Courts
Texas teacher, three others, arrested in child sex trafficking investigationA north Texas teacher and three others were arrested by a joint task force last week in connection with a child sex-trafficking case in Dallas. Gershon Caston, 36, is… Read More
Public Education
Hillsdale-affiliated charter school fights back against Tennessee school board’s ‘lack of integrity’A struggling public school district in Tennessee has nonetheless rejected the application of a Hillsdale-affiliated charter school – but the education reformers are fighting back. American Classical Education (ACE)… Read More
Government
Expert thinks Georgia lawmakers will pass school choice legislation(The Center Square) – Georgia lawmakers are likely to pass school choice legislation when they reconvene, one expert predicts. School choice has taken on new resonance after Rep. Mesha Mainor… Read More
Public Education
Colorado pupil-to-teacher ratio remains steady during educator shortage(The Center Square) – Teacher shortage claims in Colorado’s public schools were made as far back as 2015. But the pupil-to-teacher ratio in 2022-23 was among the lowest in 10… Read More
Public Education
School safety forum brings educators, law enforcement together(The Center Square) – More than 1,100 people registered to attend the 2023 Virginia School Safety Training Forum, which will address roughly 20 topics pertaining to school safety and student… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Majority of parents say teachers regularly stray from course curriculum(The Center Square) – The vast majority of parents in a new State Policy Network poll say public school teachers regularly deviated from set school curriculum to interject their own… Read More
Culture
Virginia school sports authority rejects state guidance that keeps boys out of girls sports(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Virginia High School League announced that the organization will reject recent state guidance from the Department of Education which requires sports teams to be… Read More
Courts
Male nurse lurked at trans kid meetings to find ‘clientele’ for hormones, lawsuit alleges(The Daily Signal) – A male nurse practitioner hung around meetings for “transgender children” to find “clientele” for cross-sex hormones, according to a new lawsuit on… Read More
Courts
Teachers union sues red state over law that prohibits teaching of critical race theory(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Tennessee Education Association (TEA), along with several teachers, filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Commissioner of Education and members of the State Board of… Read More
Culture
University of Chicago offers course on ‘queering God’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The University of Chicago (UChicago) is offering a course entitled “Queering God,” according to the university’s 2023-24 course catalog. The course is… Read More
Government
Michigan governor signs 7 ed bills, OKs automatic deductions of teachers’ union dues(The Center Square) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed seven bills into law that Democrats say will boost recruiting skilled educators but Republicans say favor unions over kids’ education. Whitmer signed… Read More
Public Education
Extended school closures pushed by teachers unions created ‘generational learning loss,’ say house panel witnesses(The Daily Signal) – A generation of American students have fallen behind academically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the forced school closures that… Read More
Government
Put you ‘in the ground’: Grad student threatens state senator over vote to protect kids from trans drugs(The Daily Signal) – A Louisiana state senator says he is undeterred despite receiving a death threat after he voted to override a governor’s veto on… Read More
Courts
High school student sues Tennessee school district and officials for a suspension over off-campus social media postsA Tennessee high school student is suing his school district and administrator after being suspended for posting sardonic memes about the principal on social media. “This case is about a… Read More
Culture
US is a top destination for child sex trafficking, and it’s happening in your community(The Daily Signal) – Kara was 11 when her family first sold her body for drugs. Sydney was 14 when she met an older man online who promised her financial… Read More
Government
GOP senators’ new bill would crack down on ‘marxist’ race-based lessons in K-12 schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio led the introduction of a bill Tuesday that would prohibit taxpayer funds from being spent on K-12 American History and… Read More
Culture
Pro-LGBTQ radicals threaten to kill, ‘dismember’ school board chief over parental rights policy(The Daily Signal) – A local school board president in California has been inundated with threats that left-wing activists will dismember her, kill her children, and slaughter her pets. Her… Read More
Public Education
Many Pennsylvania senators continue to argue for school choice in budget talks(The Center Square) – While the Pennsylvania budget stalemate remains, senators argued over the importance of school choice and increasing public school funding at a committee hearing in Reading. The… Read More
Courts
School employees appeal ruling forcing them to cover $300K in legal fees for the school district they sued(The Center Square) – Taxpayer dollars should have been spent on education, not legal fees, according to a brief filed by the Springfield R-12 School District in response to an… Read More
Public Education
Thousands on waiting list as Illinois school choice program set to expire(The Center Square) – Republican state Rep. Blaine Wilhour says there’s a reason why parents came out in support of the Invest in Kids scholarship by a nearly 3-1 margin… Read More