Author: Paul White

Paul D. White is a Reno resident and career educator whose program "Gangsters-to-Gardeners" won state and national awards. A two-time Educator-of-the-Year, he is the co-author of White's Rules - Saving Our Youth, One Kid at a Time (Random House) and The Stronghold School Student Handbook. He has written for The Washington Post, LA Daily News, LA Times, Education Week, The Ventura County Citizens Journal, Ventura County Star, Reno Gazette Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor.

OPINION: Parents Who Keep Children in WCSD Schools: You Don’t Give a Damn About Them.

October 13, 2025 12:15 pmOctober 16, 2025 7:02 am

by Paul D. White It’s a normal thing for parents to tell their children, “I love you more than anything else in the world.” But if you’re one of the 60,000 parents who ignore the dangerous and depraved truth about Washoe County Schools, and still send your children there, you...

OPINION: Parents: So Your Kid is Smart? So WHAT! Being GOOD is what matters.

September 29, 2025 6:00 amSeptember 29, 2025 8:08 pm

Hopefully, many parents have been awakened by a detail surrounding Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer that is puzzling to many. “How could this young man be the primary suspect?” they wonder. “He got all A’s in school. He had a near-perfect ACT test score, and earned a college scholarship.” Unfortunately, in...

OPINION: DRUG-TESTING STUDENTS? This 100% Voluntary Program Works. Time for WCSD to Try It.

September 21, 2025 6:00 amOctober 13, 2025 12:16 pm

Do 40-to-75% of Washoe County School District’s secondary school students actually use drugs on campus every day? Without exception, that’s what numerous parents, students, and staff members at over half of all WCSD secondary schools have reported to the Education Crusade organization for years. How have WCSD Superintendents and School Board members...

OPINION: Public Schools Like Ours Killed Charlie Kirk. Here’s How to Stop It.

September 13, 2025 6:00 amOctober 2, 2025 8:37 am

“You’ve got to be taught to hate and fear You’ve got to be taught from year to year It’s got to be drummed in your dear little ear You’ve got to be carefully taught.” (Oscar Hammerstein) The morally sick beliefs and principles that led Charlie Kirk’s assassin to murder him...

OPINION: Washoe Sheriff Won’t Enlarge Jail. Puts County At-Risk. Refuses to Talk About It.

September 4, 2025 8:46 amSeptember 9, 2025 11:28 am

Washoe County’s jail was built in 1988. • The County’s population at that time was 242,000. • The homeless population was less than 100. • The jail holds 1200 inmates. 37 years later (2025) … • The County’s general population has more than doubled. • The homeless population has grown...

OPINION: 3 Top County Admins. for CARES Campus 2 Personal Meetings 1 Conclusion: Incompetent, Overpaid, & Need to Go!

August 8, 2025 2:05 pmAugust 10, 2025 10:12 pm

Three-quarters of a million dollars per year doesn’t buy what it used to, if you’re talking about Washoe County administrators. Education Crusade recently had personal meetings with 3 of the Washoe County administrators primarily responsible for the CARES Campus. The value of their combined compensation packages is over $750,000. That...

OPINION: Look Out At Reno From Inside a Police Car. See What Our Future Could Be.

July 16, 2025 2:00 amJuly 15, 2025 9:30 pm

Participating in a ride-along with local law enforcement should be a required activity for every Nevada resident. It could have a profound effect on what you think you know about the men and women to whom we entrust our public safety. I recently rode along for several hours with...

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