House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) spent the early years of his career advocating for and defending Christian speech and activities in public elementary schools and universities. He served as a senior attorney for Alliance Defending Freedom, an evangelical legal group focused on promoting religious rights. In his role at Alliance Defending Freedom, he repeatedly challenged …
WALKER, La. (AP) — A Louisiana public school principal has issued an apology and requested leave for his actions towards a student regarding her religious beliefs after a video of her dancing at an off-campus party surfaced online. The incident occurred following Walker High School’s Homecoming festivities on September 30th when a hired DJ recorded …
Parent diplomacy has always been a delicate task for educators, often resulting in horror stories shared among teachers. However, in my ten years of teaching in a public school near Boston, these strained conversations have become the new normal, especially during the pandemic. The expectations regarding teacher-parent communication are evolving, and it’s causing burnout and …
Earlier this month, the Pac-12 athletic conference, which has been around for a hundred years, was dealt a devastating blow. In just a few hours, five member universities decided to leave for rival conferences that offered them huge financial rewards through TV-sports contracts. Jemele Hill, writing for The Atlantic, described this move as a clash …
On a crisp fall day in 1924, Martha Lum entered Rosedale Consolidated School, a beautiful mission-style building that had been constructed just three years earlier for white students in Rosedale, Mississippi. Martha, however, was not new to the school. She had attended the public school the previous year. But everything had changed due to the …
Americans have been engaged in a two-year debate about pandemic restrictions, and this debate has been particularly contentious among parents of young children. The consequences of these restrictions for children’s development, especially those with speech and language disorders, are still uncertain but potentially significant and long-lasting. I spoke with parents in various states who expressed …
When Ojeya Cruz Banks moved from New Zealand to Ohio a few years ago, she had to manage the logistics of starting a new life all by herself. Fortunately, she was able to find a house beside a public elementary school, which gave her the impression that she could easily walk to pick up her …