Ellisville: How Schools are Putting Children at Risk – Saturday, March 11
How Schools Are Putting Children at Risk With Glen Becker The Concerned Women for America (CWA) of Missouri St. Louis Prayer/Action Chapter invites you to their Saturday, March 11 meeting in Ellisville. Glen Becker is a parent with 15 years of professional cyber security experience. Becker will present “How Schools Are Putting Children at Risk […]
You Gotta Love Educational Savings Accounts
ESAs, as they are known, empower parents to make the best choice for their children’s education. It gives parents some of the public funds that the state often misuses in each child’s public education, allowing parents to use it for educational purposes in the best way they see fit. For example, parents can use it […]
Loudoun County Hellscape Part II: Reckless Disregard for Women’s Safety
The abduction and sexual assault of a female student at Broad Run High School were preventable. This much the grand jury report states unequivocally—and appropriately so. The school administrators’ reckless disregard for women’s safety was systemic and has been going on for years at Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS). When the perpetrator raped a young woman at […]
Loudoun County Hellscape Part I.5: Indictments Issued
Part II of our series discussing Loudoun County Public Schools’ reckless disregard for women’s safety will be published later this week (for more background, please read Part I of this series). But I felt an update was needed before that. This week, the court unsealed four indictments against two Loudoun County Public School employees. I want to express […]
Loudoun County Hellscape Part I: Victims Be Damned
The weight of writing about this story has been almost unbearable. Every keystroke requires an unusual sort of effort accompanied by a prayer that God may grant the grace of a positive impact. “Positive” is not a word you would associate with the events of the past few years at Loudoun County Public Schools. And […]
Public Comment Period Open for Virginia Schools 2022 Model Policies
Gov. Glen Younkin (Republican) released the new 2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools. The model policies uphold parents’ basic rights to oversee their child’s education and well-being. This policy strikes down former Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration policy, which held a radical gender ideology […]
Shining a Light on Education
I believe it was Voltaire who said, “Common sense is not so common.” Such is the case for the educational bureaucracy suffocating our children’s future with their sociological experiments in public schools. Parental involvement and transparency seem like common sense requirements to any successful public-school program, but not according to the radicals who so often […]
State Director Talks All Things CWA and Dobbs
On October 14, Concerned Women for America (CWA) of North Dakota State Director Linda Thorson told No Apologies with Becker BEK Tv viewers about CWA! Find out the reasons Linda is excited for all that Concerned Women for America is doing, and the reason Linda invited all to join us in front of the Supreme Court […]
Do You Know Who is Teaching Your Children?
America is changing. Perhaps you have noticed. Our cities, our communities, our schools do not reflect American values, let alone Christian ones. We must begin to pay attention to who is teaching our children if we have ordinarily not paid attention in the past. A series of recent exposures have put an exclamation point to […]
From the Frontlines: How This Mom Is Putting Woke School Boards on Notice
Today, the Loudoun County School Board in Virginia will meet once again to vote on various matters concerning what some parents cite as “indoctrination” in their schools. The latest in a trove of Critical Race Theory clashes, this meeting was rescheduled after the first attempt was shut down earlier this summer, citing too much chaos. To offer […]
Webinar: How to Lobby the Education Bureaucracy
Date: Thursday, July 8 Time: 4:00 p.m. Eastern [3:00 p.m. Central; 2:00 p.m. Mountain; 1:00 p.m. Pacific) Webinar Description: Navigating and influencing the education bureaucracy can be very confusing and somewhat intimidating. It is vital to know when and how to approach your local and state school boards. This webinar will teach citizen activists effective […]
State Director Testifies on Two Education Bills
COVID-19 restrictions are wreaking havoc on our students’ education opportunities. Concerned Women for America of Maine State Director Penny Morrell testified in support of two important education bills pertaining to the coronavirus. L.D. 70: a bill that would allow a parent or guardian of a student who has been affected by COVID-19 to keep their […]
The Old-School Tactics of Teachers Unions May Not Survive COVID-19
Across the country, millions of families are faced with cobbling together strategies to make a new school year work. In many places, schools could have been working on better solutions, or at least not resisting them. Legislators could have helped by expanding educational options for students and providing the financial support to follow. Liberals have […]
Whether or Not Schools Reopen, Families Need Choices
Back to School is here, and it seems we are back to where we ended – struggling to adapt to continued uncertainty without the luxury of time on our side. Students can ill afford to lose another semester, let alone another year. Among the important developments of the coronavirus pandemic is the growing realization of […]
CWA Thanks Secretary of Education
As we recognize the 48th Anniversary of Title IX this week, Penny Nance sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos encouraging decisive action to enforce Title IX’s mandate of equal opportunity and protection on the basis of biological sex, including for female athletes. She also requested action on CWA’s civil rights complaints against […]
Health Education in Texas Public Schools Depends on You
Background Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the standards adopted by the State Board of Education (SBOE) to guide what our children need to accomplish in a given discipline at each grade level. Textbooks are then written to conform to these standards. Every ten years, the TEKS are revised for a given discipline. You […]
Action Needed: Local Control of Missouri’s Public School Districts at Risk
Time-sensitive – Comments Deadline is Wednesday, January 15 The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released the revised proposed rule, 5 CSR 20-100.295 Missouri School Improvement Program 6 (MSIP 6), for public comment on December 16, 2019. If enacted, the proposed rules changes will diminish local control and centralize the management of our public school […]
Join Us! Feisty & Feminine Workshop – Topeka – October 24, 2019
Are you concerned about the many moral issues threatening our community, state, and nation? Especially all the issues with our public schools? There is a cultural battle raging in America, and Concerned Women for America is on the frontline protecting our values through prayer, education, and advocacy. Are you ready to join us in these […]
CWA’s 40th Anniversary Gala and the Equal Campus Access Act
CWA’s 40th Anniversary Gala and the Equal Campus Access Act: CWA’s Legislative Strategist, Ashley Traficant talks with Tamara Scott on Truth For Our Time. The two discuss Concerned Women for America’s 40th Anniversary Gala celebration festivities. They also discuss CWALAC’s recent lobbying efforts on Equal Campus Access Act. Watch and Listen below.
Arlington Public Schools Crafting Harmful Policies for Children
In direct opposition to many parents, Arlington Public Schools (APS) is crafting transgender and gender nonconforming policies for children as young as kindergarten under the guise of nondiscrimination. These policies are being quietly pushed in Arlington, Virginia, and if successful, could be coming to your schools very soon. Background: You may have read this controversial […]