Public Education
Youngkin announces new education initiative after pandemic learning loss(The Center Square) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced his ALL IN VA plan, intended to help Virginia students recover from COVID-19 learning loss and return to higher academic standards, on… Read More
Public Education
Power play: NC Board of Education seizes purse strings from charter school board(The Center Square) – Gubernatorially appointed members of a North Carolina board led a vote Thursday to institute education policy undermining the will of the 170-member General Assembly. The state… Read More
Courts
State not solely responsible for school construction, WA Supreme Court rules(The Center Square) – The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the state is not constitutionally obligated to provide monies for capital construction projects to local school districts at the… Read More
Public Education
5th California school district says teachers must notify parents if kids identify as trans(The Daily Signal) – Parental rights triumphed over the transgender agenda in the shadow of California’s capital overnight, as the state’s fifth school district adopted a policy requiring teachers to… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Proof that strong traditional marriages and religiosity foster economic prosperity for states(The Daily Signal) – A recently released report says that Utah’s economy ranks No. 1 among all 50 states and attributes this top ranking to the influence of the state’s… Read More
Public Education
Drag queen arrested on child porn charges hires fellow performer as kindergarten classroom assistant(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Western Heights Public School District in Oklahoma has reportedly hired a drag queen known as Carmen Deveraux, who works at Oklahoma City night club The… Read More
Public Education
Portland teachers prepare to strike if district refuses subsidized housing for students(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Portland Association of Teachers is prepared to strike if the school district refuses to provide subsidized housing for poor public school students, according to… Read More
Public Education
Illinois ed officials respond to concerns of ‘radical’ ideology in classrooms(The Center Square) – Education officials in Illinois are reacting to concerns over political activism, rather than education, being in the classroom. With the new school year in full swing… Read More
Courts
California judge blocks school’s gender change parental notification policy(The Center Square) – A California judge has blocked one school district’s adoption of a parental notification policy requiring schools to notify parents about certain important events that happen in… Read More
Government
US Sen. Vance to attempt passage of bill to ban mask mandates(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance says he plans to ask for unanimous passage today of his bill banning federal mask mandates until the end of next year. Read More
Courts
Nonprofit sues Biden admin for refusing transparency on taxpayer-funded race theory lessons(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI), a conservative education nonprofit, issued a lawsuit against the Department of Education (DOE) Tuesday over their refusal to share… Read More
Public Education
Audit finds Lake County schools failed to report complaints to state agency(The Center Square) – A recent report from the Florida Auditor General revealed that the Lake County District School Board failed to comply with state law when reporting complaints against… Read More
Public Education
Maryland school forces kids to wear masks after 3 students test positive for COVID-19(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Maryland school is now requiring kindergarteners to wear masks, a school official told the Daily Caller News Foundation. After three kindergarteners tested positive for… Read More
Public Education
Kansas state school board member misrepresents SEL position(The Sentinel) – At the August board meeting, Kansas state school board member Ann Mah misrepresented a social-emotional learning (SEL) statement she attributed to Stand Together. Mah claimed… Read More
Culture
Biden’s education secretary deletes explicit rap playlist after backlash(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona deleted a tweet Tuesday showing his music playlist for his bus tour after backlash from education advocates, who expressed… Read More
Public Education
Arizona to spend $40 million on tutoring to combat COVID-era learning loss(The Center Square) – Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne announced a tutoring program with hopes to combat the negative consequences of learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic. The… Read More
Public Education
School district places teacher on administrative leave for reading ‘Happy Endings’ aloud in class(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Massachusetts School District teacher has been put on administrative leave after reading Margaret Atwood short stories aloud in class, WBZ-TV reported. The literature in… Read More
Government
New education bills would block CRT, support parents(The Center Square) – A new trio of House education bills would push back on Critical Race Theory and federal rules in local public schools, the latest in an ongoing… Read More
Opinion
Kansas superintendent covers up poor student achievement at event(The Sentinel) – USD 259 Superintendent Kelly Bielefeld spoke to the Wichita Pachyderm Club recently, and like his predecessors, he went out of his way to hide poor student achievement for the… Read More
Government
New education-related laws now in effect, one blocked in court(The Center Square) – Three new education-related laws are now in effect. They require public higher education institutions to allow athletes to compete only according to their biological sex, to… Read More