TOWNHALL: Maine Elementary School Encouraged Students to Participate in BLM March
An elementary school in Portland, Maine reportedly encouraged fifth grade students to participate in a Black Lives Matter protest, according to documents obtained by parental rights organization Parents Defending Education.
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Presumpscot Elementary School’s staff encourage fifth grade students to participate in Black Lives Matter march; teachers appear to promote political activism to students in assignments, including showing students a “Pyramid of Hate”; teacher asks for advice to explain Black Lives Matter to kindergartners
On March 4, 2023, Presumpscot Elementary School of Portland Public Schools in Maine posted a video on social media of young students marching while chanting “Black…
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THE MAINE WIRE: Maine Public School Led Elementary School Kids on “Black Lives Matter” March Instead of Math, Literacy Classes
Portland’s Presumpscot Elementary School cancelled math and literacy classes one day in March so that staffers at the public school could lead students on a “Black Lives Matter” march, according…
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FOX NEWS: Elementary school encourages students to participate in a Black Lives Matter march, teaches ‘pyramid of hate’
An elementary school in Maine held a march where students chanted ‘Black Lives Matter’ at the behest of teachers…
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THE NATIONAL DESK: Test scores dropped across the US at an alarming rate during pandemic
Eighth-grade test scores for history and civics dropped dramatically across the country this year and was the lowest since national education assessments began in 1994.
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8th grade English teacher at Kilmer Middle School shows students video about “white privilege,” “white male privilege” and “heterosexual privilege;” administration says it wasn’t approved
A concerned parent reached out to Parents Defending Education after an eighth grade English teacher at Kilmer Middle School in Fairfax County Public Schools showed a video in class…
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Nation’s Report Card: Culture and coronavirus wars ignited over ‘abysmal’ test scores
A national decline in civics and U.S. history scores for eighth graders in U.S. history set off a blame game as political figures tried to pin the decline on pandemic…
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THE NATIONAL DESK: Federal grants to ‘promote equity’ in education raise red flags with parent group
The federal government is continuing to place an emphasis on equity-based education as parents instead call for student success in core subjects to be prioritized.
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Monroe County Community School Corporation adopts “anti-racism” policy with goal to eliminate “microaggressions in all forms”
On February 28, 2023, the Monroe County Community School Corporation adopted a new policy titled “Anti-Racism.” The policy states that the district’s board “acknowledges the historical,…
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