Public Education
Michigan schools boost online, in-person security(The Center Square) – After a shooter killed four students at Oxford Community Schools in November 2021, Michigan schools are activating surveillance software and boosting security.OCS spent $145,122… Read More
Biden administration
Lawsuit alleging government collusion with social media companies to censor speech expands(The Center Square) – Officials from the White House, Centers for Disease Control, the FBI and 11 other federal agencies are being added to a lawsuit alleging collusion with… Read More
Agriculture
USDA unveils a $500 million stimulus program for domestic fertilizer production(The Center Square) – The Biden administration has announced $500 million in grant money to stimulate American-made fertilizer production. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack unveiled the new… Read More
Biden administration
U.S. State Department pushes ‘gender transition’ for kids as states consider bans(The Center Square) – The U.S. State Department’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Strategic Plan has sparked controversy for including taxpayer-funded “gender transition care” for employees and… Read More
State Government
Oklahoma bans gender reassignment treatment for minors at Oklahoma University Health(The Center Square) – Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill to ban gender reassignment treatments for children, including hormone replacement therapy, at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital. Read More
Public Education
Contentious school board meeting over sexually explicit books ended by fire marshal, but was overcrowding the real reason?A large group of parents protesting sexually explicit books in the district’s libraries prompted the fire marshal to suspend a Michigan school board meeting Monday. But was overcrowding the… Read More
National
GOP senators’ scary Halloween fentanyl video mocked by media, but is ‘absolutely necessary,’ Missouri senator arguesThe “deadliest drug our nation has ever seen” may be dressed up as Halloween candy this year, warn 13 Republican U.S. senators in a public service announcement.Kansas… Read More
Culture
A short, essential guide to parents’ rights in schoolsAs confidence in public schools falls near all-time lows, parents should know their rights, especially when negotiating with school staff to address any challenges. Consider this quick list… Read More
Public Education
Teacher pressures school employees to hide students’ gender transitions from parents(Daily Caller) – A teacher at a California high school is encouraging other educators to help hide students’ gender transitions from their parents, according to an email obtained by… Read More
Government
Arizona and West Virginia now have robust school choice programs. Which state will be next?(reimaginED) – Arizona had only a few days as the only state with broadly available K-12 choice until the West Virginia Supreme Court had the Mountain State join the… Read More
Culture
National youth program’s ‘Thriving Model’ is grounded in equity, CRT, and Marxism(The Sentinel) – In the spring of 2013, 4-H launched a nationwide program of youth development called the “Thriving Model,” which appears grounded in equity, Marxism, and tenets of… Read More
Culture
Birth of the abortion industrial complex (part 7): The future of Abortion Inc.(Capital Research) – In March 2022 MSI joined a coalition of organizations demanding abortion be decriminalized worldwide. But history may came to see the move as the… Read More
State Government
$1 million grant to help Missouri nursing homes transition from faxing to texting(The Center Square) – University of Missouri researchers are using a $1 million federal grant to help nursing home staffers transition from fax machines and voicemail to texting. Read More
Immigration
NYC Mayor about-face on illegal immigration hypocritical Abbott says(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told The Center Square that New York City’s mayor and other Democratic leaders are hypocritical for criticizing him “for helping… Read More
Economy
Federal data shows job creation slowed in September(The Center Square) – The U.S. economy added 263,000 nonfarm jobs last month, the lowest total new jobs for a month all year.The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released… Read More
Education
This state’s public education achievement crisis, and needed solutions, are documented in a new call-to-action bookWith one in three students testing below grade level in reading and math, Kansas public education is embroiled in a chronic achievement crisis – one the system only perpetuates… Read More
Education
Ohio teachers union against new bill that allows veterans to be teachers(The Center Square) – Ohio’s teachers union believes a bill in the General Assembly that would reduce requirements for veterans to become teachers would also reduce the quality of… Read More
Education
Taxpayer Funded: Feds pay $100K to train grad students in ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion’(The Center Square) — A top federal health research agency awarded more than $100K in taxpayer dollars for diversity and equity training for grad students to make them “agents… Read More
Christian Schools
Teacher of the Year Jean Chen: It’s God’s storyHow did a daughter of educators in communist China, who vowed she would never teach, enter and then leave medicine and, years later, end up teaching at a Christian… Read More
National
University of Nebraska Medical Center performs organ harvesting from living donors, resulting in their deathOMAHA, Ne. – Physicians at the University of Nebraska Medical Center appear to be skirting the laws governing the harvesting of human organs for transplant. Using a methodology… Read More