opportunities, communication skills, social mobility, and many more.

Over the years, we have loved being able to tell people that Illinois was among the best states with homeschooling freedoms. That is thanks, in part to a 1950 case (People v. Levisen) in which the Illinois Supreme Court determined that the term "private school" included instruction given to a child at home, as long as the instruction was adequate.

Is there such a thing as healthy kids' entertainment? Sherwood Kids has accomplished this very thing. They observed the kids’ entertainment industry and found that it was littered with overstimulating shows and stories that failed to spark curiosity or true imagination. So they decided to change that.

Did you know that the Biden Administration aggressively fought to keep obscene materials in school libraries against the efforts of parents to remove them? I didn’t. I had no idea and I’ve tried to keep up on these issues.

President Trump recently signed an executive order that prohibits federal funding from going to K-12 public schools teaching Critical Race Theory (CRT) or gender issues.

The U.S. Department of Education was officially established on May 4, 1980, in the final days of the Carter administration. Conservatives have talked about putting an end to this department since the time of President Ronald Reagan.

I recently reviewed and then wrote a follow-up to a talk by Jay Seegert titled "How To College-Proof Your Faith." If you're entering college soon or you know someone who is, take an hour out of your day to glean from Jay's wisdom. He'll help you find core disagreements between you and the world, offer tips for conversations with hostile unbelievers, and even give some street wisdom specifically for the college environment.

In this eye-opening episode of WISE and Otherwise, Dalena Wallace sits down with Alex Newman, an international journalist, author, and education expert, to uncover the alarming truths behind the public education system. Are public schools truly serving the needs of children, or is there a hidden agenda at play?

If you're sending a kid off to college soon, have them watch this video. And if you're a kid heading off to college soon, listen to your parents when they tell you to. In a talk lasting just over an hour, Jay Seegert from The Starting Point Project presents a comprehensive guide to defending your faith in college, and he teaches from his own experiences as he faced opposition back when he was in school. It's well worth a listen.

I recently reviewed a talk by Jay Seegert from The Starting Point Project, and if you're entering college soon or you know someone who is, take an hour out of your day to glean from Jay's wisdom. 

Parents Defending Education is a national grassroots organization that is dedicated to reclaiming government schools from woke, anti-parent, and anti-family policies.

There is no question that over the last 20 years, the internet has become integral to our daily lives. We depend on it. We use it to follow the news, to keep an eye on the weather, to find and order everything from guns to gum, to discover the best route for our travels, to come up with the best recipe for dinner, to show us how to replace brake pads.

The failure of the public school system is no secret, which causes many Christian families to wisely opt out of public school. Still, all parents desire their children to receive quality education, with high academic excellence being one of the goals and main tenets, along with biblical teaching.

We have a long tradition of honoring those in public service who sacrifice a big paycheck to serve the rest of us. Most have non-descript jobs, but our government could not function without them. Some risk their lives for us every day, like soldiers and police and firefighters. We honor all of them because their service is a public trust.

With the focus on flying drones, the temporary funding bills proposed in the U.S. House, the role of DOGE in killing the first omnibus bill, and the criminal activities by the Tren de Aragua, even conservative pundits neglected to highlight what amounts to an admission of indoctrination.