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Progressive Education descended upon my elementary school in Springfield, Missouri in 1951 when I was in fifth grade. Suddenly A, B, and C grades switched to either “P” (progressing) or

Progressive Education, with a capital P, descended upon my elementary school in...

Print this article Parents shocked by the racist curricula that their local schools are teaching their children should have every right to take their tax dollars to another institution. But they should also consider keeping their children in public schools and fighting for control of them. When one reads that third graders in Evanston, Illinois, are being taught that “white culture shows up in the way we think about family structures” and that a belief in a “normal family” consisting...

California education officials are considering applying a social justice paradigm to teaching K-12 mathematics that would erase "white supremacy" from the subject and eliminate gifted classes for students.

Cynthia Stead “You’ve come a long way baby…to get where you got to today…” Anyone over 50 can hear the jingle. It was a marketing tune for a cigarette targeted at women called Virginia Slims during one of the last waves of feminism. Its message was "You can smoke your own special cigarette and be just as stupid as men!" But it resonated because women really were beginning to prove themselves as humans capable of difficult and valuable work instead of great organizers of birthday and r...

February 8 2021, 12:23 pm | BY Ricki Green | 2 Comments William Gelner, CCO, Special Group US, SMUGGLER director Guy Shelmerdine, and Casey Smith, composer at New Math Music, speak to LBB’s Addison Capper about getting Wayne and Garth back together for Uber Eats’ latest Super Bowl Spot ‘Eat Local‘.   I (LBB’s North America editor Addison Capper) will be honest. When I saw there was going to be some kind of Wayne’s World revival in a Super Bowl ad I was excited because, well,...

PHOTO PROVIDED Personal Effects. One of Rochester’s gutsier and more exploratory outfits on the scene today is Margaret Explosion, a delicate free-form jazz group that takes its listeners on an almost narcotic journey. The music is dreamy and tactile; you can take a hit and hold it. Because the sound is created in the moment, no one song is ever given the same...