Government
Trump unlikely to forgive student loans, may initiate other higher ed reformsPresident-elect Trump is expected to reverse the Biden administration’s efforts to forgive students loans, but other higher education reforms Trump may be planning are unknown. Once he takes… Read More
Government
‘Unprecedented violence’: Sheriff details deadly consequences of border crisis in exclusive testimony(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A sheriff of a county roughly two thousand miles away from the U.S.-Mexico border says the immigration crisis has wreaked havoc on his community… Read More
Public Education
California accreditor wants to ax DEI requirements(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is considering removing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language from its accreditation standards. The accreditor… Read More
Government
Football coach-turned-senator’s playbook for saving women’s sports(The Daily Signal) – Between transgender-identifying men competing in women’s sports and women’s limited athletics funding coming from so-called Name, Image, and Likeness policies, Sen. Tommy… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court refuses to hear school admissions ZIP code case(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging Boston Public Schools using a student’s ZIP code as a factor for admission in an… Read More
Public Education
U.S. students falling behind in math, science, says international examU.S. students are falling behind in key STEM subjects, an international exam revealed. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which began in 1995, measures math… Read More
Public Education
‘Grades don’t matter’: Experts criticize Missouri board’s proposal to lower teacher GPA standardThe Missouri State Board of Education may lower teacher certification standards to recruit more middle and high school educators, but experts tell The Heartlander the problems run deeper. Read More
Gender Transition
SCOTUS won’t hear Wisconsin school’s transgender notification policy case(The Center Square) – The U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear a case brought by parents in Wisconsin against their school district over its lack of a… Read More
COVID-19, Parenting
Parents appeal to U.S. Supreme Court after Vermont court says schools can vaccinate children against their wishes(The Heartlander) — Parents of a 6-year-old boy whom a public school vaccinated for COVID-19 despite their objections are asking the U.S. Supreme Court for relief. Dario “Tony”… Read More
Crime
Texas toddlers suffer horrific abuse at the hands of daycare worker, sheriff says(The Heartlander) — A Texas daycare worker has been arrested and charged with abusing at least six toddlers over 100 times, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office reports. Catherine… Read More
Faith, Kansas City
Chiefs fans celebrate more than winning at NFL’s only on-site chapel service(The Heartlander) — As the Kansas City Chiefs aim to become the NFL’s first team to win three straight Super Bowls, they also have another NFL exclusive in their… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court declines to hear parents’ challenge to school policy secretly encouraging gender transitions(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Supreme Court declined Monday to take up parents’ challenge to a school district policy that secretly encourages gender transitions. Justices Samuel Alito,… Read More
Culture
6 Texas toddlers suffer horrific abuse at the hands of daycare worker, sheriff saysA Texas daycare worker has been arrested and charged with abusing at least six toddlers over 100 times, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office reports. Catherine Guziejka, 44, was… Read More
Public Education
Technocratic education reform is dead. Long live school choice.(The Daily Signal) – A recent study showing that test-score-driven school turnaround models fail to yield long-term improvements may be the final nail in the coffin for technocratic education… Read More
Culture
A mother’s life: From Planned Parenthood to global pro-life movement(The Daily Signal) – At age 18, Nelly Roach sat in a Planned Parenthood clinic with $246 to pay for an abortion. “I found myself there, as… Read More
Public Education
Florida teachers’ union membership declined 15% after state law prohibited union strong-armingThe Florida state teachers’ union is bleeding members by the thousands, a year-end report reveals. The Florida Education Association (FEA) told the U.S. Department… Read More
Government
Conservative leaders urge constitutional amendment to block efforts to pack Supreme Court(The Daily Signal) – A coalition of conservative leaders, led by a think tank founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, is urging the Senate to maintain the integrity… Read More
Public Education
Hillsdale students write 4,000 thank-you cards in stark contrast to Yale’s ‘Transgiving’(The Center Square) – While some schools across the nation hosted meagerly-attended “Transgivings” around Thanksgiving time, students at Hillsdale College wrote over 4,000 thank-you cards on the school’s annual… Read More
World
Fall of Assad’s Ba’ath party is a blow to Iran, Russia, as Syrian rebels try to project normalcy amid uncertain futureRebels who have seized power in Syria are going out of their way to project “normalcy” as they seek to consolidate their gains, according to… Read More
Homeschools
Missouri reaches ‘unprecedented’ number of homeschoolers, outpacing public- and private-school enrollment, researchers concludeAn estimated 1 in 16 school-aged children in Missouri now homeschool – a “quiet but seismic shift” nearly doubling since the COVID-19 pandemic, educational analysts say. “Not long… Read More