Public Education
Open enrollment study highlights value of school choice, erosion of local school controlThe success of open enrollment shows parents value educational choice and signals the weakening of the local school monopoly, data from a new study suggests. In… Read More
Public Education
Illinois school district to consider see-through backpacks for students in grades 5-12An Illinois school district will hear a proposal Monday requiring all backpacks for grades 5-12 to be transparent in the next school year. “It’s my hope that the board will… Read More
Public Education
California school apologizes after racial slur appears in yearbookAn Oakland, California, elementary school is under fire after a racial slur appeared in its yearbook commemorating the school’s 100th anniversary, ABC7 reported. The Montclair Elementary… Read More
Public Education
Missed deadlines spur Wisconsin to withhold aid from Milwaukee Public SchoolsAfter Milwaukee Public Schools missed May 16 and May 30 deadlines to submit financial reports, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is withholding new aid to the district. “Withholding funding… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Restoring GDP growth the secret to taming national debt, but over timeLost in the shuffle of competing claims about President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill is the nation’s poor investment in GDP in the past 25 years. We’ve racked up $27.5… Read More
Government
Gov. Abbott ‘looks forward’ to signing bill to require Ten Commandment displays in Texas classroomsTexas Gov. Greg Abbott is eager to sign legislation to mandate displays of the Ten Commandments in school classrooms, his office told The Heartlander, in what he sees as a… Read More
Culture
Watch: Student receives unexpected scholarship after working late shift at Burger King after graduationMykale Baker stopped into Burger King after his high school graduation in Dacula, Georgia, to show off his medals, but decided to work a shift after finding the store full… Read More
Government
Montana city makes Pride flag an official flagMissoula, a western Montana city of approximately 78,000, approved a resolution 9-2 this week to make the Pride flag an official city flag. The resolution doesn’t require the flag to… Read More
Government
As school choice grows, advocates champion trust in parents over red tapeSchool choice growth is good, but more regulation is not the answer, according to the president of a leading school choice organization. Robert Enlow, EdChoice president,… Read More
Culture
Facebook rejects paid post for Holocaust exhibit as too ‘political’Facebook has rejected as “political” a paid post promoting a Christian organization’s exhibit coming Sunday on how the Holocaust began. Vision Israel, a nonprofit in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, is rolling… Read More
Christian Schools
Florida provides roadmap for Christian education as Catholic enrollment soarsFlorida’s Catholic schools saw significant enrollment growth for the second straight year amid flatter numbers nationwide. The growth is explained in part by the state’s expansive… Read More
Courts
Unanimous Supreme Court sides with straight woman in ‘reverse discrimination’ caseThe Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously sided with a straight Ohio woman who argued she was passed up for a promotion in favor of a gay candidate. The case drew… Read More
Government
Nebraska governor signs bill protecting women’s sports from male competitorsNebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed legislation Wednesday to ensure biological males can’t compete in girls’ and women’s sports. During the signing ceremony for LB 89, or the Stand With… Read More
Government
Pregnancy resource centers celebrate amended Vermont law rolling back speech restrictions, drop lawsuitVermont has amended a law discriminating against pro-life pregnancy resource centers after Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a lawsuit against the state in 2023. Gov. Phil Scott signed S.28… Read More
Government
Chicago Tribune backs school choice, urges Congress to pass budget bill with school choice provisionThe editorial board of the Chicago Tribune has come out strongly in favor of school choice. In an editorial Thursday titled, “A new chance for school… Read More
Government
Feds slam Columbia for failing Jewish students, urge accreditor to revoke status(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (ED) on Wednesday called on Columbia University’s accreditor to no longer recognize the school due to its civil rights violations. ED… Read More
Public Education
Analysis: Media handwringing over homeless students downplays ‘implosion of California public-school education’Lance Christensen of the California Policy Center typically characterizes EdSource as the state’s “foremost publication on educational issues.” However, one of his X posts took issue… Read More
Government
Trump says California will pay for ignoring order, letting male win girls’ track titleThe federal government will penalize California for allowing transgender athlete AB Hernandez to win the California Interscholastic Federation girls’ outdoor track state championships in the high… Read More
Public Education
Former superintendents call for public microschools, following lead of Christian private schoolsThree former public school superintendents are making a bold call for public education to embrace microschools – something the private Christian school world has been doing for years. Writing in… Read More
Public Education
Former DC school teacher arrested on child pornography chargesA former Washington, D.C., charter-school teacher is behind bars after being arrested by the FBI and charged in connection with soliciting child pornography. Devonne Keith Brown, 56, is charged with… Read More