Courts
Oklahoma parent sues as 7-year-old son recovers from severe playground injuryA mom is suing an Oklahoma school district as her 7-year-old son recovers from a serious playground injury in 2024 that resulted in significant medical costs the school’s liability insurance hasn’t helped cover. “The first surgeon’s bill was $118,000,”… Read More
Public Education
Watchdog slams CPS employees for bad behavior, ‘blurred’ boundaries enabling sexual misconduct, $1+ million in fraudA recent report chastised Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for allowing a campus culture enabling sexual misconduct in the wake of a former dean’s conviction of committing sex abuse and assault… Read More
Homeschools
South Dakota sets national record in homeschool growth over last decadeHomeschooling has skyrocketed nationwide since the COVID-19 pandemic, and its most enthusiastic state supporter over the last decade has been South Dakota, a new analysis finds. “According… Read More
Public Education
California’s lack of accountability for public schools leads to ‘world of hurt,’ columnist warnsFor all California’s talk about equity and liberalism, it has condemned nearly 6 million students in its public schools to “a world of hurt” that fails to hold administrators accountable, a recent commentary concluded. Read More
Courts
Court revives lawsuit against Arizona district over parental rights, gender identityPublic schools can be sued if they withhold student gender identity information from their parents, the Arizona Court of Appeals unanimously concluded in a recent ruling. The case involves a… Read More