As California students head back to school this year, they may encounter books and materials promoting LGBT topics, transgenderism, and gender ideology for children as early as preschool and kindergarten. Dozens of books with such topics are promoted for use in classrooms by the state’s Department of Education’s recommended literature list under the topic “Gender/Sexuality.” Brenda Lebsack, a teacher of 30 years and a former school board member for Orange Unified School District, told The Epoch Times in a statement that LGBT groups have expanded the word “queer” to encompass hundreds of different sexualities and gender identities, and that those…
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It’s not often parents can find a way to entertain their children outside of the house for free, let alone something the whole family will enjoy! Well, mark your calendars for the 2022 Lacey Children’s Day, happening Saturday, October 1 at Huntamer Park from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. – rain or shine. It’s an afternoon of free fun for the whole family! Shanti Kriens, owner of Creature Teachers, loves teaching kids about animals, including fun facts and important husbandry skills. Photo courtesy: Creature Teachers Go Wild at Huntamer Park This year’s theme is Go Wild. “Could be animals, could…
It would be easy to assume that Brooklyn artist Eisa Davis was inspired to write a play about mushroom farming during her time on “Mare of Easttown.”The popular HBO show was set in Delaware County, not far from Kennett Square, Chester County, the “mushroom capital of the world.” But Davis, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for drama, told the Inquirer the seeds for her new play, Mushroom, at People’s Light in Malvern, germinated nearly a decade ago, long before she played Kate Winslet’s therapist on the show.“I was actually very familiar with the area while filming “Mare of Easttown” because I’ve…
Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.FILE – Li Kwai-wah, senior superintendent of Police National Security Department, poses with three children’s books that revolve around a village of sheep which has to deal with wolves from a different village in Hong Kong on July 22, 2021. A Hong Kong court sentenced five speech therapists to nearly two years in prison Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022 for their role in the publication of childrens books rules as seditious. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)HONG KONG – A Hong Kong court sentenced five speech therapists to nearly two years in prison Saturday for their…
BRONZEVILLE — The last year has been a whirlwind for Tiffany Smith, whose debut book about a Black girl seeing the world from her magic carpet became a hit among young readers.Now, the Bronzeville native is preparing for the release of the second book in the “Msomaji’s Magic Carpet” series, an activity e-book that serves as a companion to the first. Aimed for students in in fourth through sixth grades, “Msomaji’s Magic Carpet: The Learning Guide” is filled with games, puzzles and recipes.The author and journalist will be on hand this weekend as an exhibitor for the 37th Printers Row…
State School Superintendent Chris Reykdal wants all K-8 schools to offer dual language programs by 2040. MOUNT VERNON, Wash — A Mount Vernon elementary school is modeling what Washington’s Superintendent of Public Instruction wants for the entire education system by 2040: bilingual education. It’s a new school year and a new language for a lot of the kids at Mount Vernon’s Madison Elementary. The school has been fully bilingual since 2019. Parents choose to send their kids there for that very reason. Everything is done in both English and Spanish. Fifth grader Olivia Ruiz says it helps bring kids together.…
Thirty-five years after her arrival at Virginia Tech, kicking off her legacy of educating college students, Nikki Giovanni is hanging up her hat as an English professor, but the 79-year-old has no plans of slowing down.The Knoxville native, literary icon, and civil rights fighter is ready to focus on writing books about her childhood, which fans have grown to love.“It was time. I’m an old woman now, and I hear if you don’t retire, they’ll fire you,” she joked.But retirement doesn’t stand in the way of her connection to the thousands of young adults she has taught over the years.”I will always…
DuPage Children’s Museum worked in partnership with the Center for Success to deliver Wonder Clubs, exceptional arts, and STEM programming designed to inspire students to wonder about the world around them and generate solutions to authentic problems. The Center for Success empowers both pre-service college students in education and prekindergarten to 12th-grade students enrolled in high-need schools in Chicago and Aurora with experiential education that provides access, resources, and opportunities. This summer, the Center for Success hosted camp for their Junior/Senior Scholars at the museum. “DCM’s role in the scholars program illustrates how our museum is working proactively to build…
Pacifica closed the Sakura ICF and evicted all of the residents, with plans to build market-rate apartments on the site. Save Our Seniors Network (SOSN) is sponsoring an event to present a panel of the families who testified to James Toma, California state special assistant attorney general. They will be sharing their experiences at a community meeting on Sunday, Sept. 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Rissho Kosei-kai Buddhist Church, 2707 First St. in Boyle Heights. The program will also include the following presenters: Dr. Takeshi Matsumoto, MD: Internal medicine specialist in Los Angeles with over 40 years of…
Bill Finley Special to the Arizona Daily Star There are good reasons the Worlds of Words Center at the University of Arizona is popularly known as “WOW,” and the acronym is only one of them.Last week, students from Paulo Freire Freedom School visited the center as part of an eighth-grade field trip. While there, they explored an exhibit featuring “paper sons” — a generation of Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. with false identifies.Many of those young men were of middle-school age, themselves, and upon hearing of their harrowing experience one young Tucsonan could think of only one thing…