Education, Uncategorized
Kansas State Board of Education subject of scathing report on at-risk student spending(The Sentinel) – A new report from the Kansas Division of Legislative Post Audit paints a damning picture of mismanagement and misuse of funding for “At Risk” students. Read More
Public Education
Utah State Board of Education member under investigation for criticizing public education indoctrination on social mediaA member of the Utah State Board of Education is under investigation by the board for social media posts critical of public education. The USBE is basing its… Read More
Government
Poll claiming Nebraska voters oppose school choice used misleading questions, lawmaker saysA recent poll falsely claims a slight majority of Nebraskans oppose school choice, says the lawmaker who authored the related bill. According to the OpenSky Policy Institute, which… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: If the left really wants diversity, it should follow Arkansas, Florida and other conservative states on income-based school choiceWhile progressives wring their hands over the supposed death of affirmative action, what’s really dying isn’t the cause of diversity in education, but the ability of America’s elite to… Read More
Education
Phones in classrooms? This Kansas district says no(The Heartlander) — The Great Bend Board of Education approved a measure that would ban the use of cell phones in classrooms of its Kansas high school by a… Read More
America
‘FreeCons’ affirm principles for America’s best days(The Center Square) – Affirming principles for America’s best days coming forward, a group that includes multiple ties to North Carolina is united in a liberty movement. Read More
Biden administration
Biden administration to cancel $39 billion in student loans(The Center Square) — The Department of Education announced Friday that $39 billion in federal student loan debt for about 800,000 borrowers will be “discharged,” or canceled, in the… Read More
President Biden
Trump slams Secret Service investigation into White House cocaine(The Center Square ) – Former President Donald Trump criticized the U.S Secret Service’s investigation into cocaine found in the White House after it failed to turn up any clues… Read More
Missouri
‘Something happened to Dad’: Faith-filled widow lauds Missouri’s new hands-free cell phone law with family’s name on itMichael Bening died on the side of a Missouri highway in front of his 8-year-old daughter after exiting his car and being hit by a suspected distracted driver in… Read More
Missouri
Hawley, Missouri lawmakers pledge toxic waste cleanup, compensation for exposure(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and a bipartisan group of state and federal legislators on Thursday pledged at the site of a former World War… Read More
Public Education
Biden admin plans to wipe $39 billion in student debt for thousands of borrowers despite SCOTUS ruling(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it will automatically forgive $39 billion of student loan debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, following… Read More
Culture
LGBT activists in the UK are targeting religious schoolsLGBT activists are targeting religious schools in the UK with pronoun nametags and misleading theology. Just Like Us, a pro-LGBT nonprofit, is targeting young… Read More
Public Education
Newsom defends book with ‘pedophile’ Harvey Milk, defying local, elected school boardCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom ratcheted up the heat in a dispute with a local school board via Twitter. In June, the Temecula Valley Unified School Board (TVSB) voted… Read More
Public Education
Sanders appoints LEARNS supporter to state education board(The Center Square) – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ first appointee to the Arkansas Board of Education is a former Republican lawmaker who helped get the LEARNS Act through, according… Read More
Courts
Religious freedom coalition urges Senate to reject judge nominee, citing her ‘opposition’ to First Amendment protections(The Daily Signal) – The Senate will vote soon on the controversial nomination of D.C. Judge Loren AliKhan to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Read More
Courts
Court filings call for expedited schedule on LEARNS case(The Center Square) – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is asking the state Supreme Court to expedite briefings in a case challenging the emergency clause of the LEARNS Act. Read More
Public Education
Former Arizona school counselor says she was advised to keep student’s transgender status from parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An Arizona school district’s administrators advised social workers to conceal students’ gender transitions from their parents, a former school social worker told the Daily… Read More
Government
Abbott praises legislature for passing historic tax cuts bills, including school property tax rate(The Center Square ) – Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday night praised the Texas legislature for passing historic property tax legislation – four days after the two chambers reached an… Read More
Courts
Federal court to hear case on forcing pro-life physicians to provide abortions in the ER(The Center Square) – The Biden administration recently appealed a case to the 5th Circuit arguing that emergency room doctors must perform abortions per the Emergency Medical Treatment and… Read More
Culture
NYU hosts 6-month anti-racism reeducation for whites only in what critics say is imitation of segregation policiesNew York University (NYU) hosted a workshop series open to white public school parents, while barring parents of other races from participation in violation of civil rights laws, say… Read More