Public Education
Michigan public school superintendent with questionable resume fired after failing to verify academic credentialsA recently hired public school superintendent in Michigan was fired after a deadline to provide verification of her academic credentials passed. Heather Thompson-Luznak was hired in September 2023… Read More
Culture
Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalize statues outside White House during massive protest(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Pro-Palestinian protesters vandalized statues and threw items at a National Park Service ranger near the White House during a Saturday protest calling for a… Read More
Opinion
Math teachers group’s push for identity politics damages math’s inherent equity(The Daily Signal) – The world’s largest math education organization is injecting identity politics where it doesn’t belong – and undermining math education in the process. The National… Read More
Public Education
Stanford files felony charges against pro-Palestine protestors, brings back SAT(The Center Square) – Just after felony charges were announced against pro-Palestine protestors, Stanford University declared applicants would be required to submit ACT or SAT scores for fall 2025 admission. Read More
Government
Ohio bill would stop schools from tracking students’ web activity(The Center Square) – Public school districts in Ohio could soon have access limited to school-issued computers used by students and monitoring students’ web-browsing activity during non-school hours. Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Parents, teachers, lawmakers must unite to untether kids from smartphones in classrooms(The Daily Signal) – In what has been coined the “New Great Depression,” the number of high schoolers who agree with the phrases “I can’t do anything right,” “I… Read More
Courts
Texas professors join in suing Biden administration over ‘lawless’ new abortion, transgender regulationsTwo University of Texas professors have joined a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas against the Biden administration’s rewriting of Title IX regulations to… Read More
Public Education
Funding failure: New York City is giving more money to schools with declining enrollmentAs taxpayer spending on public education rises nationwide, New York City is singling out schools with fewer students for additional aid. NYC Mayor Eric Adams… Read More
Public Education
University of Arizona’s required DEI courses are ‘academically unserious,’ new report findsThe University of Arizona (UA) forces students to take “academically unserious,” diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)-focused courses, a new report by the Goldwater Institute says. The… Read More
Public Education
‘Erroneous and abhorrent’: New York mother, teacher blasts school board for saying it’s ‘wrong’ to define gender as male and femaleA New York mother and public-school teacher lambasted her school board in a five-minute speech for allowing leftist ideology into her children’s schools. Adrienne Gummo castigated the Lancaster… Read More
Springfield
‘Deverin’s Locker’ memorial program helps young athletes in needSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A bereaved mother in the Ozarks has launched “Deverin’s Locker,” a program named after her late son to support young athletes and foster children with sports… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Part 2: New solutions to fix the federal immigration system(The Sentinel) — In Part 1 of this series, retired federal immigration Judge Elliot M. Kaplan explained why, in his view, the federal system is broken. This second… Read More
Drugs
Who is to blame for cartel violence? Some Democrats say U.S. gun manufacturers(The Center Square) – Several U.S. House Democrats, led by two Texans, have introduced a bill that would strip certain gun rights from Americans as they blame American gun… Read More
2024 election
Poll: Trump’s support same as before New York conviction(The Center Square) – A new poll finds former President Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felonies in New York hasn’t dented his support with voters. Forty percent of… Read More
Courts
National Park Service asks judge to dismiss suit over cashless policy for park entrance(The Center Square) – The National Park Service on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its NPS Cashless policy.The motion comes after three people… Read More
Border
Biden ‘owns border catastrophe, had authority’ to secure it, top congresswoman argues(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden gave “proof positive” that he “owns this border catastrophe, and he’s had the authority to secure the border the entire time,” says… Read More
Public Education
Former Missouri assistant coach charged with attempted sexual contact with studentA former football assistant coach and substitute teacher in Platte County, Missouri has been released on bail after being charged with attempted sexual contact with a student. Dillon… Read More
Public Education
School choice doubles proficiency rates in minority, low-income Philadelphia studentsPhiladelphia students who receive school choice scholarships are twice as likely to be proficient in reading and math, a new report reveals. Children’s Scholarship Fund Philadelphia (CSFP), a… Read More
Homeschools
Kansas homeschool robotics team celebrates Capitol honors, 25th anniversaryInventing robots to help treat cardiovascular disease? Homeschooled students in Kansas have a heart – and a growing name – for doing just that. Indeed, the Wichita Homeschool… Read More
Public Education
Teachers pessimistic about future of education, but many support school choice, survey revealsK-12 educators have a bleak outlook on the teaching profession, social media use and other aspects of education, a new survey revealed. A new… Read More