Culture, Public Education
Biden Foundation partnered with organization that touted following kids’ cue on whether to tell parents of gender identity changesIt’s up to teachers whether to tell parents about their children’s changing gender identities, according to an organization that once partnered with the Biden Foundation.“Whether or not you… Read More
Public Education
Report: New York has increased education spending, still needs accountability(The Center Square) – A study by a nonpartisan watchdog group released Monday found that education spending has risen substantially in New York in recent years and that the state… Read More
Government
Arkansas lawmakers haggle over teacher pay(The Center Square) – Lawmakers on the Senate and House Education Committees agree Arkansas teachers should get a pay raise, but just how much remains up for discussion.The education… Read More
Christian Schools
Maryland nonpublic schools given funds to reopen(The Center Square) – Maryland doled out $1.6 million in unspent funds to help the state’s nonpublic schools ramp up to come back online and reopen this fall.Leftover… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Female high school athletes still fighting Connecticut’s ‘unfair’ policy allowing biological males in girls’ sportsFemale athletes are continuing their pushback against Connecticut’s policy allowing biological males to compete against them in high school sports. Track athletes Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, Chelsea Mitchell and… Read More
State Government
Hundreds of Virginians have had firearms confiscated through red-flag laws(The Center Square) – Hundreds of Virginians have had their guns confiscated from them through red-flag laws since those rules went into effect more than two years ago, according… Read More
Immigration
Migrant children are being raped and left in the desert, bodies are piling up and drugs are killing Missouri students – all due to an open borderA 5-year-old and a 3-year-old girl were found wandering the Texas desert on the U.S. border with Mexico. They’d both been raped. Meanwhile, Brooks County, Texas’ Benny Martinez… Read More
Immigration
3 more counties want Texas to declare invasion at southern border; total at 32(The Center Square) – Three more counties are the latest to express support for Texas declaring an invasion at the southern border, bringing the total to 32.The judge… Read More
National
‘No Chance of Winning’: Four female athletes challenge high school transgender policy(The Center Square) – Four female athletes are locked in a legal battle over transgender athletes that could set major precedent for the same fight playing out in schools… Read More
State Government
Newsom signs bill allowing state to revoke out-of-state parent’s rights over trans kids(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday allowing California to take “temporary emergency jurisdiction” over a child that traveled to the state for transgender… Read More
Public Education
Report: Massachusetts ups school funding amid enrollment decline(The Center Square) – Massachusetts increased its per-pupil funding 26% over the course of an 18-year period, even as fewer students were occupying classroom desks, according to a recently… Read More
Education
Parents say their son’s school tricked him into taking a U.S. history class based on radical CRT theoryParents allege their son was tricked by his school into taking a U.S. History class that is based on radical left-wing Critical Race Theory, according to a report by talk… Read More
Culture
Michigan mother sues school board over COVID-19 policy ‘retaliation’(The Center Square) – After Sandra Hernden voiced her opinion to the Chippewa Valley School District school board, she says the district retaliated.Now she’s suing the district with… Read More
Homeschools
U.S. homeschool population exceeds 3 million for 2021-2022 school yearThe number of families homeschooling is above 3 million, according to estimates released this month by the National Home Education Research Institute. Researchers used data from the U.S. Read More
Economy
Inflation rose more than expected in August, federal data shows(The Center Square) – Inflation rose more than expected in August, leaving Americans facing even higher prices on a range of everyday purchases, according to newly released federal inflation … Read More
National
Major government unions lose over 200K members(The Center Square) – The top four public labor unions in the U.S. lost hundreds of thousands of members since a 2018 Supreme Court case that ruled government employees… Read More
2022 election
Kansas City hoping to accommodate mask-averse Republican even as mask mandate still in effect for poll workersDemocrat-laden Kansas City, Missouri has enough trouble attracting Republicans to be poll workers alongside Democrats. It needs to grab them whenever it can. “It’s always a struggle,” Shawn… Read More
State Government
Missouri legislature approves income tax cut, headed to governor’s deskJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri legislature accomplished one of Gov. Mike Parson’s main goals of the special session this week by passing an income tax cut. The… Read More
Economy
Report: Higher energy prices nationwide tied to government policies(The Center Square) – Americans are struggling with higher gas and energy prices around the country with some states faring worse than others, a new report from the American… Read More
Christian Schools
This week in Christian education (Sept. 26-30)Christian school rallies together to support teacher battling cancer– Mrs. Main, a teacher at Evansville Christian School, is fighting breast cancer. Her fellow teachers and students showed their support… Read More