‘In September 2022, Christian parents Nigel and Sally Rowe won a commitment from the government to reform guidance for schools on transgender issues.
They were the first parents to expose transgender ideology in primary schools as they objected to 6-year-olds being allowed to socially transition in their sons’ Church of England Primary School.
Expert evidence was submitted to support the Rowes’ position, and the Department for Education (DfE) decided to settle the case rather than allow their challenge to go to court.
The government has now brought out its draft guidance on gender questioning children and has opened up a consultation on the guidance. This is a very important consultation which we would encourage you to respond to.
The guidance affects teachers, pupils and parents and will set the standard for what teachers and pupils are allowed to do. It is a significant step forward in protecting freedom of speech and in telling schools that they do not have to allow children to socially transition. However, the government still needs to be held to account and there are important areas where the guidance should be improved.’https://christianconcern.com/action/protect-christians-and-children-in-schools-from-trans-ideology/
The following is an email received from Hillsdale College.
Revenge of the NerdsThis may seem curious, but we think it is good—also fun. Hillsdale College has become superb at teaching mathematics. Of course, we are well-known for teaching the humanities: history, politics, literature, economics, philosophy, theology––all these and more. But math? In the next two years Hillsdale College expects to have the largest percentage of graduates in math areas in the country. This year, 38 students will, we predict, graduate who major in math or applied mathematics, which is about 11.5% of the graduating class. Similarly, next school year it looks like math majors will comprise about 10.9% of the graduating class (notice the digits beyond the decimal points; mathematicians, painfully precise, suggested we add more). Typically, the top 5 colleges with the most math and applied mathematics majors include the likes of Amherst, Williams, Macalester, Pomona, Carleton, Swarthmore, and Harvey Mudd. In 2020 and 2021, Hillsdale ranked in the top 10. This year we expect to come in first. Look at the numbers below: 2019-2020:Amherst College had 10.6% of its graduates in math fields for 1st nationallyMacalester College: 9.9%, 2nd nationallyHillsdale College: 7.2%, 8th nationally 2020-2021:Amherst College: 10.7%, 1st nationallyWilliams College: 10.4%, 2nd nationallyHillsdale College: 7.5%, 10th nationally 2021-2022Hillsdale College: 9.5%, expected to be 4th nationally 2022-2023 (last academic year):Hillsdale College, 8.7%, expected to be 8th nationally 2023-2024 (current academic year):Hillsdale College, projects 11.5%, expected to be 1st nationally 2024-2025 (next academic year):Hillsdale College, projects 10.9%, expected to be 1st nationally We think mathematics is the purist of languages and the key to understanding the natural world, the sciences of which (chemistry, biology, and physics) are also strong here. We are therefore proud to have built a superb—and also popular—mathematics program. Also, we discover from experience that neither math majors nor math faculty are particularly nerdy. This is, I suppose, a sort of reverse revenge of the nerds.
‘Westerly, Rhode Island, father Robert Chiaradio was convinced that if only people could see it with their own eyes, they would join his battle to remove Maia Kobabe’s book, Gender Queer: A Memoir, from the high school library.
So when he took the podium at the Westerly School Committee meeting last December, Chiaradio came prepared with more than just his talking points. Filing in behind him were his supporters, each one holding up a poster-sized illustration from the book [graphic material at link]. Together they revealed a revolting display of images for the whole room to see.
It didn’t last long, though. Soon, a group of seven teachers crowded around him and positioned themselves in front of each poster, blocking its view from the audience. Though everyone had already seen the sickening pictures, the teachers refused to budge, their arms folded in defiance, as if to say, “You’re not seeing that.”
Chiaradio wanted to know why it was fine for a 14-year-old at Westerly High School to see the book, but not the adults at the meeting. When he asked the Westerly Teachers Association head, Colleen Saila, that question, he says she replied that the teachers in the room were “offended” because they didn’t have a choice about seeing the poster-sized pictures from the book.
There was another choice they didn’t have that night. Like it or not, the second those posters were raised in the air, the school lost control of the narrative. The secret of Gender Queer was out.
And covering it up after the fact didn’t change the fact that the school was offering pornography to its students.
He has been in his adversaries’ crosshairs for over two years, ever since he started asking his pesky questions about critical race theory (CRT) in Westerly’s public schools. By now, he’s gotten used to being sabotaged, gaslit, lied to, and called the worst sorts of names. Few would be up for the abuse and aggravation that have come with his two-steps-forward, one-step-back battles.
But while Chiaradio is relentless, so are his opponents.
‘Edwards Elementary in Ames is encouraging students and staff to share their “unique self” through the creation of a set of school wings this week. Each teacher is provided with enough wings for themselves and their students.
The document states that “Pride Month” is celebrated every June as a tribute to those who were involved in the Stonewall Riots.
“The Riots were a pivotal event in LGBTQ+ history,” the document states. “Although we are not in school during the month of June, it is still important to recognize the identities of our Edwards Community.”
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