Public Education
‘Queering God’ and ‘How to Be a B***h’: Here are just a few shocking courses universities offered in 2023(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Universities offered students in the U.S. the opportunity to enroll in many courses that push gender ideology and left-wing activism during the 2023-2024 school… Read More
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Audit: Georgia lawmakers should revise state education review standards(The Center Square) – Georgia lawmakers should consider revising the state’s four-year cycle of reviewing education standards, a process that can yield revisions potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Read More
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Public school enrollment is declining in North Carolina, nationwide, amid alt schooling boomNew data reveals the number of North Carolina children being educated outside traditional public schools has nearly doubled over the last decade. In 2013, just… Read More
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‘Social justice warriors who push their own perversion.’ West Virginia resident calls out school board members for silence on trans bathroom usageParents and residents of a West Virginia school district voiced their discontent with the district attorney’s opinion that the school must allow students to use bathroom according to gender… Read More
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Dept. of Ed. investigating George Mason University after allegations of antisemitism(Daily Caller News Foundation) – George Mason University (GMU) has been added to a Department of Education (DOE) investigation that is researching allegations of antisemitism and islamophobia on campus,… Read More
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Cellphone restrictions are helping students improve at this Washington school districtA Washington school district is seeing positive change after implementing a policy to limit social media access and restrict cellphone use in class. The Peninsula School District near… Read More
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8 in 10 voters support school choice in Mississippi, but incoming superintendent calls public school ‘only choice’A new survey of Mississippi registered voters shows that nearly 80% of respondents support allowing parents to pick the best schools for their children. But the incoming superintendent wants… Read More
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Having low-performing elementary students repeat a grade boosts long-term success, new study showsGrade retention helps students reach higher levels of achievement, new research reveals, defying education establishment claims that repeating grades does more harm than good. Traditionally, public schools have… Read More
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Some Kansas school districts send board members to training from NSBA, which likened parents to ‘domestic terrorists’(The Sentinel) – At least 25 state school board associations canceled their membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA) after… Read More
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Free online ‘affirmative therapy’ for ‘sexual and gender minority groups’ offered to Baltimore high schoolersA Maryland school district with over 32,000 students is giving those over 13 digital access to “therapy,” including so-called gender affirming care, and apparently without parental consent. Baltimore… Read More
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Year in Review: Pennsylvania education policy(The Center Square) – From preschool through college, from the family wallet to the state’s coffers, the cost of education stretching budgets beyond their capacity has been a major… Read More
Public Education
Satanic Temple unveils first high school student-led club near Kansas City(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Satanic Temple (TST) announced Tuesday that it will be opening its first high school club in Kansas. The club is an affiliate… Read More
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Teachers and students skip class during Oregon school district’s strike makeup weekChristmas break started late for one Oregon school district last week, the consequence of an almost month-long teachers strike. But many students and teachers skipped class anyway. Portland… Read More
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Sons of American Revolution student and educator awards submission deadlines fast approachingThe Sons of the American Revolution is encouraging students and educators to submit applications for its various awards, some with cash prizes worth thousands of dollars. SAR is… Read More
Public Education
School boards begin voting on new measure to allow chaplains to volunteer in Texas schools(The Center Square) – Texas school boards have already begun to vote on a new measure to allow or prohibit chaplains from volunteering to provide counseling and other services… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Education, economy most important state topics for Tennessee voters(The Center Square) – Tennessee voters say education and the economy should be the top priorities of state government, according to a recent Vanderbilt Poll. The poll surveyed… Read More
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With decree to bus drivers, school district puts the ‘Scrooge’ in Christmas spirit(The Daily Signal) – A local school district in Pennsylvania acted to forbid school bus drivers from putting up Christmas decorations. On Friday, just over a week before… Read More
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Cursive comeback: Why states are bringing handwriting back to public educationWhen Common Core standards were released in 2010, most states cut back handwriting and cursive instruction to just kindergarten and 1st grade, focusing instead on… Read More
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Missouri school district offers coloring pages on preferred pronouns, gender expression to kindergartners(The Daily Signal) – A Missouri school district is providing elementary-school teachers with coloring pages, asking children as young as kindergartners to choose their pronouns… Read More
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Oklahoma state superintendent’s proposal would keep drag queens and discriminatory diversity programs out of classrooms(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Oklahoma’s top education official will propose rules on Thursday that will eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, prevent drag queen performers from becoming… Read More