Public Education
Pro-terror, pro-Hamas campus activists need consequences over support of violence, says media expertUniversity campuses across the country violent rhetoric and student support of vicious attacks against Israel by Hamas this week without the fear of consequences, one media expert told The… Read More
Public Education
Staff-to-student imbalance could cost Seattle schools $3.6M in state funding(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Schools is at risk of losing out on $3.6 million in state funding due to a staffing imbalance at a number of elementary… Read More
Gas Prices
Gas prices could spike amid Middle East conflict, experts say(The Center Square) – The ongoing conflict in the Middle East could lead to a spike in gas prices in the U.S. Oil prices have already signaled a… Read More
Border, Terrorism
U.S. sheriffs: Open borders lead to heightened terrorist threats(The Center Square) – Members of the American Sheriff Alliance are calling for immediate action due to heightened terrorist threats they fear exist because of U.S. border policies.Their… Read More
Congress
House Republicans nominate Scalise for speaker, though he faces tough vote(The Center Square) – U.S. House Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana reportedly received the backing of a majority of his fellow House Republicans for the speaker of… Read More
Crime, Missouri
Missouri man gets 51 months in prison for preparing fraudulent tax returns(The Center Square) – A Missouri man was sentenced to 51 months in prison for preparing 23 fraudulent federal income tax returns. U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey sentenced… Read More
Christian Schools
Red state board approves contract for first religious charter school(The Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved a contract Monday for the country’s first religious charter school, according to The Washington Post. Read More
Christian Schools
‘I was treated like a criminal’: UK teacher dragged before tribunal for religious views on LGBT(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Glawdys Leger, a foreign language teacher at a Church of England School, has been fired from her position after refusing to teach LGBT material. Read More
Government
Education bureaucracy pushing the status quo in hearings(The Sentinel) – Legislative hearings over this and last week are focusing on how to improve outcomes in Kansas education, perhaps unsurprisingly, the education bureaucracy is arguing for… Read More
Public Education
Iowa school district’s new hiring policy allows convicted criminal to applyThe largest school district in Iowa will now consider applicants with criminal records after revising its hiring policy. The Des Moines Public School District Superintendent Ian Roberts announced… Read More
Opinion
Planned Parenthood ‘diversifies’ with trans procedures for kids.(The Daily Signal) – For Planned Parenthood, June is the cruelest month. Last year, on June 24, at the end of a blockbuster Supreme Court term, the high… Read More
Government
Companion to school choice bill would allocate $1.2 billion more into Texas public schools(The Center Square) – Texas state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, filed two key companion bills related to education on the first day of the third special legislative session this… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin public school students struggle with reading, math(The Center Square) – Nearly 60% of students in Wisconsin’s Public Schools continue to be unable to read, write or do math at grade level. The State’s Department… Read More
Christian Schools
Church-based microschools are ‘sprouting everywhere’One of the signs of “education entrepreneurship” surging throughout the country since the COVID-19 pandemic is church-based microschools – and they’re “sprouting everywhere.” So… Read More
Economy
Small business owners less optimistic about the economy, survey finds(The Center Square) – Newly released small business survey data shows that small business owners are less optimistic about the economy.The National Federation of Independent Businesses released its… Read More
Drugs, Guns
Nebraska man gets 2-year sentence for gun charge similar to Hunter Biden case(The Center Square) – A Nebraska man who faced a similar federal criminal charge to Hunter Biden was handed a two-year prison sentence last week.Davonte Brown, 24, of… Read More
Christian Schools
Growing enrollment is driving Christian schools’ expansion in WashingtonThree Christians schools in Washington are bursting with students, and they aren’t the only ones. Enrollment at Liberty Christian School in Richland has increased by 54% since 2018-19,… Read More
Illegal Immigration
27 state AGs request federal government end catch-and-release policies(The Center Square) – Twenty-seven attorneys general, led by Florida's Ashley Moody, are demanding Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “fix the problem you created” and close the… Read More
Illegal Immigration
659 known, suspected terrorists captured in fiscal 2023, most in recorded history(The Center Square) – More known or suspected terrorists have been apprehended at the northern and southwest borders in fiscal 2023 than any other fiscal year in recorded history. Read More
Farmland, Missouri
Report: Missouri farm income to drop 11% this year(The Center Square) – Missouri farmers will have a projected decrease in net income of 11% in 2023, according to a University of Missouri analysis. After a record-setting net… Read More