Public Education
California judge rules schools can hide gender identity from parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A California superior court ruled Monday that a school district’s policy requiring parental notification of their child’s gender identity cannot be enforced. The… Read More
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Jewish education thriving in Florida thanks to school choice lawJewish K-12 education is booming in Florida, and researchers credit the growth to the state’s universal school choice. Teach Coalition, an advocate for Jewish education, and Step… Read More
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Wisconsin voters ever more dissatisfied with public educationWisconsin voters are increasingly disappointed with their local public schools, a stark new poll reveals. Multiple surveys by the Marquette Law School Poll… Read More
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Most Alaska students are below grade level in reading and mathTwo-thirds of Alaska students can’t read or do math at grade level, a new report reveals. Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) released its 2024… Read More
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St. Joseph, Missouri school board votes to retain two more challenged booksA Missouri school board voted once again to keep challenged books in school libraries. The St. Joseph School District (SJSD) board voted 4-2 on Monday to keep… Read More
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Asian enrollment rises at Brown University following affirmative action ban(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The share of Asian students at Brown University has risen this year following the Supreme Court’s strike down of affirmative action policies, according to… Read More
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Mizzou and city of Columbia to celebrate Patriot Day in honor of 9/11 victimsThe University of Missouri and the city of Columbia will jointly hold a Patriot Day ceremony on Wednesday at Traditions Plaza to honor those who lost their lives in… Read More
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School bus driver blew 0.16 BAC with 17 kids on board, Minnesota police say(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Minnesota’s St. Louis County Sheriff’s Office (SLCSO) said they arrested a school bus driver “for DWI” who had 17 children on board his bus… Read More
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Pennsylvania dad to school board: Don’t put our kids on ‘the front lines’ of gender debateA Pennsylvania dad who is pulling his kindergartner from the public school pleaded with his local school board not to let children be used as pawns in the debate… Read More
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Iowa announces $4M in grants for charter schoolsIowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced which charter schools would receive the first $4 million of the state’s new grant program. “Public charter schools provide yet another school… Read More
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Mother of Georgia shooter made frantic call to school before shooting startedThe mother of the alleged shooter who killed four people at a Georgia high school was so spooked by a text she received from her son that she called… Read More
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Milwaukee Public Schools failed to hire school resource officers despite calling police over 3,000 times last yearThe Milwaukee school district failed to hire 25 resource officers by January, as required by law, making it harder for city police to do their jobs. The Milwaukee… Read More
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Liberal law school offers course that worries about threat of ‘authoritarian Christianist nationalism’ in legal system(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A top public university’s law school is offering a class this fall that aims to explore the U.S.’ political shift towards “authoritarian Christianist nationalism”… Read More
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Oklahoma Department of Education proposes rules for law that prohibits race and sex discriminationThree months after a federal judge suspended parts of a 2021 Oklahoma law designed to keep race and gender lessons out of public colleges, officials proposed rules aimed at… Read More
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High school student arrested after allegedly gunning down classmate in bathroom(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A 16-year-old high school student was arrested Friday after allegedly gunning down a fellow classmate in a school bathroom, local officials said. Officials… Read More
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WA Board of Ed looks to expand controversial ethnic studies graduation requirement(The Center Square) – The Washington State Board of Education is moving closer to officially updating and expanding a 2021 resolution that established an ethnic studies graduation requirement. Read More
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UW-Madison ranks low in latest campus free speech rankings(The Center Square) – The University of Wisconsin–Madison scores near the bottom in the latest campus free speech rankings. The latest report from FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights… Read More
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Virginia county considers letting students carry Narcan amid rise in opioid overdosesLoudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is weighing a proposal to allow students to carry naloxone in school. The drug, commonly known by its retail name… Read More
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Indiana’s special needs ESA reaches max capacityIndiana’s education savings account (ESA) program has hit maximum capacity in just its third year of existence. “We are thrilled to announce that every dollar allocated to the… Read More
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School board president shares strategies handling ‘white parents’ at ‘white privilege’ conference(The Daily Signal) – An Illinois school board president gave a presentation at a “White Privilege Conference” accusing “white parents” of stirring controversy against racial progress, according to documents… Read More