New Ohio school funding plan goes before legislature By J.D. Davidson | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Calling the way Ohio funds public schools unpredictable, confusing and inadequate, Ohio lawmakers want to overhaul the system with a formula that… Read More ›
Education
Families Are the Heart of American Education…Betsy DeVos
[LFC Comments: Betsy DeVos gets “high marks” from us on her approach to education. We would like to see public schools compete for students. Parents should have 100% control of where there want their children to go to school. A… Read More ›
Project 1619…lies, deceptions, betrayals in our public schools
[LFC Comments: Thanks to Tabitha for this great article on the lies, deceptions and betrayals being played out in our public schools with the teaching of Project 1619. Parents and grandparents must wake up to what is happening in our… Read More ›
Why Governor DeWine’s Covid Charade Continues…a must read
[LFC Comments: We welcome Roxane Premont as a new contributor to our website. Roxane’s first article “pulls the curtain back” and exposes Governor DeWine’s Covid deception. Remember the politicians’ maxim: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” The Covid… Read More ›
A History of Education in the United States
[LFC Comments: From the The Westlake 9/12 Project / Take a few minutes to look at their slide presentation at the “Education – Part 1” link..it is a fascinating history of education.] ***** OUR NEXT MEETING When: October 31, 2020… Read More ›
Are there any boundaries left in higher education?
Written by: Jack Windsor of the Ohio Star October 6, 2020 Excerpts from the article: According to the Ohio Department of Higher Education’s website, College Credit Plus (CCP) “is Ohio’s dual enrollment program that provides students in grades 7-12 the opportunity… Read More ›
Remote Learning and Poverty
From The Center for Community Solutions, we find that remote learning is very difficult for many living in poverty.
Sex Ed for Middle Schoolers?
[LFC Comments: Read about the lies, deceptions taught to our school age children, and betrayals by some in education. Do you know what is being taught in your school district?] Dangerous, Heartbreaking Lessons in Ohio Middle School Sex Ed Linda… Read More ›
$42 Million for 3 School Districts
Three Ohio school districts win $42 million judgment from state By J.D. Davidson | The Center Square Sep 18, 2020 (The Center Square) – An Ohio judge awarded three state school districts $42 million, saying the Ohio Department of Education unlawfully… Read More ›
Do We Need a Department of Education?
[LFC Comments: Thanks to a Florida lobbyist for this article on the public teachers’ union. We hear tell that they are, by far, the most powerful lobbying group in Washington…We wonder if President Trump will take them on after he… Read More ›
Ohio’s State Schools Needs Revamping
[LFC Comments: The “D” in the current Democrat Party stands for Death, Dismemberment, Division, Deception and Destruction. One way to start to reverse the destructive nature of the current, amoral Democrat Party in our public schools is to choose conservative… Read More ›
216 Teens…will abstinence messages become “racist”
[LFC Comments: Thanks to Linda Harvey of Mission America for this revealing article about the indoctrination occurring in public schools. You might be shocked about what you will learn.] https://www.missionamerica.com/ Cleveland – We have a problem https://www.missionamerica.com/article/cleveland-we-have-a-problem/ 216Teens is obscene… Read More ›
Rules for Face Coverings in W-E Schools…
[LFC Comments: We received the following from W-E school officials. The good news is that it looks like Willoughby-Eastlake Schools will be open.] Here are five pages of detailed instructions for face coverings for anyone entering Willoughby-Eastlake public schools. W-E… Read More ›
Resolution 20…communist claptrap
[LFC Comments; You may be interested in reading all about Resolution 20 being proposed by the State of Ohio Board of Education. It is more liberal, leftist, communist claptrap meant to destroy Ohio public schools. Looks like racial division is… Read More ›
NO SCHOOL – NO PAY
[LFC Comments: The Democrats / Socialists / Communists in the North Carolina teachers’ union has issued a threat to the taxpayers in North Carolina. If illegal aliens are not given universal health care and welfare benefits then schools will not… Read More ›
Turning Little Johnny and Janie into Little Marxists
[LFC Comments: Thanks to Lobbyist Janice for this article. We consider this whole movement in the schools as child abuse. We would recommend parents know what is being taught or not taught in the public schools. This type of training… Read More ›
Adam Dudziak [D]…State Rep. Candidate District 61
[LFC Comments: This is another article on the Ohio State Representative race for District 61 between the incumbent Jamie Callender [R] and Adam Dudziak [D]. Mr. Dudziak provided us with his answers to our initial set of questions. Here is… Read More ›
Response from State Senator…District 17
(LFC Comment: We sent an email to each State of Ohio Senator promoting the Free Ohio Now position on opening schools for the Fall, 2020 session. Here is the response from State Senator Bob Peterson (District 17). We thank him… Read More ›
Cursive Writing Debate…and a mea culpa
{LFC Comments: There are times when we must plead “mea culpa” , and fall on our sword because of a published article; this is such an occasion. Sometimes a “knowledgeable” source has their head in the “hinterland”, and speaks without… Read More ›
Affective Domain of Learning…what is it?
(LFC Comments: Thanks to our Cleveland lobbyist for this article.) Here is the one page summary link for the affective domain as developed/clarified/constructed by Benjamin Bloom and the Chicago School: https://thepeakperformancecenter.com/educational-learning/learning/process/domains-of-learning/affective-domain/ One can search affective domain see many articles on… Read More ›
Cursive Writing….not needed at Riverside
I must admit that I was aghast, yes filled with horror and shock I tell you, when I learned from a very reliable source that the Riverside school district [Lake County, Ohio] does not teach cursive writing to the school… Read More ›
State School Board Member Speaks Out
Sarah Fowler Arthur is currently serving on the State Board of Education and is a candidate for the Ohio House of Representatives. Ohio Value Voters has endorsed her candidacy in the November general election. … Read More ›
New School Practices for Fall
(LFC Comments: Thanks to Kirsten for this article on the State’s changes for schools opening in the Fall.) *********************1776 https://www.fox19.com/2020/05/14/ohio-state-board-education-gives-glimpse-what-schools-could-look-like-this-fall/?fbclid=IwAR0cTaz3bxXxrZryv45ZjLXfiFZumesAJxjDpUIyGXs-3Q-UJRS82kjQ_bI “In the draft, the state board gave the following daily precautions recommended by the Ohio Department of Health for schools… Read More ›
Riverside School Officials Speak Out
We have previously written about the State of Ohio’s drastic cuts in public school funding: https://lobbyistsforcitizens.com/2020/05/10/state-budget-cuts-for-public-schools/ Looking for answers, we sent the following email to Dr. james P. Kalis, Superintendent, and Mr. Gary A. Platko, CFO of the Riverside school… Read More ›