Public Education
Virginia school board members back firing of teacher over pronoun dispute(The Center Square) – Eight school board members from five school divisions filed a brief with the Virginia Supreme Court in support of West Point Public Schools after the… Read More
Public Education
Georgia officials unable to determine total amount spent on school supply program for teachers(The Center Square) – Georgia plans to give a $125 supplement to teachers in the state to offset the cost of classroom materials and ostensibly help students rebound from… Read More
Public Education
Arkansas Senate Democrats want $600 million of surplus for teacher pay(The Center Square) – Arkansas Senate Democrats want to use $600 million of the state's $1.6 billion surplus to increase teacher salaries.The Raise Act introduced Friday would raise… Read More
Government
Ted Cruz to headline school choice event in Nevada(The Center Square) – Texas Republican Ted Cruz is coming to Las Vegas. The Club for Growth announced Friday that Cruz would speak at… Read More
Public Education
Accreditation of Missouri pubic schools won’t include test scores until 2023-24(The Center Square) – The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) annually reviews several benchmarks in evaluating Missouri’s public schools, but test scores won’t enter the mix until… Read More
Christian Schools
Fire marshal threatens fines if hybrid schools don’t apply for certificates of occupancy they say they don’t needAdvocates of homeschooling and hybrid schooling in Georgia are crying foul and accusing a local official of flouting state laws and “weaponizing” building codes to unfairly punish learning pods. … Read More
Politics
Two out-of-state campaigns that spent millions expected to fall short on signatures to get initiative petitions on the ballotJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Two campaigns that dumped millions of dollars into Missouri to get recreational marijuana and ranked-choice voting (RCV) on the November ballot will come up short… Read More
Economy
High housing costs pressure military families(The Center Square) – High inflation rates have left veteran and military families feeling the pain. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest federal report,… Read More
Local News
Missouri S&T receives almost two million dollars in patent royalties and a grant for women in STEM programsROLLA, Mo. — The Missouri University of Science and Technology has received a substantial check for royalties on technology patents, along with a sizable grant to benefit women in… Read More
National
Federal court orders Air Force to not impose vaccine mandate on Coast Guard members who’ve filed religious exemptions(The Center Square) – A federal court in Ohio entered a nationwide preliminary injunction Thursday prohibiting the U.S. Air Force from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate against religious objectors. Read More
Education
Schools encouraged to spy on parents concerned about privacy in Zuckerberg-funded K-12 learning platformA digital education platform funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative told schools using its services to monitor parents’ online activity for signs of opposition after some expressed privacy concerns. … Read More
Economy
Biden denies recession after GDP decline, but economists say otherwise(The Center Square) – The U.S. economy has shrunk for six consecutive months, according to federal data released Thursday, which led many economists to declare a recession. But the… Read More
2022 election
Missouri Recognized as Leader in Election IntegrityJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Earlier this week, the America First Policy Center for Election Integrity (CEI),praised Missouri's leadership for the recent passage of new election integrity measures. In… Read More
Investigations
Lawmakers ask Missouri attorney general to investigate outgoing lottery director for attempts to steer contract to her new employerFour top legislators are asking the Missouri attorney general to investigate outgoing lottery director May Scheve Reardon, after The Heartlander reported she’s going to work for a vendor… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Self-described ‘leftist’ teacher says woke policies in schools have gone too farA devastating critique of the debauched state of public schools in America was just delivered, and it didn’t come from the right. Essayist and critic Wesley Yang published an… Read More
Culture
Pregnancy center leaders explain their work amidst slander ahead of important Kansas electionAs Kansans prepare to vote Tuesday on a constitutional amendment to allow regulation of abortion, pregnancy resource centers are coming under fire for community services they have provided for… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania has more teachers, fewer students, and there’s still a teacher shortage(The Center Square) – Teachers unions, public school officials and the Pennsylvania's Department of Education say the state has a teacher shortage.Data analyzed by The Center Square, however,… Read More
Courts
State Supreme Court will hear decades-long North Carolina education funding case on Aug. 31(The Center Square) – Dozens of "recognized leaders in the North Carolina business community" are weighing in on the decades-long Leandro school funding saga ahead of a state Supreme… Read More
Government
Can an old case from Florida stop voucher expansion?(reimaginED) – School choice opponents in West Virginia recently turned to an unlikely place for help stopping school vouchers: Florida.With the U.S. Supreme Court slamming the door shut… Read More
Economy
‘Uncharted Territory:’ U.S. debt will nearly double GDP within 30 years, Feds say(The Center Square) – Federal debt will nearly double the nation’s Gross Domestic Product by 2052 if it continues on its current trajectory, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office says… Read More