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4 largest Kansas school districts continue to ‘cut parents out of the picture’ on student gender issues, despite AG’s warningFour of the largest school districts in Kansas will continue to keep parents in the dark about their student’s “transgender” status despite a warning from… Read More
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‘Wrong by $50 or $100 million’: Former Portland teachers’ union bargaining chief condemns November strike in scathing letterThe former bargaining chief of the Portland teachers’ union released a scathing letter chastising the union president and questioning the union’s bargaining tactics after November’s lengthy strike. Steve… Read More
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Emerging studies show charter school performance benefits students everywhereNew studies on the efficacy of charter schools and the impact their presence has on local public schools are fueling the fire for school choice advocates. Amid debates… Read More
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Male high schooler discovered playing girls’ sports since middle school, violating Florida lawA biological male playing on a high school girls’ volleyball team violated Florida law, and also played on the girls’ team in middle school. The 10th grade… Read More
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Kansas school district defends sending flyer from progressive group to parents(The Sentinel) – Leavenworth USD 453 distributed a flyer to parents recently announcing a day-long event at the State Capitol ostensibly to introduce students to the legislative process,… Read More
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University of California system spending big on inclusive bathrooms, but ‘non-binary/trans’ students account for just 1.9% of studentsUpdated enrollment numbers from the University of California (UC) show self-identified non-binary and transgender students account for 1.9% of the student population system wide. Read More
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North Carolina ed leaders preparing for end of federal pandemic funding(The Center Square) – A toolkit developed by North Carolina education officials will help districts analyze which learning recovery programs had the best return on investment as federal COVID-19… Read More
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Iowa State University still pushes DEI principles on job listings after crackdown(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Iowa State University (ISU) appears to still be pushing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles in multiple job listings, despite a move by the Iowa Board… Read More
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Report: 30 years after landmark court ruling to increase funding, Kentucky’s public schools are worse than everPublic school activists often blame underfunded schools for poor test scores, but a new report from Kentucky says just the opposite. The Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions… Read More
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Delaware prof offers extra credit for ‘white privilege checklist’Even as higher education has taken heat for pushing Critical Race Theory and other progressive, racially divisive ideologies, one Delaware professor is offering extra credit to… Read More
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Dozens of unions to lose certification in Florida for failing to maintain 60% membership thresholdMore than 30 public sector unions in Florida have lost their certification, and dozens more are at risk for failure to maintain a minimum percentage of members. Last… Read More
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Kentucky House passes sexual abuse transparency act to protect students; bill now moves to SenateThe Kentucky House of Representatives unanimously passed House Bill 275, which aims at preventing school districts from keeping a teacher’s sexual misconduct secret or willfully… Read More
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Video shows two Minneapolis high schoolers viciously attacking each other as teachers try to intervene(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A fierce altercation between Minneapolis students erupted during lunchtime, prompting an emergency police response, Daily Mail reported Saturday. The incident, which involved two female… Read More
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Nude photos, sexualized science videos and more available to middle schoolers at this NY schoolA New York school district is under fire after a parent revealed the sexual and pornographic content her child could access through the student portal. In an… Read More
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Teacher who criticized ‘Woke Kindergarten’ program put on leave by school district(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An elementary school teacher who questioned a California school spending $250,000 on a teacher training program called “Woke Kindergarten” was placed on leave by… Read More
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Research: 4-day school week has few benefits and most parents don’t want itFor over a decade, Missouri has allowed public school districts to hold 4-day school weeks. But policy makers and experts are questioning the benefits of the shorter week, which… Read More
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Wisconsin skews report card to hide low-performing schools, critics sayWisconsin just released its 2022-23 education report card, which boasts 94% of its districts are performing at or above state expectations. But experts say the data is skewed. Read More
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Republicans ‘sympathetic but cautious’ of Shapiro’s higher ed plan(The Center Square) – Gov. Josh Shapiro’s proposal to shake up Pennsylvania’s higher education system has legislative Republicans intrigued – but not yet on board. “List me as… Read More
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Poll: 86% of black single mothers support candidates who favor school choiceA new survey of black single mothers finds overwhelming support for school choice and other education alternatives. In the poll by… Read More
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Kansas superintendent touts ‘rebranding’ in an era of declining test scores(The Sentinel) – The Olathe school district does not permit school board members to conduct annual needs assessments to improve student outcomes as required in state law, but district… Read More