Courts
Legal briefs: South Carolina Supreme Court should allow scholarship program(The Center Square) — Two out-of-state groups have filed briefs urging the South Carolina Supreme Court to allow the state’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund program to proceed. In October, The… Read More
Public Education
Elementary principal who moonlights as drag queen resignsAn Oklahoma public school principal has resigned after months of controversy surrounding his afterschool drag queen performances and past legal issues. Shane Murnan, the former principal at John Glenn Elementary,… Read More
Public Education
Prayer at school board meeting sparks Constitutional debateA North Carolina school board meeting took an unexpected turn when the chairman opened the meeting with a prayer instead of the customary moment of silence. Before he prayed, newly… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota approves CRT-inspired ethnic studies standards for kindergartenersA Minnesota judge has approved the state’s updated and critical race theory-infused ethnic studies curriculum – with one minor change. As part of a routine update to social studies curriculum,… Read More
Public Education
Dartmouth brings back standardized tests after extensive admissions studyDartmouth College has become the first Ivy League school to reinstate standardized testing after its own study showed test-optional policies did more harm than good. Dartmouth… Read More
Public Education
Mixed message? States cut college degree requirements for hiring but mandate FAFSA applications for high schoolersMore states are eliminating college degree requirements for some government jobs, bringing the total to at least 16 states announcing such rollbacks since last year,… Read More
Culture
Brave Books Story Hour features popular female athletes Riley Gaines and Bethany HamiltonA standing-room-only crowd of all ages packed a Missouri library on Friday to hear athlete and activist Riley Gaines and professional surfer Bethany Hamilton spread positive messages for children about… Read More
Public Education
Striking Massachusetts teachers criticized for ‘pub crawl’ amid contract negotiationsAs Massachusetts teachers with the Newton Teacher Association (NTA) prepare to sign newly negotiated contracts after an illegal strike, some locals are criticizing the teachers for planning a “pub crawl”… Read More
Public Education
‘Absolutely devastated’: California parents angry over school district response to overcrowdingCalifornia parents are protesting their local school district after overcrowding led to discussions of relocating students. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has lost… Read More
Public Education
Mother raises alarm as her daughter’s convicted rapist returns to Maryland Public SchoolsA convicted rapist was quietly enrolled in a Maryland public school, the victim’s mother warns other parents in the area. According to court documents, the 15-year-old boy was convicted of… Read More
Culture
Montana parents say daughter was ‘kidnapped’ by state over their opposition to gender transition, even as governor backs state’s responseTwo Montana parents say they are facing their worst nightmare: having their daughter, 14, taken from them by the state because they did not support her gender transition. Governor Greg… Read More
Public Education
‘Students were finding needles on their lunch tables’: California city council approves plan to ban homeless camps within 150 feet of schoolsA California city council is taking action to ban homeless encampments near schools after students and staff reported feeling unsafe. The San Jose City Council voted… Read More
Public Education
FBI: Schools were third most common location for hate crimes in 2018-2022A new report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows that schools, colleges, and universities have become the third most common location for hate crimes… Read More
Culture
TV icon Mike Rowe says higher education has ‘legacy’ problem, cites inflation in cost, credentialing and gradingWildly popular TV host Mike Rowe says higher education in America suffers from a “legacy” problem in which four-year degrees don’t hold as much value as they once did. That’s… Read More
Public Education
Report: Crime and violence in North Carolina public schools surge by 18% in one year, while dropouts decreaseActs of crime and violence grew by 18.1% in North Carolina’s public schools during the 2022-23 school year. According to the last consolidated data report released… Read More
Culture
Biological male breaks two women’s collegiate track and field records, becomes women’s ‘performer of the week’A biological male now holds two women’s track-and-field records at a university in New York. Sadie Schreiner, formally known as Camden, set school records in both the 200- and 300-meter… Read More
Public Education
‘Not bargaining in good faith’: Illegal Massachusetts teachers’ strike continues despite massive fines, parent lawsuitA Massachusetts teachers’ union is in its second week of an illegal strike, even though it’s racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for doing so. The Newton… Read More
Public Education
‘Enough is enough’: Outrage erupts at a New Jersey school board meeting over sexual assault allegations against board presidentParents and residents expressed anger and frustration during a New Jersey school board meeting last week, after sexual assault allegations against the school board president were made public. Camden Advisory… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit filed against California school district that hosted racially segregated ‘playdate’A California school district is being sued for refusing to disclose information about a racially segregated social event it hosted. Judicial Watch, a government watchdog and educational foundation, recently filed… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Early childhood educational model thrives in Idaho despite lack of government supportMany advocates of early childhood learning assume they need government help to achieve all their goals and dreams. However, a left-of-center educational magazine is discovering parents, not government, can already… Read More