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Red states top new education integrity rankings focused on parental rights, DEI policies(The Center Square) – Red states lead in national education integrity ratings based on issues like parental rights, DEI, gender and sexuality policies and more, while blue states generally… Read More
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Pennsylvania school agency scraps policy hiding student gender changes from parentsA Pennsylvania school agency dropped a policy preventing parents from learning that their children had started using different names and pronouns at school, lawyers who challenged the rule announced… Read More
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Pressure mounts on teachers’ unions for education reform as literacy dropsNew global literacy data shows American students falling behind their competition in other countries to the lowest point in 25 years. But as Heartlander News… Read More
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Pastor: Teachers’ union, lack of discipline driving Chicago families out of public schoolsAddressing Chicago’s public school crisis – where 35% of buildings are less than half full – starts at the leadership level, argues a prominent clergyman. Read More
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South Carolina school choice advocates push back after incomplete test resultsSchool choice advocates are defending South Carolina’s nascent program after it was criticized for incomplete testing data. The state Department of Education had intended to present data… Read More
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Oklahoma principal charged, placed on leave after minors were shown sex toyA principal at Miami Public Schools in northeastern Oklahoma has been charged with “publication, distribution, or participation in the preparation of any obscene material” involving a sex toy shown… Read More
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New Jersey schools must fix chronic absenteeism before improving anything else, commentary warnsAt a time when nearly one in seven New Jersey students are chronically absent, critics are citing the examples of other states in calling for changes to the public… Read More
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Teachers’ unions urge Connecticut to reject Trump’s federal school choice programTeachers’ unions in Connecticut continue to mobilize against Trump’s federal school choice program, despite advocates saying there is “no downside.” The National Education Association and American Federation of… Read More
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Beleaguered Iowa school district replaces board member following resignation over financial woes, ‘dysfunction’The Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) has appointed attorney Audrey Moeller to its board after one member resigned last month, citing financial challenges and board “dysfunction.”… Read More
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Omaha parents, teachers turn up the heat on district over AC problems in classroomsParents and teachers at Omaha Public Schools (OPS) have been increasing pressure on the district to address air conditioning issues following several incidents concerning their children’s classrooms. Read More
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Activist banned from Mizzou after expressing support for Charlie Kirk assassination; AG investigates student group’s possible terrorism fundingAn attendee has been banned from the University of Missouri after he spoke in favor of violence at a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) event Wednesday while wearing a bloodied… Read More
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‘Win-win solution’: School choice tax credit frees up more than $70 million for Oklahoma public schoolsSchool choice benefits thousands of students in Oklahoma, but it also helps public schools. According to an article by Jonathan Small, president of the Oklahoma Council of… Read More
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School choice isn’t to blame for public school closures, study findsAs school choice has grown in popularity, its opponents have been quick to blame it for public school closures. In 2025, the Southern Poverty Law Center argued… Read More
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Special-needs student dies while riding on Cincinnati school busThe Cincinnati community is mourning the death of a 7-year-old student with special needs who died in her wheelchair during a bus ride home after school. “The girl,… Read More
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Florida is No. 1 in academic freedom, says Heritage education report card(The Daily Signal) – Florida, for the fifth consecutive year, ranks No. 1 in overall academic freedom, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2026 Education Freedom Report… Read More
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What’s behind leftist opposition to cost-cutting education reform?(The Daily Signal) – The Department of Health and Human Services has received 13,000 comments on its rule to deregulate the federal low-income childcare program, Head Start, many… Read More
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1619 Project founder says she ‘failed’ daughter by choosing public schoolsNikole Hannah-Jones, founder of the 1619 Project, which argues that America was founded on racism and white privilege, is now admitting she “failed” her daughter by sending her to… Read More
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NY Gov. Hochul defies union bosses, doubles down on school choiceNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul has reaffirmed her support for Trump’s federal school choice program despite teachers’ unions pressuring her to opt out. In May, Hochul… Read More
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Vermont teachers union pushes gender identity in sports, raises alarms about ‘white privilege’(The Daily Signal) – The Vermont teachers union formally recognizes students’ right to play sports based on “gender identity,” rather than biological sex. The National Education Association Vermont… Read More
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School counselor framework uses ‘neurodiversity’ to push CRT(The Daily Signal) – A parental rights group is accusing the nation’s largest school counselors association of repackaging critical race theory and queer theory under the banner of “neurodiversity” and… Read More