Open AI CEO Sam Altman honestly believes this: “A kid born today will never be smarter than AI — never.” https://higherground.work/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/sam-altman-open-ai-kid-will-never-be-smarter.mp4 Well, parents, the CEO of OpenAI has spoken! If your kid will “never” be smarter than AI, that means AI will always be smarter than your kid — always. Altman’s AI evangelism makes a…
Public education has become a nightmare that many are refusing to wake from.
I received an email from my child’s school yesterday that had me gritting my teeth. It provoked me into writing about the dangers of social emotional surveys, and the tech platforms that unjustifiably collect this data, such as Panorama Ed. The principal doesn’t spare a single syllable in getting right to the point—the school wants…
Tomorrow, June 30, the Utah State Board of Education will debate this issue: What is the best way to prevent pornographic materials in the school? Two model policies have been proposed with two different visions on how to achieve this goal. The first version is called the Master Merged Draft, and it allows Utah’s 42-plus…
When people use the word “equity” it’s because they want whatever they’re associating it with to sound “fair.” But when it comes to racial matters, equity is the opposite of fairness. Equity in practice means discriminating in the name of ending discrimination. It’s hardly fair, but that doesn’t stop those who believe in inflicting social…
The nationwide spotlight on illicit and explicit materials in our kids’ schools has been shining on Utah particularly lately, culminating in Representative Ken Ivory’s Sensitive Materials in Schools bill, HB374 That bill passed in March 2022, and now the ball is in the state Board’s court. Explicit Materials in SchoolsThe Battle at the Utah State Board…
Natalie Cline is on to something in her plea for simplicity. Her presentation, entitled “The Simple Art of Learning,” makes the case for addition by subtraction in a number of ways in our schools. In our zeal to analyze, measure, and micromanage every aspect of a child’s life, from cradle to career, we’re managing to cripple…
Critical Race Theory is the Schrodinger’s cat of public education–it’s both taught and yet somehow not taught in our Utah schools. That’s the conundrum, isn’t it? How can so many people think a thing exists and yet doesn’t at the same time? Schrodinger’s cat is simultaneously alive and dead. Rather like CRT in our kids’…
The SJR 6 Joint Resolution Promoting the 3rs Framework of Rights, Responsibility, and Respect in Classrooms, if you go by the sound of it, seems like a bill that could inspire folks from both sides of the aisle to shake hands over. But if you click through the Utah 3Rs Project website, you’ll see a pattern emerge that isn’t…
HB 337 supposedly tries to create a way for parents to be heard through an Education Ombudsman — but that won’t happen because the ombudsman would be under the Governor. Governor Cox has been very clear about wanting to “define” parents’ role as being just one of many “stakeholders” in education. See the email below from Governor…
