by Sue | Jan 31, 2021 | 2021 Olympia Bills to Watch, Education, Olympia News & Views 2021
WashingtonVotes NEWS: Friday, January 29, 2021
State lawmakers debate and take first full votes on passing bills online in mostly empty House and Senate chambers
The House and Senate went into full floor sessions this past week to debate and vote on a dozen bills that had cleared the first steps toward legislative passage. Their respective chambers, however, were essentially empty except for the presiding officers and their staff and a few members spread among the House and Senate desks. Most members participated remotely using online connections. (more…)
by Sue | Jan 7, 2021 | Alerts, Education
Are you frustrated at the education system and are looking for alternatives for your children or grandchildren? Many parents have already removed their children and teenagers from the public school system and have found other methods of teaching them – from homeschooling to private schools. It’s one reason the Republican Party is such an advocate for school choice, where the money follows the child – to get the best education for each individual child!
Hillsdale College is a unique in that it takes no funding from the government, and is one – if not THE – best in the country. If you have a student preparing to attend college, be sure to check them out!
Hillsdale College has been in the forefront in helping to educate children and teens – in fact, people of all ages – about our nation’s history and government with their FREE online courses. It’s well-known for its Constitution 101 course (FREE), and many other courses it offers, free of charge. The monthly newsletter, Imprimis, is also offered free to the recipient, funded by donors from across the country.
Now, Hillsdale is offering a new course, “The Great American Story: A Land of Hope Study Group” – and again, it’s a FREE course of study.
Here’s the description on their website:
Special Six-Week Session of “The Great American Story”
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by Sue | Mar 15, 2019 | Alerts about pending WA State Legislation, Education, Taxation
by Jami Lund,
Freedom Foundation
March 7, 2019
Gov. Jay Inslee’s school levy property tax increase, Senate Bill 5313, continues its path through the Washington State Legislature.
This is due to the crisis in school budgets created by union bargaining. Although districts were expected to stop using levy funds on salary enhancements, the combination of union hard bargaining and acquiescent school boards rendered these laws meaningless. Now many districts are going broke because the large pay raises they awarded are unfunded and unsustainable.
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by Sue | Dec 14, 2017 | Education
11-05-17
An open letter to the Port Angeles School Board and Community:
A Change on the Port Angeles School board
Dear Board Members and Superintendent Dr. Jackson:
When expressing dissatisfaction with the directions our nation travels, we often hear the suggestion, “Run for school board.”
A powerful sense of duty to serve freedom motivated me to become a school director candidate. Transparently, I played the candidate role, making my best effort to win, while knowing if elected, I would place myself, publicly, in a most vulnerable and uncomfortable position. (more…)
by Sue | Apr 8, 2017 | Education, Sex Ed in the Schools
Posted April 3, 2017
From time to time, researching, I’ve come across stories about teen sexual activity, contraceptive use, declining teen pregnancies, and highest ever STD rate. One obvious question seems to be why we hear about decreased teen sexual activity and epidemic teen STD in this same period. Comprehensive Sex Education tells teens that that contraceptive drugs are safe. True? If you have not already reached a conclusion, after reading the following stories, you may deduce what now seems apparent though my research is, by no means complete. Some of the most salient facts directly below precede following details.
Emergency contraceptive, i.e. the morning after pill, Plan B, became available over-the- counter in 2013. The latest available figures about morning after pill use by teens extend up to 2013. (more…)
by Sue | Apr 8, 2017 | Education, Sex Ed in the Schools, Worth Watching
Posted April 3, 2017
Below, you will find a list of organizations promoting School-based Health Centers, info about funding, supporters, etc.
In an Atlantic article, School, Birth Control, and Parent Consent, Sept. 2015
we read,
“There is something amazing and different about seeing students on their home turf,” said Sonja O’Leary, a Colorado-based SBHC pediatrician. “Students will divulge things that they usually wouldn’t if they were sitting in a doctor’s office, even if their parents are outside in the waiting room [at school].”
[Some SBHCs] offer long-acting reversible contraception, such as intrauterine devices and injections, or LARCs, which tend to be especially contentious because they’re longer-lasting and more physically invasive than, say, the pill. The issue appears to be particularly fraught in the 21 states where minors are allowed to have IUDs implanted without parental consent. Most of those states do not distinguish by age in granting youth autonomous birth-control rights, which means kids as young as 11 could be given access (more…)
