Public Education
Gov. Kim Reynolds wants to reform Iowa’s special education agencies after 20 years of declining academics and lack of accountabilityGov. Kim Reynolds is backing an effort to reform Iowa’s education agencies after reported mismanagement. The network of nine Area Education Agencies (AEA) –… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit: Minnesota Education Department ‘engaged in deceptive practices’(The Center Square) – A lawsuit in the Ramsey County Second Judicial Court claims Minnesota Department of Education employees “deleted large amounts of data and intentionally engaged in deceptive… Read More
Courts
Legal briefs: South Carolina Supreme Court should allow scholarship program(The Center Square) — Two out-of-state groups have filed briefs urging the South Carolina Supreme Court to allow the state’s Education Scholarship Trust Fund program to proceed. In… Read More
Public Education
Elementary principal who moonlights as drag queen resignsAn Oklahoma public school principal has resigned after months of controversy surrounding his afterschool drag queen performances and past legal issues. Shane Murnan, the former principal at John… Read More
Public Education
Prayer at school board meeting sparks Constitutional debateA North Carolina school board meeting took an unexpected turn when the chairman opened the meeting with a prayer instead of the customary moment of silence. Before he… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota approves CRT-inspired ethnic studies standards for kindergartenersA Minnesota judge has approved the state’s updated and critical race theory-infused ethnic studies curriculum – with one minor change. As part of a routine update to social studies… Read More
2024 election
Nevada voters to pick presidential candidate this week(The Center Square) – Nevada voters will head to the polls this week for their state’s Republican presidential primary, and in an unusual twist, their caucuses. Having both… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Abbott, 13 governors: States can secure border, have right to self-defense(The Center Square) – Thirteen Republican governors joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in Eagle Pass, Texas, Sunday to pledge their commitment to border security and states’ constitutional rights to… Read More
Public Education
Dartmouth brings back standardized tests after extensive admissions studyDartmouth College has become the first Ivy League school to reinstate standardized testing after its own study showed test-optional policies did more harm than good. Dartmouth… Read More
Illegal Immigration
Texas border czar: state’s successful immigration efforts push illegal entry west(The Center Square) – One year in as Texas’ “border czar,” Mike Banks says the state has been so successful at blocking illegal entry that cartel activity has been… Read More
Biden administration
Biden’s natural gas export freeze under fire(The Center Square) – The Biden administration’s decision to freeze the approval of new export sites for liquefied natural gas is facing a growing contingent of critics. A… Read More
Border, Congress
‘Don’t fall for it’: Trump blasts Senate border bill(The Center Square) – Many Republicans already are criticizing a border bill expected to be voted on in the U.S. Senate. Former President Donald Trump blasted the proposed… Read More
Missouri Legislature
Missouri’s legislative leaders expect more movement on several bills next week(The Center Square) – Republican leaders in both chambers of the Missouri legislature are looking ahead to floor debate on several legislative priorities this week. In the Senate,… Read More
Public Education
TEA takes over another school district after extortion, kickbacks, bribery convictions(The Center Square) – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has taken over another school district in Texas, this time, La Joya Independent School District in Hidalgo County in the… Read More
Public Education
Antisemitic allegations hit Philadelphia’s school district(The Center Square) – Several concerned residents believe teachers and students in the School District of Philadelphia express antisemitism without impunity, including in an off-campus educator event they say… Read More
Public Education
Mixed message? States cut college degree requirements for hiring but mandate FAFSA applications for high schoolersMore states are eliminating college degree requirements for some government jobs, bringing the total to at least 16 states announcing such rollbacks since last year,… Read More
Josh Hawley
Oscars spotlight on atomic bomb film ‘Oppenheimer’ should also shine light on continuing victims of radiation, Hawley arguesWith Oppenheimer expected to win big at the Oscars next month, a celebration of the stunning film about the man who led the development of the atomic bomb presents… Read More
Public Education
Department Of Education rule to enshrine protections for ‘gender identity’ heads to White House(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A policy that will codify protections for “transgender” students and change how schools respond to sexual misconduct on campus was sent to the Office… Read More
Government
Maryland ‘Fairness in Girls’ Sports’ bill dies in committee(The Center Square) – For the second year in a row, the Maryland Legislature killed a bill known as the “Fairness in Girls’ Sports” bill that would disallow biological males from… Read More
Culture
Brave Books Story Hour features popular female athletes Riley Gaines and Bethany HamiltonA standing-room-only crowd of all ages packed a Missouri library on Friday to hear athlete and activist Riley Gaines and professional surfer Bethany Hamilton spread positive messages for children… Read More