Culture
Florida becomes first state to sanction Medicaid providers for covering minor transitions(The Daily Signal) – Florida has become the first state to sanction Medicaid providers for covering the attempted gender transitions of minors. Read More
Public Education
Illinois public school teacher arrested and charged with grooming a studentAn Illinois high school teacher was arrested by the Rockford Police Department on grooming charges Friday. Marshall Pratt, 61, was investigated by the department’s Sensitive Crimes Unit after… Read More
Abortion, Opinion
Secretary of State: Missouri voters must not be misled on the aim of pro-abortion ballot proposals“The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.”— Thomas Jefferson, to Maryland Republicans, 1809. Read More
Education, Kansas City
Critics: Kansas City Public Schools exhibits ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ in giving all students at least 40%, even on schoolwork not doneKansas City, Missouri Public Schools is epitomizing “the soft bigotry of low expectations” by giving all students at least 40% credit on all tests and assignments – even ones… Read More
Public Education
Study: Detroit charters get $6,202 less per-pupil funding than traditional schools(The Center Square) – A new report found the funding disparity between traditional public schools and their public charter school counterparts in Detroit is $6,202 per pupil or 35.3%. Read More
Public Education
Louisiana graduation requirement rule change will receive a public hearing(The Center Square) – A proposed rule that would allow Louisiana high school students who failed state tests to graduate by other means will receive a public hearing next… Read More
Public Education
Horne says Arizona schools shouldn’t allow transgender girls to use girls’ bathrooms(The Center Square) – The Arizona Department of Education strongly advises schools to not allow transgender females to use the girls’ bathrooms, and to have unisex facilities available for… Read More
Public Education
What do this year’s gubernatorial candidates in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi think about education?Three states will elect governors in November. Here’s where the frontrunners stand on education. Kentucky In the Bluegrass State, Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear is running against… Read More
Public Education
Major Mississippi school district puts administrators on leave, opens investigation into huge testing gainsThe Jackson Public Schools (JPS) system placed several administrators on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into testing irregularities. The suspensions were revealed just one day after… Read More
Public Education
‘Expected to follow the law’: Virginia governor calls out school district for vowing not to change its transgender policiesVirginia’s largest school district said Tuesday it doesn’t legally need to change its gender policies, including its practice of hiding information from parents. The governor disagrees. In a… Read More
Biden administration, Uncategorized
More voters say Biden untrustworthy, a poor leader(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden is underwater on nearly every descriptor offered to judge a president, according to a new poll.The Center Square Voters’ Voice Poll,… Read More
Biden administration, Uncategorized
Bailey says wall between social media, government will come from Missouri v. Biden(The Center Square) – Missouri’s lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s administration is showing how the federal government is influencing social medial companies to violate the constitutional right to free… Read More
President Donald Trump
Trump says proposed trial dates show ‘partisan Department of Justice’(The Center Square) – Attorneys for former President Donald Trump argued prosecutors' proposed schedule in his Washington D.C. case will interfere with his Florida case and amounts to "gamesmanship… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school districts lawyer up after one district closes academic center, sending more than 100 students to other schools(The Sentinel) – The Wetmore Academic Center (WAC) buildings are vacant as its former students prepare to return to classes elsewhere this fall, but there is plenty of activity… Read More
Public Education
Teacher’s ‘getting to know you’ form offered to not use kids’ preferred pronouns with parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A teacher at Catalina Foothills High School (CFHS) handed students a “getting to know you” form asking them to list their preferred pronouns and… Read More
Public Education
School board votes to fire teacher after she defied school policy in order to read book on gender identity 5th graders(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An elementary teacher in Georgia has been fired after she read a book about gender identity to a fifth-grade class, defying a 2022 state… Read More
Opinion
Kansas legal battle gets to the heart of how transgenderism aims to redefine reality(The Daily Signal) – In the lead-up to the Civil War, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to Kansas to determine whether the Sunflower State would… Read More
Culture
Voters may shut down public library in Washington state over its refusal to remove controversial books at residents’ requestVoters in a rural county in Washington state will decide in November whether to shutter a public library after staff refused to remove LGBT books to which the public… Read More
Culture
World chess bans transgender women from competing in the women’s category, citing fairnessThe federation that governs international chess competitions updated its gender policy to ban transgender women from playing in women’s events. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) published its new… Read More
Government
Texas House Committee report previews special session on educationA legislative committee released recommendations for improving education in Texas in anticipation of special session on school choice. The House Select Committee on Educational Opportunity and Enrichment was… Read More