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State attorneys general back Trump’s effort to hold Harvard accountable(The Daily Signal) – Sixteen state attorneys general banded together to support President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold Harvard University accountable for alleged antisemitism and racial discrimination. Read More
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New grant enables children to learn U.S. history, study founding documents(The Center Square) – In honor of the nation’s 250th birthday, the U.S. Department of Education will enable students to learn American history through a new grant program. … Read More
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Majority of Americans support teachers praying in public schoolsThe Pew Research Center has released new polling data finding the majority of Americans support the idea of teachers leading Christian prayer in public schools. Read More
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Teachers union head gleefully declares that her union owns American children(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) president Stacy Davis Gates said on Monday that “all children belong to” the union. At the City Club Chicago… Read More
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Universities sit on billion-dollar endowments while jacking up tuition(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Several universities are hiking tuition prices and cutting jobs despite sitting on massive endowments. Universities are largely blaming the Trump administration’s federal funding… Read More
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Massachusetts schools to install vape detectors in response to rising student useA Massachusetts district has joined the growing number of schools opting to install vape detectors into bathrooms. “With vaporizer use becoming more widespread, kids have stopped fiddling with… Read More
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Nation’s No. 2 school district faces budget crisis after years of high spending(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will vote Tuesday on a spending plan for the 2025-26 school year that runs almost $3 billion deeper… Read More
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Education reform will fail without tackling ‘bloated’ National Education Association, warns teacherDespite praise for the Trump administration’s goal to dismantle the Department of Education, at least one analyst is warning a more powerful adversary to educational… Read More
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School choice critics ignore inequality ‘baked into’ public schools, expert saysThe common claim that popular school choice programs will exacerbate inequality fails to account for the inequality already “baked into the government school system.” That is according to… Read More
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Denver Public Schools pauses school closures despite predicted enrollment dropsEven with an anticipated 6,000 fewer children by 2029 – an 8% decrease in the number of students – Denver Public Schools (DPS) has voted to stop school closures… Read More
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California school board tables discussion on Constitution Day celebrationA Southern California school board had to weigh the idea of formally recognizing Constitution Day before opting to table the idea. Christine Schmidt, a Murrieta Valley Unified School… Read More
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Kansas allows three years of unlawful behavior before labeling schools ‘persistently dangerous’(The Sentinel) – A May 7th letter from the U. S. Department of Education to Kansas school officials has dusted off a decades-long, but neglected regulation allowing… Read More
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Failure to address dwindling public-school enrollment costing Chicagoans up to $93K per studentChicago taxpayers are paying astronomical sums to maintain “severely underenrolled” schools – as much as $93,000 per student, a recent news analysis found. “The costs are not only… Read More
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University consultants debated creating ‘LGBTQ+ church’ to skirt Trump’s orders(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Consultants and university administrators across the country discussed using religious exemptions to skirt protections for women and cater to transgender students, according to emails… Read More
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Rural Indiana district to launch charter microschools, expand school choiceA rural Indiana school district is planning to launch dozens of charter microschools, in the latest example of public schools embracing flexibility in a school-choice state. The Eastern… Read More
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North Carolina saves $10M on school choice as participation surges to 80,000Most school choice participants this year in North Carolina were already enrolled in private school, but the state still saved $10 million by supporting private school choice, according to… Read More
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DC joins growing list of states banning cellphones in schools for 2025-26Washington, D.C., has joined what is perhaps the most bipartisan public-school movement of our time – banning cellphones from classrooms. Starting Aug. 25, it will implement a bell-to-bell… Read More
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Classic Learning Test takes on college admissions duopoly(The Daily Signal) – The Classic Learning Test, an alternative to standardized tests like the SAT and ACT, has scored recent legislative victories in Texas and Oklahoma, with another win… Read More
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More parents insist on finding the right environment for their children, report saysSchool choice surged during COVID-19 and shows no signs of slowing down, a newly released study shows. The study, published by education… Read More
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LAUSD orders its police to block federal immigration operations at schools (The Center Square) – Alberto M. Carvalho, superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, ordered the district to deploy its police officers to defend schools and school events,… Read More