2022 election
Kit Bond and John Ashcroft endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate, despite past relationships with John WoodIndependent candidate John Wood continues to take losses in his last-minute bid for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, missing out on two massive endorsements last week that some believed… Read More
Public Education
‘Pedophilia took a win’ in Wisconsin school board approval Monday of gender-bending sex ed lessons as young as kindergarten, activist saysA Wisconsin school board Monday approved a sex education curriculum that expects kindergartners to begin exploring gender issues and to know such terms as penis, vulva and anus. Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools facing lower enrollment but more teachers(The Center Square) – A new report shows a decade-long problem of low test scores and enrollment decline for Chicago Public Schools.The report was done by the… Read More
Public Education
Study: teacher benefits causing education spending to go up despite falling enrollments(The Center Square) – A new study shows inflation-adjusted per-pupil K-12 school revenues in Illinois grew by 55% between 2002 and 2020 while enrollment numbers decreased. The rise in… Read More
Public Education
How will Oklahoma spend its $17M in unused pandemic education funds?(The Center Square) – More than $17 million of unused pandemic relief funds for education administered through the Oklahoma governor’s office sits unused, while the Oklahoma State Department… Read More
2022 election
Independent Senate candidate John Wood’s financial links to Missouri appear just as tenuous as his residential tiesMissouri U.S. Senate independent candidate John Wood has more residential ties to Virginia than the Show-Me State, as The Heartlander has reported. And the same is apparently true… Read More
Economy
Report details threat to future Illinois taxpayers posed by excessive borrowing(The Center Square) – A report shows the state of Illinois has one of the largest debt liabilities in the country. The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC,… Read More
Immigration
Poll: Majority of Americans say U.S. is being invaded at the southern border(The Center Square) – More than half of Americans surveyed in a new NPR/Ipsos poll, 54%, say it’s either completely or somewhat true that the U.S. is being invaded… Read More
Biden administration
Obama administration economist warns about student debt cancellation with deadline approaching(The Center Square) – Harvard Professor and former Chair of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors Jason Furman says that forgiving student debt “benefits recent college grads and… Read More
Economy
Americans don’t expect Inflation Reduction Act to actually reduce inflation, poll finds(The Center Square) – The majority of registered voters don’t expect the Inflation Reduction Act to actually reduce inflation, according to a new poll.A Morning Consult/Politico … Read More
Public Education
Summer reading program for middle schoolers pushes book advocating gender transition, pronouns and moreMiddle schoolers in Maryland were assigned a summer-reading book glorifying its characters for gender transition, asexuality and crossdressing. Westland Middle School, part of the Montgomery County Public School District,… Read More
Economy
Proposed tax cut, declines in unemployment, gas prices highlight Missouri economics(The Center Square) – Missouri’s economic landscape was shaped by two data points this week and an announcement on Monday about a tax cut. Missouri’s unemployment… Read More
Public Education
Public school enrollment projected to decline significantly over next eight years(reimaginED) – In the fall of 2019, American public-school enrollment stood at 50,796,445 students – as it turned out, a peak likely not to be revisited in our lifetimes. Read More
Christian Schools, Government
Ohio Christian school started by partnering churches welcomes first class, funded by donations and school vouchersA group of churches in Ohio has banded together to open a private school serving low-income communities where families can use state funds to pay tuition.Westside Christian School… Read More
Public Education
Columbus, Ohio teachers start school year on picket lines(The Center Square) – Students in Ohio’s largest school district will begin classes Wednesday remotely after teachers rejected a final contract offer and voted to strike late Sunday night.Columbus… Read More
Public Education
Judge blocks Utah law preventing biological males who ‘transition’ from competing against females(The Center Square) – Transgender girls in Utah will have an opportunity to play sports after a district court judge issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits the law… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Civics and CRT: Should the law have a say in curricula?Public education has long drifted from reading, writing and arithmetic, with some experts warning the entire profession is lurching from fad to fad rather than sticking with the basics. … Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma governor questions the legality of payroll deductions for teachers’ union dues(The Center Square) – Gov. Kevin Stitt ordered the State Department of Education to check payroll deductions for union dues to ensure they complied with state and federal… Read More
Local News
Proposed ‘Ozark Run’ Scenic Byway to stretch deep across the Ozarks if approvedThe Scenic Missouri group has submitted a proposal to the Missouri Department of Transportation to create a state system of scenic byways crossing through 11 counties. If approved,… Read More
Immigration
Tyler County is Texas’ 10th to declare an invasion at southern border(The Center Square) – Tyler County in deep East Texas has declared an invasion at the southern border, becoming the 10th county to do so. The county did… Read More