Public Education
Missouri Board of Education president resignsMissouri Board of Education President Mary Schrag resigned June 2, effective immediately. “With new State Board members well established and more on the way, this is a natural and… Read More
Government
Rhode Island lawmakers pass anti-hazing legislation for public-school sportsUnder a bill passed June 8 by Rhode Island representatives, all state student-athletes would need to abide by an anti-hazing policy or face penalties and sanctions. “As a retired educator,… Read More
Courts
Vance Boelter, Minnesota shooter, pleads guilty to avoid death sentence in federal murder casesVance Boelter pleaded guilty Thursday to six counts in the murders of former Minnesota House Speaker and her husband and the shootings of a state senator and his wife. Boelter, 58, shot and killed the former Speaker of… Read More
Culture
FIFA World Cup sparks evangelistic effortsAs Kansas City begins welcoming a projected 650,000 visitors for the FIFA World Cup 2026, churches and local ministries are ramping up their efforts to spread the gospel and provide biblical hospitality. Read More
Government
Federal guidelines clear the way for universal school choice; holdout governors urged to opt inThe Treasury Department offered a glimpse this week of how the new federal school choice tax credit will work, giving educators and policymakers insight into the… Read More
Culture
Armed citizens stop Missouri supermarket shooter(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Police credited two armed citizens with stopping a man accused of murdering a woman in the parking lot of a grocery store. Allen Thomas Prince… Read More
Government
Democrat allegedly uses hearing about fundraising illegality to illegally fundraise(The Daily Signal) – A House Democrat faces a potential ethics investigation and loud criticism from her Republican colleague after she used her time during a committee hearing into alleged lawbreaking… Read More
Government
Rubio sanctions Cuba’s oil machine(The Daily Signal) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday announced multiple sanctions against the Cuban communist regime, this time targeting the regime’s cash cow. “Today, I am sanctioning… Read More
Politics
POLL: Voter inflation concern hits record high as prices keep climbing(The Center Square) – Voter concern about inflation and prices has surged to its highest level since The Center Square began tracking the issue. According to… Read More
Government, Uncategorized
DOJ: More than 475K children trafficked to US under Biden, 300K unaccounted for(The Center Square) – Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche dropped a bombshell of data on Thursday describing Trump administration efforts to find hundreds of thousands of missing unaccompanied alien… Read More
Government
House hearing grills public school superintendents over gender policies, student mistreatmentThe U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce paraded superintendents of some of the worst-offending public school districts in the nation Wednesday, grilling them about allowing males in female… Read More
Government
Melania Trump, Scott Bessent unveil Trump accounts for foster kidsFirst Lady Melania Trump unveiled a new initiative on Thursday to help foster kids get access to “Trump accounts.” Led in tandem with the Treasury Department, the effort is aimed at expanding access… Read More
Opinion
Learning again: How brain damage, faith and contentment changed the way I see educationYears ago, I almost died. Encephalitis attacked my brain without warning. One day, I was living a busy life of speaking, writing, leading and teaching. Soon after, I found myself in a hospital… Read More
Culture
Southern Baptists take first step to limit pastor role to men in push for doctrinal clarityMembers of the Southern Baptist Convention voted overwhelmingly to restrict cooperating churches from having women serve in the office or function of a pastor, elder or overseer. The Truth and Unity … Read More
Culture
Former Navy SEAL sniper instructor relates military training to parenting tacticsHow does a former Navy SEAL sniper instructor teach his children to obey him? Through “positive psychology,” Brandon Webb told The Independent, who interviewed him regarding his … Read More
Government
Flesh-eating parasite threatens American beef industry while blame game ensuesParasitic larvae from flies capable of devastating the agriculture industry breached the U.S. border this week, setting off a round of finger-pointing while authorities scramble to contain the situation. One… Read More
Public Education
Texas districts call for more funding after ‘largest one-time public education investment’ of $8.5 billionTexas districts are still struggling to make ends meet despite almost $8.5 billion in 2025 funding, according to recent reports. “School officials said they were still plagued by financial pressure… Read More
Government
Gov. Pritzker pledges to sign Illinois abortion, sex-change record-privacy bill passed in final hour of sessionIllinois Democrats used the final hours of the legislative session to shield abortion records and restrict foster care parental rights, even as a taxpayer-funded abortion expansion collapsed at the finish line. The… Read More
Courts
Social media platforms face growing number of school-based plaintiffs alleging harm to studentsA Washington district has taken the next step in joining federal litigation against social media companies, accusing their platforms of causing harm to students. “Tacoma Public Schools could sue Meta, ByteDance and other major… Read More
Public Education
‘School choice is here to stay’: West Virginia BOE head changes tune, tells public schools to adaptWest Virginia Board of Education President Paul Hardesty gave a surprising message to public schools Wednesday: Adapt to school choice or face a continued decline in enrollment. “You might not… Read More