Public Education
Kansas school funding exceeds $20,000 per student adjusted for cost of living(The Sentinel) – New data from the Kansas Department of Education show school funding was $17,650 per student in the 2023 school year, but adjusted for the cost of living,… Read More
Public Education
41 students arrested at Brown University following anti-Israel campus protestOfficers arrested 41 students at Brown University after students broke school policies by refusing to leave the University Hall in an anti-Israel protest. “Brown University issued multiple trespass warning to… Read More
Public Education
San Fran school board approves big raises; then projects $610 million deficits(The Center Square) – The San Francisco Unified School District is projecting a combined spending deficit of almost $611 million in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years after giving out… Read More
Courts
This Moms for Liberty leader faced trumped-up harassment charges. Now, she’s suing(The Daily Signal) – A Pennsylvania Moms for Liberty leader will file defamation lawsuits to restore her good name after she was falsely accused of harassment in what she… Read More
Public Education
Is Biden’s education department scheming with SPLC to demonize concerned parents? Rep. Comer demands answers(The Daily Signal) – President Joe Biden’s White House has hosted staff and leadership of the Southern Poverty Law Center at least 11 times, and congressional Republicans want answers… Read More
Culture
‘Blatantly obvious’: Riley Gaines explains why she believes women fear speaking out against trans athletes(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Former competitive swimmer and women’s activist Riley Gaines explained Sunday why she believes women fear speaking out against transgender athletes in women’s sports. Gaines attached… Read More
Opinion
SPLC demonizes opposition to transgender orthodoxy as ‘pseudoscience,’ tool of ‘white supremacy’ and ‘theocracy’(The Daily Signal) – The Southern Poverty Law Center, a scandal-plagued far-left smear factory notorious for putting mainstream conservative and Christian organizations on a “hate map” with KKK chapters,… Read More
Culture
Solving America’s history and civics crisis(The Daily Signal) – History and civics education in America is languishing. A troubling number of Americans can’t even pass a U.S. citizenship test. Pioneer Institute‘s recent poll findings on… Read More
Government
Florida Senate committee advances deregulation bills for school districts(The Center Square) — Florida lawmakers advanced three new pieces of legislation this week designed to lessen regulatory burdens for school districts. Senate Bill 7000, which… Read More
Courts
Teacher fired for not using student’s preferred pronouns wins major victory(The Daily Signal) – In a gratifying win for religious freedom and free speech, the Virginia Supreme Court concluded Thursday that embattled Virginia high school teacher Peter Vlaming,… Read More
Public Education
University system accepts $800 million deal in exchange for slashing controversial DEI(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The University of Wisconsin System accepted an $800 million deal with the state legislature on Wednesday that requires them to slash their diversity, equity and… Read More
Public Education
Black, Hispanic students lead growth in charter school enrollment(The Center Square) – Black and Hispanic students are driving North Carolina’s charter school enrollment growth, which ranked third in the nation since 2019 in a new report released this… Read More
Public Education
Dominant biological male volleyball player set to become first D1 trans athlete on scholarship(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An athlete from California is in talks to potentially become the first biologically male athlete to receive a women’s Division I scholarship, Reduxx reported Wednesday. Read More
Opinion
Abortion back on the docket for Supreme Court term(The Daily Signal) – The Supreme Court has agreed to examine the Food and Drug Administration’s decisions in 2016 and 2021 to drop virtually all safety precautions for obtaining… Read More
Opinion
New education model charts course for ‘success sequence’ in New Year(The Daily Signal) – Just in time for Christmas, new data finds good news on education: Average graduation rates nationwide are up two percentage points. Before celebrating, though, research… Read More
Government
Plan to research smartphones in the classroom clears Senate education committee(The Center Square) – U.S. Senator Mitt Romney, R-Utah, offered two amendments to help better understand the impact smartphones have in the classroom to the Advancing Research in Education Act… Read More
Courts
Biden DOJ punishes elderly pro-life women for trying to stop abortions; both face jail time(The Daily Signal) – A federal jury convicted three pro-life activists on Friday for trying to stop abortions from taking place at a Washington, D.C., abortion… Read More
Government
DeWine to decide single-sex athletic teams, gender care(The Center Square) – The decision to create single-sex athletic teams and ban gender-affirming care for minors in Ohio sits in the hands of Republican Gov. Mike DeWine. DeWine has… Read More
Culture
Hallmark leans into LGBT content, vows more ‘inclusion’ in 2024(The Daily Signal) – It’s been Christmas since July on the Hallmark Channel, but viewers got their first taste of the network’s woke holiday programming Saturday. With the debut of… Read More
Culture
California AG opposes parental notification policy, ban on critical race theory(The Center Square) – California attorney general Rob Bonta submitted an amicus curiae supporting a lawsuit against Temecula Valley Unified School District’s policies of requiring parental notification if a… Read More