Public Education
Struggling Saint Louis Public Schools sues state to halt opening of hoped-for charter schoolSt. Louis, Missouri’s public school district has filed a lawsuit against the state to stop the opening of a state-approved, public charter school. Critics of the suit contend… Read More
Government
New ESA effort in Wyoming Legislature gets support of House speakerThe Wyoming Legislature is considering a new school choice bill, winning the support the House speaker who shelved a previous version of the bill. The new… Read More
Courts
Parents sue Tennessee school district for ending home instruction to their 7-year-old daughter with cancerA Tennessee school district is facing a lawsuit for denying home instruction to a 7-year-old student with cancer. “Caroline S. is a seven-year-old second grader who enjoys gymnastics… Read More
Courts
ACLU takes aim at parental rights in Iowa with new lawsuit defending sexual content in schoolsThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Iowa filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, taking aim at the state’s parental rights bill signed into… Read More
Culture
Anti-Israel protests continue at Columbia, even targeting Hillary Clinton, in what university officials defend as ‘a good example’ of ‘respectful speech’Anti-Israel student protestors at Columbia University continue to demonstrate, and even barraged Hillary Clinton with chants about “genocide” as she departed a classroom. The former… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island Dept. of Ed. trains teachers to use woke, pro-LGBT tools on studentsA parental rights advocate blew the whistle on the Rhode Island Department of Education’s teacher training involving an “intersectionality wheel” that encouraged teachers to be an “LGBTQ ally.”… Read More
Public Education
‘We had no idea.’ Convicted prostitute removed from Texas school district’s sex ed councilA convicted prostitute has been removed from a Texas school district’s sex education advisory council, raising questions about accountability and oversight. As a local parent, Ashley Ketcherside served… Read More
Public Education
Immigration crisis causing chaos, budget trouble for New York City schoolsImmigrants housed in New York City will be shuffled to new shelters as required under city sanctuary rules for non-citizens, causing chaos in the public school system. The… Read More
Public Education
Unions compel empty schools to remain open amid declining enrollment, financial troublesTeachers’ unions are forcing empty schools to remain open after pushing to keep them closed during the pandemic. Classrooms in many schools are empty… Read More
Courts
Michigan Catholic school joined by two religious groups in fight to protect right to hire faculty committed to church teachingA Michigan Catholic school is fighting the state for the right to hire teachers and staff who share the Catholic faith, and it is now being supported by two… Read More
Public Education
Report: Maryland teachers’ union lines its own pockets with millions of taxpayer dollarsThe state teachers’ union in Maryland is spending millions on its own employees while neglecting teachers and students, a new report revealed. Project Baltimore, a Maryland watchdog organization,… Read More
Public Education
Republican lawmakers pledge to ban harmful teacher strikes in Oregon after weeks of closed classroomsThree Republican lawmakers have promised to legislation preventing teachers from walking off the job after nearly 50,000 students were shut out of Portland, Oregon schools for most of November. Read More
Public Education
Antisemitism behind riot that forced teacher to hide at New York high school, says city councilmanPolice are investigating what caused a mob of students to hound a terrified New York teacher for expressing support for Israel last week – but some already know the… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board relents, allows mother to pray during public commentA Virginia school board reversed its decision to deny a parent’s request to pray during a public comment in August, now allowing the mother to pray during her allotted… Read More
Public Education
Seattle middle schoolers accuse Moms for Liberty of ‘bullying’ LGBT youth, homophobia in cards sent to parent group by school GSA coordinatorMiddle school students in Seattle made pro-LGBT cards accusing Moms for Liberty of oppressing and bullying LGBT students, which a teacher, now on leave, sent to the organization with… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board decides against releasing ‘damning’ report on graduation shootingThe Richmond, Virginia school board has voted to keep details of a mass shooting at a graduation secret from the public, much to the chagrin of the community. Read More
Culture
Biden admin to Border Patrol agents: Use preferred pronouns of illegal immigrantsAs the immigration crisis at the southern border continues, Border Patrol agents have been directed by the Biden administration to only use preferred pronouns of illegal immigrants being detained. Read More
Public Education
How safe are school buildings, funded by taxpayers? We don’t know, think tank warnsIt’s simply not known how safe school buildings are across the country, and there’s little accountability to taxpayers on the matter, according to a post by a global policy… Read More
Opinion
New Dept. of Ed. report hypes child arrests in schools, ignores violence dataA new report from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) hyping arrests at elementary schools is being used by progressives at the DOE who want to defund police. Read More
Courts
WILL files amicus brief in support of Oklahoma’s Catholic charter schoolThe Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed an amicus brief in support of the nation’s first-ever religious charter school, which is facing a legal challenge. Ever since… Read More