Public Education
Survey says nearly half of all parents think taxpayers don’t get value from public schoolsA new survey released by the consumer credit company Wallet Hub found that almost half of all parents believe that public schools don’t provide a good value for the… Read More
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More than 5,400 Arkansas students applied for Education Freedom Accounts(The Center Square) – Ninety schools and 5,426 students applied for Education Freedom Accounts under Arkansas’ new LEARNS Act, according to information provided to The Center Square by the… Read More
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Judge denies Chicago Public Schools’ attempt to commandeer charter schoolsChicago Public Schools’ campaign to take over two charter schools has been shot down in court. CPS has been trying to close two charter schools run by Urban… Read More
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VCU, Richmond high school form first lab school in commonwealth(The Center Square) – The Virginia Board of Education has approved the first lab school in the state, something Gov. Glenn Youngkin has been pushing for since he took… Read More
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‘We’re paying people to hate America’: Musk and Ramaswamy blast Department of Education(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Twitter owner Elon Musk ripped the current education system in the United States Friday, saying that taxpayers were… Read More
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Missouri researcher gets $500K grant to study how app helps special education students(The Center Square) – While some teenagers are discouraged from excessive cell phone use, a federally funded study in Missouri will use the technology to help high school students… Read More
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Hillsdale-affiliated charter school fights back against Tennessee school board’s ‘lack of integrity’A struggling public school district in Tennessee has nonetheless rejected the application of a Hillsdale-affiliated charter school – but the education reformers are fighting back. American Classical… Read More
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Colorado pupil-to-teacher ratio remains steady during educator shortage(The Center Square) – Teacher shortage claims in Colorado’s public schools were made as far back as 2015. But the pupil-to-teacher ratio in 2022-23 was among the lowest in… Read More
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School safety forum brings educators, law enforcement together(The Center Square) – More than 1,100 people registered to attend the 2023 Virginia School Safety Training Forum, which will address roughly 20 topics pertaining to school safety and… Read More
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Poll: Majority of parents say teachers regularly stray from course curriculum(The Center Square) – The vast majority of parents in a new State Policy Network poll say public school teachers regularly deviated from set school curriculum to interject their… Read More
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‘We’re very optimistic’: Education reform advocate explains the path forward for school choice in KentuckyDespite having fallen behind the school choice wave, Kentucky education reform advocates are confident change is right around the corner. The Bluegrass State is one of just five… Read More
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Extended school closures pushed by teachers unions created ‘generational learning loss,’ say house panel witnesses(The Daily Signal) – A generation of American students have fallen behind academically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the forced school closures… Read More
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Think tank says China’s communist party targeting US school districts with nearly $20 million in influence operationsParents Defending Education (PED) has released a report that shows China’s Communist Party (CCP) spending over $17 million on programs inside American K-12 classrooms, some… Read More
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‘They’re afraid of empowered and informed parents’: Nevada sex education committee accused of bias against parents, favored LGBT-inclusive applicantsThe sex education committee for a Nevada school district favored “queer-inclusive” candidates as new members and frowned on those from a parental rights group, says one of the group’s… Read More
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Many Pennsylvania senators continue to argue for school choice in budget talks(The Center Square) – While the Pennsylvania budget stalemate remains, senators argued over the importance of school choice and increasing public school funding at a committee hearing in Reading. Read More
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Thousands on waiting list as Illinois school choice program set to expire(The Center Square) – Republican state Rep. Blaine Wilhour says there’s a reason why parents came out in support of the Invest in Kids scholarship by a nearly 3-1… Read More
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Education degrees are less popular than ever beforeEducation degrees have vastly declined in popularity since 1970, the National Center for Education Statistics revealed, drawing calls for more school choice and less liberal ideology in classrooms. Read More
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Florida teachers’ unions suffer financial blow thanks to new paycheck lawsSeveral teachers unions are seeing a decrease in their revenue due to a Florida law that prohibits automatic paycheck deductions, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Florida teachers… Read More
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Denver school board fretted about blame for removing SROs in closed-door meeting after school shooting, recording revealsA day after a March school shooting Denver school officials held a closed-door meeting supposedly to discuss security concerns. In fact, much of the discussion was about their own… Read More
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Survey: Inflation hitting back-to-school budgets hardA new survey by a global financial services company shows back-to-school supplies in the U.S. are rising faster than the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The survey by WorldRemit… Read More