Culture, Public Education
Omaha school district spends COVID-relief funds to open $6.6 million health care center in poor performing high schoolA Nebraska high school is using federal COVID-relief dollars on a health care center despite the extreme academic needs of its students.Benson High School (BHS) in Omaha will… Read More
Public Education
Teachers unions have collectively bargained woke policies into the classroom, report shows(Daily Caller) – Teachers unions used collective bargaining negotiations to push discrimination and anti-racism efforts, according to a report by the Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI).Across the county,… Read More
Public Education
Georgia content manager says ‘scam lab’ org sells CRT curriculum despite state ban, videos show(Daily Caller) – A video released Tuesday shows a Teaching Lab content manager allegedly admitting to violating Georgia state laws by including critical race theory (CRT) in curricula sold… Read More
Public Education
Mississippi lawmakers consider 9.7% spending hike for K-12 education amid enrollment decline(The Center Square) — Despite shrinking enrollment, Mississippi lawmakers are likely to give public schools a nearly 10% spending increase.New state Superintendent Robert Taylor made his debut before… Read More
Courts, Public Education
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Sturgis Schools discrimination suit(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard testimony related to Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools.At issue is whether the immigrant family of a deaf… Read More
Public Education
Interstate compact could bring out-of-state teachers to fill Kansas vacancies, state board hesitates(The Sentinel) – An interstate compact that would recognize teacher licenses from other states and alleviate the classroom instructor shortage is stalled in the Kansas State Board of… Read More
Culture, Public Education
St. Louis Hospital advises school district to hide student’s ‘chest binding’ from parentsA Missouri hospital advised a public school district to hide information about students engaged in “chest-binding” from their parents.The revelations came only after a public records request… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district’s student achievement deception is all too typical(The Sentinel) – Frustrated with district officials’ refusal to acknowledge a student achievement crisis, a group of Rose Hill parents mailed a postcard to residents showing the tragic truth… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas school district dodges questions about taxes ahead of huge bond issue(The Sentinel) – School districts routinely ask voters to approve hundreds of millions in new bond issue debt with the promise that it won’t cost them anything. But there… Read More
Government, Public Education
Oregon’s use of trans pronouns in K-5 education fires up school choice movementA school district in Oregon is under fire for introducing LGBT-inspired “neo-pronouns” to K-5 students in Beaverton, strengthening the impetus of the school choice movement there. Neo-pronouns such as… Read More
Culture, Public Education
North Carolina teacher sues school that fired him for teaching ‘viewpoint diversity’A high school teacher is suing the school that fired him after he opposed radical ideologies such as Critical Race Theory.David Phillips spent eight years teaching at North… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Department of Education takes ‘another lap on the grade inflation tour’(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Department of Education conducted a fifty-city “Kansans Can Success Tour” in 2021 that felt like high school pep rallies, with the announcement of… Read More
Public Education
‘Maniacal focus on equal outcomes’: Gov. Glenn Youngkin slams liberal educators for withholding merit awards(Daily Caller) – Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Sunday slammed liberal educators’ “maniacal focus on equal outcomes” after a number of schools in the state withheld merit awards… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Four former students join lawsuit alleging high school theater director’s misconductFour alumni from a Texas high school have joined a lawsuit alleging misconduct from the school’s theater program director, now on leave.The lawsuit,filed last fall by five… Read More
Government, Public Education
Gov. Hobbs’ first Arizona budget defunds border strike force, universal school choice program(The Center Square) – If the reaction from Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs’ first budget proposal is any indication, she and lawmakers are likely in for a long spring. Read More
Public Education
Education tax increase could be 8.3% if surplus funds not applied in Vermont(The Center Square) – An increase in Vermont’s tax rate is on the horizon for the state’s upcoming fiscal year. The question early in this legislative session is by… Read More
Culture, Public Education
The country’s largest school districts are hiding kids’ gender transitions from parents(Daily Caller) – The nation’s largest school districts are implementing policies that require educators to keep students’ gender transitions a secret from their parents.Los Angeles Unified School … Read More
Public Education
Nebraska special needs teacher charged with child abuse; ‘He could have died every day,’ says motherA Nebraska City Public Schools (NCPS) teacher is being charged with felony child abuse for her actions against a disabled student.Mother Jennifer Egri became concerned when her special… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Tulsa Public School Board shuts down parent commentsParents who want to speak before the Tulsa Public School Board (TPS) must first get approval from the school board’s lawyers,reports KTUL TV news. District parent Kathy McDonald… Read More
Public Education
Colorado’s largest school district faces $9 million deficit amid enrollment declineDeclining enrollment, increased wages and staffing shortages have led to a projected $9 million budget deficit for Denver Public Schools.After local tax increases and more funding from a… Read More