Reject Homosexuality-Affirming “Education”
By Laurie Higgins   |   12.30.13
As 2013 comes to a close, I want to make a few observations on the pervasive assault on sexuality truths—observations which are relevant to those with and without children. “Progressives” wax jubilant over the sexual revolution that continues unabated and...
Ignorance Wins in Middle School Book Controversy
By Laurie Higgins   |   06.13.13
On June 10, the Hadley Middle School Board of Education in Glen Ellyn reversed its prior decision to exclude the obscene and sexually graphic The Perks of Being a Wallflower from its independent reading program. This second vote was 6-1...
The Friendly Atheist Mocks IFI’s Back-to-School Suggestions
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.08.12
I was just sent a link to the blog of Neuqua Valley High School math teacher and not-so-friendly atheist Hemant Mehta who seems to spend a fair amount of time monitoring my writing. He is particularly exercised by my suggestion...
The Truth About Harvey Milk
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.17.12
It shouldn’t surprise anyone that President Barack Obama invited the obscene, Christian-hating, homosexual, manboy Dan Savage to the White House. After all, President Obama’s  “Safe School Czar” was the homosexual founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN),...
More on HB 3027
By Laurie Higgins   |   10.24.11
The problematic and completely unnecessary Comprehensive Sex Ed bill, HB 3027 (Amendments 1 and 3), may be voted on in the Illinois State House this week. This bill is unnecessary because any school district that wants to use a comprehensive...
Sex Education Bill Pending Vote in Veto Session
By David E. Smith   |   10.18.11
Our Illinois state lawmakers will be returning to Springfield next week (October 25th-27th) and in early November (8th-10th) for the annual Fall Veto Session. One of the bills that we are working against is HB 3027 — a bill being...
The Southern Poverty Law Center Infiltrates Public Education
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.31.11
Decades ago, summer was the time that necessitated increased parental vigilance. School was the safe place. But the times they have a’changed. Self-righteous “agents of change” stand ready at the schoolhouse door to mold other people’s children into ideological replicas...
Florida Teacher Investigated for Criticizing Homosexuality
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.22.11
There’s troubling news coming out of Florida that provides evidence that the cultural movement to normalize homosexuality poses a serious threat to First Amendment speech and religious rights. Mount Dora High School social studies teacher and winner of the 2010...
Illinois Anti-Bullying Law & Task Force (Part 1)
By Laurie Higgins   |   08.09.11
Illinois parents may soon begin to taste the diseased fruit of the Illinois “enumerated” anti-bullying act that Governor Quinn signed into law a year ago on the Sunday morning of the Chicago “gay pride” parade at a ceremony at Nettelhorst...
New Sex Ed Bill in Springfield — Still Bad
By David E. Smith   |   05.19.11
The “comprehensive” sex education bill that we alerted you to in March has been re-written and re-introduced as HB 3027 and will soon be heard in the Illinois State Senate. Background HB 3027 is completely unnecessary and an intrusion into...
Nanny State Trolls for Homeschooled Children in Illinois
02.12.11
Recently Illinois Senator Ed Maloney (D) introduced SB136 which would require "the parents or legal guardians of children attending non-public schools, a defined term, or private or parochial schools to annually register their children with the State Board of Education, in conformance with procedures prescribed by the State Board of Education." Basically homeschoolers and anyone else who has deemed the public education system a failure would have to register their children with the State, since apparently Senator Maloney believes "that since the State was responsible for the education of our children, the State should know who was being homeschooled," according to Pastor James McDonald who met with the Senator along with several homeschooling advocates.
ALA’s Ironic “Banned Books Week”
By Laurie Higgins   |   10.19.10
Several weeks ago, libraries across the country sanctimoniously participated in the ironic “educational” campaign: Banned Books Week, which should be called Disinformation Week. The Office for Intellectual Freedom of the American Library Association (ALA), which sponsors Banned Books Week, has...
Moment of Silence Law Upheld!
By Laurie Higgins   |   10.15.10
On Friday, October 15, 2010, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the mandatory Illinois”Silent Reflection and Student Prayer Act” passes constitutional muster. Circuit Court Judges Kenneth F. Ripple and Daniel A. Manion overturned U.S. District Judge Robert W....
Political Activism Trumps H.S. Basketball Trip
By Laurie Higgins   |   05.12.10
Another boneheaded and politically motivated decision by District 113 — the district for which I worked for a decade — has landed the Deerfield and Highland Parkcommunities in the news — yet again. It seems that ever since George Fornero...
Thanksgiving As Seen Through the Lens of Critical Race Theory
By Laurie Higgins   |   11.25.09
There is a concerted effort on the part of proponents of “critical race theory” to erode respect for America through public education. Critical race theory, also known as “teaching for social justice” pervades departments of education all around the country....
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