Unsplash.Denver Newsroom, Jan 5, 2022 / 19:00 pm (CNA).A Catholic political advocacy organization recently launched an online video platform designed to educate people and change minds on controversial issues, informed by Catholic teaching and "the foundational principles of America."EDIFY, an initiative of the nonprofit CatholicVote Education Fund, says it aims to be "a PragerU for Catholics," a reference to the nonprofit media company PragerU, which is known for its popular videos which espouse conservative ideas. Scot Landry, executive director of EDIFY, told CNA in an interview that he believes PragerU has proven the concept that five-minute videos on timely topics can do very well on social media because of their shareability and low barrier to entry. "We seek to accomplish for Catholics what PragerU has accomplished for young conservatives," Landry told CNA, noting that because so many young people are interested in and talking about politi
If there’s one principle that should be a fixed star in America’s schools, it’s that educators should be expected to do all they can to help each student develop their gifts and fulfill their potential. This should serve as education’s version of medicine’s Hippocratic Oath.
Regrettably, California has decided to push educators to violate that oath.
In a well-meaning but hugely misguided effort to promote equity, the state’s Instructional Quality Commission earlier this year adopted a new Mathematics Framework that urges schools to do away with accelerated math programs in order to promote “heterogeneous grouping” of students.