Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Public v private space

The US Justice Department has just ruled that New Mexico "pandemic-related limits on classroom capacity at private schools in New Mexico [are] more restrictive than public school guidelines". It is unclear what effect this will have, but I agree with the principle underlying the Department's decision.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

A clash in values

"Christian secretary, 44, sues school ... after she was ... sacked for opposing compulsory sex education and the rise of 'transgender ideology' in schools" reads the first paragraph in a story out of the UK. Kristie Higgs was working in a grant-maintained school which is like a US charter school, except that it is religious in nature and so able to have a religious mission and to teach religion-themed classes up to a certain percentage of the program.