Courts
Upcoming Supreme Court case over religious charter school marks next milestone in string of religious freedom, education disputesThe legality of the country’s first tax-funded religious charter school will soon be weighed by the Supreme Court, in a case expected to have ripple effects on school choice and… Read More
Government
Battle over sex changes for children, chemical abortions heats up in Colorado LegislatureAs federal courts try to block Donald Trump’s executive order to withhold federal funds from hospitals that provide so-called “gender affirming care,” Colorado is seeking to… Read More
Government
Kansas law protecting minors from trans ‘medicine’ becomes law after veto overrideA Kansas bill that prohibits dangerous transgender medical care for youth became law Tuesday when both legislative chambers overrode the governor’s veto. It was the second straight year Democrat Gov. Read More
Government
Tennessee won’t offer ESAs to illegal immigrants under new programIllegal immigrants won’t be able to benefit from Tennessee’s recently enacted universal education scholarship program. Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law last week that will make $447… Read More
Courts
Midwest mom monitoring sex-related materials in schools banned from district property, suesA suburban Kansas City mother who’s doggedly monitored sexually inappropriate materials in her public schools is now suing the district for banning her from school property last week. After previously… Read More
Government
Student enrollment down as Michigan considers more K-12 funding(The Center Square) – Public school enrollment is down in Michigan as the proposed 2025-26 fiscal budget promises more money for K-12. Enrollment statewide has steadily declining for more a… Read More
Government
Utah governor signs bill banning collective bargaining between unions and governmentA Utah bill to ban public-sector unions, such as teachers’ unions, from collective bargaining with public employers was signed by Gov. Spencer Cox on Friday. HB 267… Read More
Government
Trump, Musk urge school choice passage in Texas, Wyoming, IdahoPresident Trump, Elon Musk and several prominent lawmakers are using their influence to urge states like Texas, Idaho and Wyoming to pass school choice measures. Trump, a Republican who has… Read More
Government
National Park Service removes transgender references from Stonewall monument websiteThe National Park Service (NPS) updated its website Thursday to remove references to transgenderism on the Stonewall National Monument landing page. “Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as… Read More
Government
House report: 60 Chinese espionage cases, 224 espionage incidents in three years(The Center Square) – More than 60 Chinese Communist Party-related cases of espionage and acts of transnational repression have been reported in 20 states according to a new… Read More
Government
Hundreds rally at WA Capitol to protect parental rights: ‘Enough is enough’(The Center Square) – The battle over parental rights took center stage Saturday at the state Capitol in Olympia as several hundred people showed up in frigid rain to rally… Read More
Government
Vice President JD Vance calls out UK’s pro-abortion prayer restrictions in homesIn another salvo against European authoritarian censorship, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called out new U.K. speech restrictions on pro-life prayers. Vance’s remarks were made at the Munich Security Conference,… Read More
Government
Florida abortions decline after heartbeat lawThe heartbeat bill in Florida is working as lawmakers intended, new data reveals. In the first full year of Florida’s six-week abortion limit, the number of abortions fell 28% from… Read More
Public Education
Education group requests federal investigation into race-based hiring at Kansas City Public SchoolsA grassroots group working to counter indoctrination in public education has requested the federal government open an investigation into race-based hiring practices at a large Missouri school district. The group… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Homeschool fearmongering only makes critics lose credibility fasterPublic-school districts in Iowa are predictably panicking over recent legislation to streamline homeschool regulations – much like they did more than a decade ago. “New homeschooling bill puts Iowa kids… Read More
Courts
Denver school district sues Trump admin over possible ICE raidsDenver Public Schools (DPS) has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for permitting immigration enforcement officers to enter schools and other previously protected areas. DPS filed the… Read More
Government
School choice advances in North Dakota, dies in MississippiA school choice bill passed the North Dakota House this week while a similar proposal died in the Mississippi Legislature. North Dakota Lawmakers advanced a proposal… Read More
Culture
Second-largest Massachusetts city votes to become ‘transgender sanctuary city’Massachusetts now has a transgender sanctuary city. The Worcester City Council voted Tuesday to make the state’s second-largest city a sanctuary for transgender people, but critics worry the move could… Read More
Public Education
New York school board flees meeting after parents protest sexually explicit bookA New York school district is being blasted after its school board walked out of a meeting where parents were protesting the use of a sexually explicit book in schools. Read More
Public Education
NYC charter school bursting at seams fights uphill battle against ‘anti-charter’ biasA New York City charter school is making headlines as its administrators attempt creative solutions to the school’s spacing issues made worse by a hamstringing city law. In an… Read More