In public schools we trust?

By Will Swaim
10/02/2023
For fans of dark comedy, California politics is as good as any entertainment – shot through with grim irony, corrupt politicians, and laughable hypocrisy. Consider Attorney General Rob Bonta’s legal campaign to crush the practice of seven school districts to notify parents before gender-transitioning their children. Parent notification, as it’s called, “places transgender and gender...

TAGS: education reform, parental notification, parents rights, Rob Bonta

Lance Christensen: Honesty is the best parental notification policy

By Lance Christensen
09/03/2023
Last week, I signed a permission slip for my 11th grade son allowing him to see a PG-13 movie for his United States history class in our local public high school. I was thankful that the school respected our relationship enough to ask permission to show a movie based on a historical event that is...

TAGS: Ab 1266, AB 1314, Bill Essayli, Parental notification policy, parents, parents rights, Rob Bonta

Sacramento’s Surprise Reaction to the California School Boards Association Appeal for Police Help

By Will Swaim
12/03/2021
California’s school board officials say “nothing in recent memory could have prepared” them for the danger they face as parents “lash out on a variety of topics, most notably opposition to state mandates and local COVID-19 mitigation measures.” That was the substance of a September 29 letter in which California School Boards Association (CSBA) CEO Vernon M....

TAGS: CSBA, Gavin Newsom, NSBA, PRA, Rob Bonta