Bay Area school districts are bracing for a showdown over whether teachers should keep kids’ gender transitions hush-hush. A 2023 Real Impact chat spotlights Chino Valley’s “tell-the-parents” plan, and education-policy expert Lance Christensen chimes in that it’s a simple way to restore parental rights and some much-needed trust in public schools.
Read MoreMental health professionals suggest that finding a healthy "treatment community" raises the chances of reclaiming a past, upbeat identity--or forming a new one. Psychology Today explores.
Read MoreThe road back from a debilitating physical injury often requires overcoming mental blocs prevalent in--and similar to--other emotional disturbances such as political addictions. BYU Athletics interviews four athletes about their internal journey back to health.
Read MoreDr. Thomas Hendricks suggests that the emotional journey of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice is like someone getting over the unhealthy biases (the "prejudice" in the title) often seen in Silicon Valley political circles.
Read MoreSan Jose and other Silicon Valley cities have long agreed to Project Labor Agreements, which privilege union recognition, compulsory union dues, and mandatory use of union hiring halls prior to the hiring of any employees for large construction projects. Other cities' experiences with PLAs suggest they lead to soaring costs and gross inefficiencies. The Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction reports.
Read MoreOne of the less attractive gifts London Breed left for new SF Mayor. Daniel Lurie was a mammoth-sized ($800m!) budget deficit. SF's Briones Society's policy experts smartly analyze Lurie's first steps to get our northern neighborhor's finances back into the real world, and offer pointers to Mahan and SJ City Council.
Read MoreWe all learned it in grade school: correlation ≠ causation. Unless you're a local Woke university trying to define (and box in) students by their heritage and skin color—which has huge consequences for The Academy's central mission. An Opp Now exclusive with experts Dr. Tabia Lee and Kenny Xu.
Read MoreLurie moves money away from Housing First and to shelters. Also increases mayor's power to direct homelessness spend. Housing advocates squawk. Sound familiar? The SF Examiner reports.
Read MoreDid you know that in May, Santa Clara Valley OSA was seeking a new board member to appoint? Well, neither did Ted Stroll, former Assembly candidate and seasoned OSA volunteer—and he scrutinizes the agency's dubious practices (which yielded just one applicant) in this Opp Now exclusive. He also recalls being the sole applicant to OSA's Citizens Advisory Committee in '22, and how their strange pivot—after praising Stroll's qualifications—might reveal "aspects of a private club."
Read MoreIn California and Silicon Valley, local leaders and activists in cities like Oakland push a deceptive decarceration narrative that downplays public safety concerns and puts residents in danger. The book Mass Incarceration Nation by Jeffrey Bellin perpetuates the false notion that America over-incarcerates, but Zack Smith at the Heritage Foundation explains how the book's thesis is flawed and how it ignores the roots and impacts of crime.
Read MoreAs ever with the free market, many Silicon Valley companies are now dropping their DEI depts, initiatives, and language. But education—from Kindergarten to college—is a whole different story. Free speech advocates Kenny Xu and Dr. Tabia Lee analyze in this Opp Now exclusive.
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