Archive for the 'Principles of Education' Category



I’m afraid I missed this little gem from the Wash Post over the July 4th holiday. Apparently, in Maryland, parents are not fit to educate their own children. That responsibility lies to the state:

…although a parent does have a right to control the upbringing of a child, “that right is not absolute. It must bend [...]

Jason Evert of the Pure Love Club and an affiliate of the Abstinence Clearinghouse, was recently interviewed by Zenit. In case that one’s password protected, here’s another link to the interview. It’s lengthy, but worth the read.
Topics include the Mathematica Study, Planned Parenthood, SIECUS, the silliness of “comprehensive” sex ed programs, parental involvement, and proven-effective [...]

Abstinence Education Groups Says Federal Attacks Won’t Stop Message

I’d like to do a few posts on Planned Parenthood (and I might touch on SIECUS) to illustrate the brand of sex education they would like to see implemented. Take this image from a pamphlet called “The Problem with Puberty” that was published by Rocky Mountain Planned Parenthood Inc.:

Please note that the dog is included [...]

WorldNetDaily reports that efforts to substantially punish school administrators who organized a seminar encouraging high schoolers to “have sex and…use drugs appropriately” have not been realized. The Boulder, CO school which held the seminar has received a verbal reprimand. The comments were given by a UCLA professor who was invited to speak. A letter calling [...]

The following commentary was written by Robert Rector and sent to the Abstinence Clearinghouse.
Education concerning HIV prevention in primary and secondary schools should start with the recognition that teaching about sexuality primarily or exclusively as an issue of disease prevention distorts the subject.  Education concerning HIV in primary and secondary schools must be put in [...]