Education

With Paul Ryan denouncing his comments and blowback from Republicans, some of whom dropped their endorsements, it appears Donald Trump has relented in his comments against Indiana-born federal judge Gonzalo Curiel that he might be biased against Trump because of his Mexican heritage, saying that his comments had been misconstrued by the media.

As The Hill reports, the presumptive GOP nominee made the assertion in a new statement Tuesday afternoon as he scrambles to contain blowback from Republicans.

A reader writes to say, “Here we go. This is state indoctrination in transgender ideology.” He’s right:

Kindergarten used to be a place for children to learn how to add, subtract, and read.  Next year, Washington school children as young as five years old will instead be learning about gender fluidity and the differences between gender and sexual identity.

A reader sends in this Sarah Carr article from Slate, talking about how schools are changing and will have to change to accommodate the fact that whites will be a minority in the US. It’s already the case that whites are a minority among the school-age population, she says. Excerpts:

Florida school children who received straight A’s during their exams are being punished by their school for refusing to take part in Common Core assessments.  Parents who opted their children out of a set of standardised Common Core tests at the end of the year were told by a school in Orlando that their kids were going to be held back a grade as punishment, despite the fact that they were considered top of their class. Activistpost.com reports: Via The Orlando Sentinel: The parents, part of the “opt out” movement opposed to high-stakes testing, are furious.

Donald Trump is polarizing enough for most adults, but it appears The Donald polarizes 9-year olds as well.

After attending a rally and meeting Donald Trump, 9-year old Logan Autry was proudly wearing is newly signed hat bearing the campaign's slogan "Make America Great Again" around his school (as is allowed outside of the classroom), but after a while, students started to pick at him for wearing the hat...