4/15/24 – 5 O’Clock Report
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5 O’Clock Report – 4/15/24
Issues in Education – Short-term Covid Cash leads to Long-term Layoffs – 4/15/24
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School Layoffs
Paying Student Teachers
Deadline for School Board Candidates
Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching and Learning Institute has a mission to encourage Christians to get involved with their local public schools. Here’s the latest on this week’s “Issues in Education” report.
4/08/24 – 5 O’Clock Report – Family Life
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4/08/24 – 5 O’Clock Report – Family Life
Learning about eclipses, attendance, and financial aid – Issues in Education – 4/08/24
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- Eclipse Impact at School
- Chronic Absenteeism
- Later School Start Time
- More Glitches with FAFSA Forms
Dr. Ralph Kerr with the Teaching and Learning Institute discusses the weighty issues impacting our public school families each Monday on our “Issues in Education” Noon News Feature and online Podcast. Find out more about TLI and about Dr. Kerr’s work at WhyRun.org.
Solar Eclipse Science – A Family Life special report – 4/08/24
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4/05/24 5 O’Clock Report
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Capital Connection – Politics & Easter, Marijuana Biz, and more – 4/05/24
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Capital Connection – Politics & Easter, Marijuana Biz, and more – 4/05/24
This week’s Capital Connection roundtable examines the “big issues” in New York and Pennsylvania. The agenda for this episode includes:
- Politics and faith had a big overlap during Easter Week, with Joe Biden’s triple Sunday proclamations and Donald Trump’s promotion of a specialty Bible
- Legalization of marijuana in Pennsylvania could trigger the same economic, criminal and social problems other states have already seen
- Phrasing of a New York legislative proposal affects the debate: is it “death with dignity” or “physician-assisted suicide”?
- Some legislators recommend action that could affect PA charter schools, limiting some families’ school choice
Dan Bartkowiak substitutes for Michael Geer this week. Bartkowiak is the Director of Communications for the Pennsylvania Family Institute. [ online at PAFamily.com ]
Jason McGuire is Executive Director of the New York Families Federation. [ online at NewYorkFamilies.org ] In this podcast, McGuire explains the “rebranding” of that group, previously called New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms.
4/4/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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4/4/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
Hostility against churches – Faith Under Fire – 4/04/24
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Rising Hostility Against Churches – This week on “Faith Under Fire”
The number of incidents of assaults, violence, vandalism and other hostile actions against Churches across the USA doubled in 2023, compared to the relatively high number of incidents reported the previous year. Threats and actual attacks became eight times more frequent than just six years ago.
The Family Research Council has studied law enforcement statistics, news reports and other information to compile a study of Hostility Against Churches from 2018 to 2023. Arielle Del Turco is the director of their Center for Religious Liberty. She joins Family Life News to talk about this new reality, causes for this disturbing trend, and what Christians need to know about their safety and about threats that are a direct result of the increasing secularization of the culture.
For more information:
- An overview of this FRC study [ www.frc.org ]
- The full report, which includes 11 pages of analysis, maps and charts, and a full listing of all incidents of crimes and threats aimed at Christian entities
- A 45-minute Family Research Council podcast, which delves further into the causes, recommendations for action, and how reactions by courts and the media and the general public have taken away cultural respect for the church.
- Del Turco’s testimony at a 2023 Congressional hearing about violence against churches and other faith-based organizations
4/3/24 5 O’Clock Report
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4/3/24 5 O’Clock Report
