Federal Bathroom Decree Flushes Down Common Sense
By Monte Larrick   |   05.18.16
Equality and inclusion are in now thanks to the Obama Administration’s directive opening public school restrooms and locker rooms to anyone who chooses to come in. What could possibly go wrong?  Surely teenage boys, dirty old men and voyeurs will...
Emperor Obama Mandates Co-Ed Restrooms–and More
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.13.16
“By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.” The Obama Administration in yet another demonstration of its infinite hubris and, yes, wickedness has sent a joint “Dear Colleague” letter from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the...
DOJ Joins ED to Redefine Sex and Rewrite Law
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.09.16
The federal government through its highly partisan Department of Justice (DOJ) is attempting to make law—again—by attacking North Carolina’s so-called “bathroom bill.” Last Wednesday, the DOJ sent a letter to NC governor Pat McCrory demanding that he rescind the law...
Federal Lawsuit Filed Against District 211 and DOE Over Student Privacy
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.07.16
On Wednesday afternoon, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and the Thomas More Society filed a lawsuit in federal court against School District 211 and the Department of Education (DOE) on behalf of 51 district families who rightly claim that the district...
Latest CPS Outrage Violates Rights of Students, Staff, and Faculty
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.04.16
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) just issued guidelines that allow gender-dysphoric students and teachers to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond to the sex they wish they were rather than the sex they actually are. In public schools, staff...
Illinois Colleges Have Much to Learn about Free Speech
By Andrew Willis   |   04.29.16
There is never a shortage of stories about attacks on free speech on the American college campus.  Here is one which hits close to home at the College of DuPage (COD), a community college in the western suburbs of Chicago....
The Re-Education Camps We Call Universities
By   |   04.15.16
The totalitarian attitude on campus hit me in a very personal way on March 30 as I was sitting on an airplane at Reagan National Airport on my way to Albany, New York. I was informed that a campus debate...
Day of Silence Metastasizes
By Laurie Higgins   |   04.11.16
The upcoming National Day of Silence (DOS) On Friday, April 15, organized and promoted by the extreme leftist Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), urges students to refuse to speak for an entire school day including during class. The...
Common Core: the Trojan Horse for Federalized Education Control
By   |   04.01.16
Education in America was originally the province of parents and churches. "Homeschooling" was the norm from colonial times through the mid-1800's, and a classic education was the model.
What Changed This Teacher’s Mind About Home Schooling
02.23.16
A 10-year-old girl lies in bed with a fever of 104 and a flaming rash on her head and neck. But instead of driving her to the emergency room or even calling a physician, her parents pray at her bedside for a cure. Most states still consider such "treatment" by the parents as a religious right protected by the First Amendment, even though it is perceived by most physicians and lawyers, as well as the American Medical Association, as parental neglect or even abuse.
Parents Putting the Foot Down Against Multi Gender Locker Rooms
By Monte Larrick   |   02.16.16
While education officials around the state go through hoops to make school restrooms and locker rooms multi-gender; concerned parents say the drive against, privacy and safety must be blocked. That’s why parents are supporting a new bill in the legislature...
Lawmakers Look to Protect Student Privacy in High School Locker Rooms
By Monte Larrick   |   02.11.16
With distinctions between male and female students increasingly under attack by the Left, a suburban Chicago lawmaker is fighting back with legislation that would prohibit students in public schools from using restrooms and locker rooms designated for the opposite sex…...
Surprise, Parents! Co-Ed Restroom in North Shore High School
By Laurie Higgins   |   02.10.16
A couple of months ago, Deerfield High School (DHS) in Deerfield, Illinois quietly changed a multi-stall girls restroom to a co-ed restroom. Worse still the administration has not notified either parents or students. Rumors are circulating that the administration chose...
The Left is Pushing Hard Against Privacy Bills
By Laurie Higgins   |   02.04.16
The Leftist effort to sever objective immutable sex differences from both meaning and cultural recognition and to promote the fiction that one’s sex can change marches on. Within hours of the filing of the Pupil Physical Privacy Act (HB 4474)...
D211 Transgender Debate Reveals a Crisis of More Than One Kind of Leadership
01.26.16
Written by Teri Paulson Well, it’s official: Our girls are now getting undressed in the presence of a boy (with complete male genitalia) in the girls’ locker room at William Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois. The overwhelming majority of...
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