Education, Kansas City
Upcoming ‘Heartland Hybrid and Microschools Summit’ in Kansas City set to grow education freedom movementIf education is the final frontier in American freedom, its pioneers and homesteaders are meeting in Kansas City next weekend to map the open prairie and help each other… Read More
Culture
Initiative to combat human trafficking launched in Virginia(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced this week during a press conference the launch of an initiative to combat human trafficking in partnership with businesses… Read More
Courts
Planned Parenthood to resume abortions in Wisconsin after judge’s ruling on pre-Roe abortion law(The Center Square) – The legal challenge to Wisconsin’s pre-Roe abortion law could move more quickly after Planned Parenthood announced Thursday it will resume providing abortions in the state. Read More
Public Education
North Carolina State Board of Education vies for control of purse strings after losing charter school approval power, as 77,000 students on charter waitlistThe North Carolina General Assembly recently stripped charter school approval powers away from the State Board of Education (SBE), which has now made a move to keep control of… Read More
Culture
Sen. Hawley boycotts Big Tech’s private ‘cocktail party’ in Senate, warns of AI consequences for childrenCalling it a “cocktail party” for Big Tech, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley refused to attend a Senate meeting with the country’s most powerful IT execs Wednesday to discuss the… Read More
Courts
Nebraska detransitioner sues medical providers for removing her breasts at 16(The Daily Signal) – Detransitioner Luka Hein is suing the medical providers who surgically amputated her breasts at the age of… Read More
Public Education
California school district: No flags except US or state flag(The Center Square) – A California school district banned the flying of any flag other than the United States or state flag, a move critics and supporters say is… Read More
Culture
Auburn revival sees hundreds of students spontaneously baptized after thousands attend on-campus worship serviceHundreds of Auburn students were baptized spontaneously after a worship event, the second such revival to happen this year as a Christian awakening at the school grows. Read More
President Biden
Prosecutors indict Hunter Biden on gun charges(The Center Square) – Prosecutors have indicted Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, on federal gun charges, according to court documents.Biden was indicted Thursday in federal court… Read More
Public Education
‘Diplomas are more like attendance certificates.’ Kansas K-12 academic achievement is plummeting despite higher graduation ratesDespite a significant decrease in attendance, declining test scores and worsening college readiness, Kansas schools are simultaneously experiencing a rise in graduation rates. How can this be?… Read More
Drugs
Philly City Council bans supervised injection sites for drug use(The Center Square) — After a raucous public comment period, Philadelphia City Council moved to ban supervised injection sites for narcotics across most of the city. Council voted… Read More
Education, Illinois
Some Illinois parents would quit job to home school if school choice program not extended(The Center Square) – Some Illinois parents say they will opt for home schooling over public schools if the state chooses not to extend the Invest In Kids school… Read More
Josh Hawley
Hawley boycotts Big Tech’s private ‘cocktail party’ in Senate, warns of AI consequences for Missouri’s childrenCalling it a “cocktail party” for Big Tech, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley refused to attend a Senate meeting with the country’s most powerful IT execs Wednesday to discuss the… Read More
President Biden
Hawley: ‘State-owned’ media might just go easy on Biden impeachment coverage, as the administration has asked them to doMissouri Sen. Josh Hawley says he is ardently in favor of the House impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, announced Tuesday, regarding the Biden family’s alleged receipt of… Read More
Public Education
Randi Weingarten compares ‘parental rights’ and ‘choice’ to racial segregation(Daily Caller News Foundation) – American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten compared “parental rights” and school “choice” to language used by racial segregationists during an interview on Tuesday. Read More
Public Education
‘Equitable curation’: Canadian school library removes all books published before 2008, says report(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A school district in Canada has reportedly removed all books published before 2008 in an effort to ensure that the library books available to… Read More
Public Education
‘School choice for me but not for thee’: New report reveals backroom deals between teachers unions and Louisiana schools(The Daily Signal) – A new report published by the Pelican Institute, a Louisiana think tank, reveals a series of detrimental, hypocritical, and possibly illegal deals brokered between… Read More
Culture
St. Louis Children’s Hospital stops prescribing puberty blockers and hormone treatments to minors in compliance with new Missouri lawWashington University officials announced Monday their doctors will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or hormone treatments to minors through its Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. The… Read More
Public Education
Parent notification not required as LA schools offer ‘Rainbow Club’ for students as young as 4The Los Angeles Unified School District is offering an LGBT “Rainbow Club” for elementary students as young as 4, according to a flier shared online. Houman David Hemmati… Read More
Culture
ESPN glosses over Coco Gauff’s post-victory prayer, gets called out by Tony DungyAfter American Tennis star Coco Gauff won her first U.S. Open title Saturday, she dropped to her knees in a moment of obvious prayer, which ESPN instead described as… Read More