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HeadlinesProgramming Our Children: The Social Engineering Agenda of 'Social Emotional Learning'
"Social emotional learning" (SEL) is a new catchphrase that now permeates public education policy. An organization called the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) is SEL's primary mover.
HeadlinesIn one state, more children homeschool than attend private schools. Why that shouldn’t shock you.
By Genevieve Wood In North Carolina, the number of homeschoolers has now surpassed the number of students attending private schools. That statistic may seem shocking if you’ve been a stranger to the growth of the homeschooling movement, which has rapidly increased in recent decades.
HeadlinesWorldviews Have Consequences! 500 Christian Churches Close – 423 Mosques Open
In this article, we read of the desperate plight of Christianity in England. Hundreds of churches are closing while hundreds of mosques are opening. Why? Over the last 100 plus years, Christianity became nothing more than a lifeless, former religion in England.
HeadlinesParents Just Lost Custody of Teenage Daughter Who Wants to ‘Transition’ to a Boy
Parents in Ohio lost custody of their 17-year-old daughter because a judge ruled that she should be allowed to receive therapy, including testosterone therapy, to identify as a boy. Without commenting on the specifics of this case just outside Cincinnati, Americans can expect to see more cases like…
HeadlinesWhy The Church Has Remained So Silent
If the Bible is irrelevant to the most important things taught in school, then it will certainly be irrelevant to the most important things outside of school, too. This is the devilish outcome of dualism. In the end, we all lose.
HeadlinesChristian Kids - And Their Faith - Not 'SAFE' in Public School
At Vashon Island High School in the state of Washington, thanks to a student "queer" group's advocacy, bathrooms are now open to all genders, and it's certain this will not end well.
HeadlinesTransgender Ideology Hurts Kids
As new gender ideologies are promoted throughout America, their lies will impact not only those who suffer from gender dysphoria, but all children who need to mature in their self-understanding as a boy or girl, man or woman, a potential husband or wife, father or mother.
HeadlinesWhen Dualism Reigns
Separating the Word of God from academics in school has spawned a debilitating yet popular mindset known as "SSD," or the "Sacred-Secular Divide." This dualism constricts the Light of Scripture to Sunday morning sermons, and does not apply it to business, law, medicine, art, civil governance or
HeadlinesHow Skipping Church Affects Our Children
In a Q&A, Carl Trueman was asked about why churches today are losing their young people. Typical answers to this question range from things like the temptations of this world or the irrelevance of the church-your typical answers. But Trueman makes a keen and convicting connection between our…
HeadlinesWe Are Raising a Generation of Deluded Narcissists
A new analysis of the American Freshman Survey, which has accumulated data for the past 47 years from 9 million young adults, reveals that college students are more likely than ever to call themselves gifted and driven to succeed, even though their test scores and time spent studying are decreasing.
HeadlinesAmerica’s Children Held Hostage By Power of Ideas
What constitutes a good and thorough education? It seems the answer to this question changes based on who is promoting the agenda. For centuries, education in America was built around instruction that centered around a study of scripture and the New England Primer.
HeadlinesReading, Writing, and Abortion? Planned Parenthood Invades Schools
On an average sweet high school day, somewhere between homeroom and geometry, your daughter can visit Planned Parenthood in the same building. Your son can walk his girlfriend to her locker and then to pick up some abortifacient birth control pills