Kansas, Race
Did Johnson County cancel an employee race training session to stop a commissioner from videoing it for the public to see?Charlotte O’Hara can empathize with a Kansas City-area teacher’s frustrations with “woke” training of public employees on matters of race. O’Hara, one of the few conservative members… Read More
Missouri Legislature, School Choice
Criticism over lawmaker’s flip-flop on open enrollment continues as Missouri Senate has two weeks to act on House bill(The Heartlander) — As the fate of a House-passed open enrollment bill is with the Senate, one Missouri lawmaker remains in hot water over his reversal on the issue. Read More
Culture
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs bill mandating abortion pills be available on college campuses(Daily Caller) – Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a legislation package on Tuesday that will require public universities provide abortion pills on campus, according to her press… Read More
Public Education
Teacher allegedly sent 15-year-old student more than 600 ‘lewd’ text messages(Daily Caller) – A teacher at South Decatur High School in Greensburg, Indiana, has reportedly been charged with stalking after she allegedly sent a 15-year-old student a barrage of… Read More
Culture, Public Education
School district lawyer tells parents to take kids elsewhere over policy to hide students’ gender transitionsAn attorney defending a school district told a court that if parents don’t like the progressive gender policies of the school district, they can take their kids elsewhere.“If… Read More
Public Education
AZ education official goes after equitable grading push that ‘promotes mediocrity’(The Center Square) – As the Arizona Department of Education continues to push for reforms away from its left-leaning past administration, non-traditional forms of grading in schools have… Read More
Public Education
Critics and parents blast Planned Parenthood sex ed program proposed for Virginia districtThe City of Norfolk Public School Board is planning on adopting a sex ed curriculum developed by top U.S. abortion provider Planned Parenthood, material parents and critics say is… Read More
Culture, Public Education
High school accused of offering race-segregated math classes slapped with civil rights complaint(Daily Caller) – An Illinois high school has been accused of offering several math courses that are restricted to students based on their race, according to a civil rights… Read More
Culture
Pentagon doctor criticized for claiming gender treatment might cure psychosis in kids despite dataA doctor who works for the Pentagon is drawing ire after he claimed that giving gender treatment drugs and surgeries to minors can help mental health issues, such as… Read More
Public Education
Detroit school with students at 5% proficiency has ‘highly effective’ teachers, according to performance ratings(The Center Square) – Just 5% of Michigan students are rated "proficient" in a district with 99% of teachers rated "highly effective" or "effective."The classification of students for… Read More
Government
Poll finds most Illinois residents support school choice(The Center Square) – More than six out of every 10 Illinois voters support a system that includes school choice, with nearly 70% of all parents polled in… Read More
Public Education
‘We’re not doing that here,’ Oklahoma schools superintendent says of DEI instruction(Daily Signal) – Oklahoma is taking a lead on school choice programs and resisting far-left ideology in classrooms across the state.“It is amazing how aggressive the Biden administration… Read More
Culture
Three years after pandemic began, Biden will lift federal vaccination mandates(The Center Square) – The Biden administration announced Monday that it would lift vaccine requirements for federal employees, Federal contractors, and international air travelers on May 11. Read More
DEI, Kansas
Texts appear to show collusion between Johnson County official, Gault Center staff to prevent transparency on race training(The Sentinel) — A series of text messages buried at the bottom of a 618 page document dump appear to show direct collusion between a Johnson County official and… Read More
Banks
Is JP Morgan’s purchase of failed bank from FDIC a government bailout?(The Center Square) – The FDIC took over the embattled San Francisco bank First Republic and auctioned it off, with JP Morgan taking over as regulators hope to fend… Read More
Missouri Legislature
House awaits Senate action in Republican-dominated Missouri legislature(The Center Square) – Missouri lawmakers ended the month of April as they started it – waiting. “Four weeks ago, at least, we forwarded a big package with… Read More
Illegal Immigration
VIDEO: 8,700 human smuggling attempts stopped to date through Operation Lone Star(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety troopers working as part of Operation Lone Star have stopped over 8,700 human smuggling attempts since Gov. Greg Abbott launched… Read More
Biden administration
Outrage continues over federal rule to charge higher fees to home buyers with better credit(The Center Square) – A new federal rule that charges higher fees to home buyers with good credit to help subsidize those with poor credit went into effect Monday. Read More
DEI, Education
Sources: Teacher isn’t lying in her op-ed that ‘white-shaming’ DEI curriculum in Kansas City-area schools is brewing ‘a toxic environment’Parents should “pull their kids” from schools that offer “destructive” racial equity curricula that portray whites as privileged oppressors, multiple sources in a Kansas City-area district say.This comes… Read More
Public Education
Principal at Texas school assaulted by mob, severely injuredStudents at a Texas high school allegedly formed a mob and attacked an assistant principal, who was beaten so badly she was unable to talk and was rushed to… Read More