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Texas school districts fight accountability measure implemented by the Texas Education AgencyThe Texas Education Agency (TEA) has appealed a court’s decision to block its release of its new school accountability ratings for the last school year after school districts sued. Read More
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Blue state students hit with significant grade inflation during pandemic, study shows(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Washington state K-12 students suffered significant grade inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns that learning loss may have had a larger effect in… Read More
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Audit: Most West Virginia school districts violated federal rules for $1.2B in grants(The Center Square) – Thirty-seven of West Virginia’s 54 county school districts were noncompliant spending more than $1.2 billion in federal COVID-19 funds, according to a new report. Read More
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Students walk out over Ohio school district’s transgender bathroom policyOhio high school students walked out of class last week to protest a school’s new transgender bathroom policy. The policy at Elida High School allows transgender and non-binary… Read More
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Iowa leads way on education freedom(The Daily Signal) – In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, families bear the twin burdens of inflation and indoctrination. Parents continue to witness their children being… Read More
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California middle-schooler suspended, banned from sporting events after school claims eye black is blackfaceA California middle school student was suspended for wearing eye black to a football game after school officials claimed it was blackface. An 8th-grader identified only as… Read More
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Washington elementary school replaces Veterans Day with International Day for ToleranceA Washington state elementary school decided to replace Veterans Day celebrations with the International Day for Tolerance – and parents aren’t happy about it. In the past,… Read More
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NJ teachers union calls for ending basic skills test requirement(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A New Jersey teachers union is pushing to eliminate a basic skills test for teachers, according to a statement issued Wednesday. The New… Read More
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Stanford sit-in demands university condemns Israel and supports terrorist organizationAbout 20 Stanford students are three weeks into an anti-Israel sit-in, having sent a list of demands to the administration. On Oct. 20, an estimated 1,000 students… Read More
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Oregon trains teachers to promote ‘equitable math,’ dismantle ‘systemic inequities’ in the classroom(The Daily Signal) – The Oregon Department of Education is instructing teachers on the keys to dismantling “systemic inequities” in the math classroom. High school math teachers should… Read More
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Yet another MCPS teacher arrested for sexually assaulting a studentA former Maryland teacher was charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a middle school student in 2015, one of dozens of employees in the same district arrested for such crimes… Read More
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US House bill to crack down on teachers’ union receives national support as over 30 organizations endorseThe STUDENT Act, a congressional bill seeking to reform and depoliticize the nation’s largest teachers’ union, has accumulated a supportive coalition of over 30 policy… Read More
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U.S. Department of Education declines to meet with Tennessee committee(The Center Square) – The third day of presentations for Tennessee’s committee to examine rejecting federal funding for its K-12 schools did not include a presentation from the U.S. Read More
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New report outlines advantages of Oklahoma’s universal education tax credit programOklahoma is taking education freedom to a new level by reimagining universal school choice as a tax credit, and a new report explains the advantages. The… Read More
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Loudoun County, Virginia replaces entire school board as new members promise more transparency and parental involvementLoudoun County voters elected a completely new slate of school board members Tuesday in what many say is a resounding victory for parents. The… Read More
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Virginia judge says lawsuit of teacher shot by student will go forward as school district argues worker’s comp shieldA $40 million lawsuit in the notorious case where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher in Virginia is going forward, a local judge in the… Read More
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‘Condom hunt’ activity reportedly part of curriculum used in many school districtsParents may be surprised to learn that a “condom hunt” is part of a commonly used health curriculum in schools around the country, according to a whistle-blowing teacher. Read More
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Public school alternatives continue rise in North Carolina, as enrollment in public schools declinesTotal charter school enrollment in North Carolina rose approximately 5% this school year, while total public school enrollment shrank by 0.4%. This latest data from the North Carolina… Read More
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With 9,000 special needs students waitlisted, Florida congressmen push for mid-year school choice expansionFlorida Republicans want to expand one of the state’s four school choice scholarship programs to accommodate the thousands of waitlisted special needs students. The… Read More
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California school district could shell out over $100,000 to give students ‘anti-racist’ trainings(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A California school district could pay out an estimated six figures for a program to train dozens of high school and middle school students… Read More